Blog games

 

I can’t count the ammount of times I chatch myself  counting ”little numbers” online.  I spend more time than I would like to admit,checking my Twitter follower to following ratio. I check my facebook and Myspace friends count at least once a week. I seem to think if I dip below average on my daily blog readers, it’s time to “Spice things up”.  Why do I do this?

Is it simply me being competitive with myself?

Is it because I feel that the number of people who pay attention to the “Digital” me determines my self worth?

Is it because I like to brag when I have “Alot of hits”?

To be honest, all of these sound right. Something inside of me really, REALLY cares about some of these thing.

So here’s a challenge to myself.

Whenever I’m tempted to compare, or even think that my numbers aren’t up to par, I need to remember the reason I started blogging in the first place. I need to remember that the reason I started twittering , myspacing, and facebooking was to build community in my life, rather then compare myself to someone else.

Am I the only one?

Fridays Fun Facts

Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels

 

A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top

 

A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate

 

It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk

 

40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals

 

The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino

 

And as always,my favorite…….

 

  On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day

MySpace kicks out 90,000 sex offenders

(CNN) — MySpace.com has identified and removed 90,000 convicted sex offenders from its popular online social-networking site, according to one of the dozens of state attorneys general who pressured the site to beef up its safety standards.

MySpace.com’s chief security officer said in 2007 the site has “zero tolerance for sexual predators.”

 Richard Blumenthal, the attorney general of Connecticut who spearheaded the campaign to subpoena MySpace, told CNN Radio he found the number “appalling.”

“These convicted, registered sex offenders clearly create profiles seeking to prey on children,” he said, adding, “This revelation is totally appalling and unacceptable, and this shocking revelation, resulting from our subpoena, also provides compelling proof that social networking sites remain ripe with sexual predators.”

Calls to MySpace’s corporate office were not immediately returned Tuesday.

In May 2007, MySpace announced that it would provide the coalition of state attorneys general with information on sex offenders who use the site.

“We have zero tolerance for sexual predators on MySpace,” Hemanshu Nigam, chief security officer for the site, said at the time, as he introduced a tool known as Sentinel SAFE to track online sex offenders.

 

Wow.

Read the whole story HERE

Fridays Fun Facts

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated

 

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.  

 

The average person’s left hand does 56% of the typing

 

 There are more chickens than people in the world

 

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament Building is an American flag

 

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies’ room during a dance.

 

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10

 

And as always,my favorite……………

 

The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross

Fridays Fun Facts: Holiday Edition 2 !

The word Christmas is Old English, a contraction of Christ’s Mass.

 

The first president to decorate the white house Christmas tree in the United States was Franklin Pierce.

 

The first Christmas cards were vintage and invented in 1843, the Victorian Era.

 

“Jingle Bells” was first written for Thanksgiving and then became one of the most popular Christmas songs.

 

In Mexico, wearing red underwear on New Year’s Eve is said to bring new love in the upcoming year.

 

More diamonds are sold around Christmas than any other time of the year.

 

And Finally……..

If you received all of the gifts in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, you would receive 364 presents.

 

That many more days until next Christmas.Coincidence? I think not!!

 

Awsomely Bad Inventions

 

 

 

 

Fridays Fun Facts:Christmas! -Pt:1

Three billion Christmas cards are sent annually in the United States.

 

In Brazil, Christmas is celebrated with fireworks.

 

The custom of using Christmas wreaths can be traced to the belief that the crown of thorns that Christ was forced to wear when he was crucified was made of holly.

 

Based on a 1999 estimated population count of North America and Europe, on Christmas Eve of that year Santa Claus had to visit 42,466,666 homes in a 12-hour period — that’s 983 homes per second.

 

A traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard.

 

And,as always……….

 

1 in 3 men will wait until Christmas Eve to finish their shopping.

Fridays Fun Facts

In the average lifetime, a person will walk the equivalent of 5 times around the equator.

 

The first known contraceptive was crocodile dung, used by Egyptians in 2000 B.C.

 

It would take 11 Empire State Buildings, stacked one on top of the other, to measure the Gulf of Mexico at its deepest point.

 

The most money ever paid for a cow in an auction was $1.3 million.
The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.

 

Elephants are the only mammals that can’t jump.

 

And Finally…………..

American car horns beep in the tone of F.

iPhoneize Your Website!

This is a great little utility for any of you web developers out there, or even some advanced bloggers. Whatch this video tutorial to find out how to optimize your website/blog for the iphone and ipod touch!

Holy Crap I’m Gonna Be A Dad!: PT 2

To the baby in my wife’s belly

Whats up baby? Im not quite sure where to start, but here goes….

I’m your dad (That still doesn’t sound right). I’m trying to get ready for you to come into this world, but I still have NO clue what that means. I know you can’t see much in there, and im not quite sure of what you can hear, but your probably wondering what in the heck is going on out here.

For starters, the American economy is pretty bad. Its been worse, but its bad. We all know it will come back up eventually, but no-one is sure when, not even the smart guys with big calculators up on wall street.

There’s a war going on, and it has caused alot of conflict in America (Where your from). It has made people argue, cry, fight, and even kill . Its amazing how something so far away from us can cause so much conflict.  90% of us haven’t even been over there, yet we still seem to think we know the best way to resolve the situation. We tend to think we know whats best.

On January 20th, 2009 (almost 5 months before your supposed to be born, but in true Woodard style, you’ll probably be late), we will have a new president. While not all of us agree on everything he has said he’ll do , I have faith that God can do amazing things through this man. Our president will have my support, and while I won’t always agree with him,he will have my respect.

Through all of this junk that’s going on, I want to make one thing clear.

I don’t know alot of things….

I have no clue what will happen with this war.

I have no clue what will happen in this country in the next 4 years.

 I don’t even know if I will be able to support you the way I want to a month from now. I just don’t know.

What I do know, is that God is in control. This war is no surprise to him. This election was not a big shocker. Our economy hasn’t phased him one bit.

If there is one thing I want you to know about your dad, it’s that there is one thing he knows…..

God’s got it under control

 

Guess I’ll see you in may. In the meantime, try not to give your mom to much trouble, she’s doing a pretty dang good job.

 

Love You,

Jared Woodard

Your Dad

(The deep voice outside)