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Pondering for Feedback

November

2005

So. Has anyone ever asked you for your advice regarding decisions about their business?

I think I might.

I’ve just spent the morning re-tooling (because not much has changed, really) my ordering information and contact form pages. Why? ‘Cause I must be awfully confusing, but I don’t realize it. I’ve been told that I’m one of those people that’s “hard to get” as in “I just don’t get her”. Ah well, I’m one of those artist types. What can I say. Deep, thoughtful, sensitive, confused, expressive… my mind is wired a little differently, that’s all. What I think makes perfect sense ends up only making perfect sense to me! Okay and a few cherished others, trust me when someone understands what I’m saying, I grab on and don’t let go. (Unless that person uses force, well then, I run and hide under the nearest table. But I digress.)

Help me out here, wouldjya? Does my ordering information page make sense? Is my contact form clear? Is it obvious to the passer-by that I’ll paint anything for money?

I tried really hard with this new design to tie it in to my gallery so that it would be “seamless”. So that visitors to my gallery would be prompted to come here to my blog, and so that my blog visitors would go “hey, look at that menu up there! There’s more than just a blog!” So are you doing that? Have you SEEN my gallery? Do ya care? :sniffle:

Then there’s the issue of sales and specials. Sheesh. That’s a toughie.

I’m stuck at the moment. Any suggestions? Are you waiting for me to have some amazing giveaway or sale so you can order something?

Seriously, I’ll take everything into consideration. Got any ideas?

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Thursday Things To Know

November

2005

Boy. Oh boy.

Yesterday, yesterday was a huge day for the Thursday Thirteen! How exciting is that!? So exciting, I’ve altered the code. So please, don’t forget to get the new code next week, kay?

My original plan was that people would participate, using the code, and go around visiting everyone elses, and by the end of the day everyone would have the same link list at the end. One big happy circle of bloggers, growing every week and getting to know everyone else. That’s not happening, and perhaps my expectations were too high?! NAH!

:no: :no: :no: !!

The new code has something special! If you use it, fairies will fly over to your blog and sprinkle statistic jumping dust ALLLL over it! Know why? Scroll down and look at my last thirteen. At the very bottom, there’s text that reads “tag: thursday thirteen”. That’s just a sample, the new code says “View More Thursday Thirteen Participants”. I put this in as a Technorati Tag, so now if people :ahem: get lazy (:no:) and don’t leave links or update their link lists, all you’ll have to do is click on the Tag on the bottom of one of the other blogs who did it right (:yes:)!

You’ll be taken to Technorati, who will have allllll of the participants all nice and tidy like (as long as the code is used correctly, or at least the correct tag is included). Then you can be as reclusive as you’d like, we’re COMING TO VISIT YOU ANYWAY!

:slaphappy:

And also, I think I’m going to make a fun little graphic for our regulars. You guys rock. I love your Thirteens, please keep participating!

Any comments/questions/suggestions on how this whole thing works are welcome, that’s why the Little Monkeys Jump!

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Hardee’s For Idiots

November

2005

Hardee’s advertising executives must really be struggling after having one of the Hiltons wash a car for a burger half nekkid. (What’s with the half nekkid theme this week, anyway?)

I used to be interested in watching thir commercials. Now? Not so much. Come on people.

After seeing the current commercial for their wonderful and tasty breakfast biscuits, I’ve come to the conclusion that they no longer want my business, they would prefer the business of idiots. Preferrably men, illiterate men, who grunt and can’t read simple instructions.

The scene, if you haven’t caught it, goes something like this:

Apparently hungover man dressed in a hardly washed t-shirt and boxers, unshaven with mussed up hair stumbles into kitchen, opens refrigerator, retrieves prepackaged biscuits in a tube.

Stares at the tube, wondering how the tube will manage to open itself up and the biscuits, now freed from their confinement, will find the oven and hop in before he falls over from starvation.

Gets frustrated with the tube, I presume because it hasn’t opened itself yet.

Smacks tube on counter several times.

Glares at tube, shows tube who’s boss.

Gnaws on the end of the tube with, hey… wait! Well polished teeth! That’s wierd. Still. I worry, because chewing on tin and cardboard can’t be good for those pearly white puppies.

Continues chewing and gnawing and pounding.

Leaves the tube of biscuits on the counter, frustrated and hungry, and stumbles out of the room.

Deep man voice starts talking, shows a picture of Hardee’s breakfast biscuit, and explains how they’re made just for neanderthals like this guy. Without Hardee’s, idiots like him would go hungry.

end commercial.

I like Hardee’s. When I get really hungry and would like a meal that has a quantity of calories and fat grams that oversaturate the average human heart, that’s the first place I think of. Their burgers knock the socks off of any other burger on the planet, imho. Still.

So what do you think? Would you run out to buy one of these breakfast biscuts after seeing this commercial? What food commercial leaves you shaking your head and wondering “how did THAT get on the air?”

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And The Winners Are…

October

2005

“Jack Skellington” from
Tim Burton’s animated classic, “A Nightmare Before Chistmas”.
by Beteljooz

“Darla the Punch-Drunk Pumpkin”
by MommaK @ Petroville

Clickity click for the final tally, it was a great contest! Thanks everyone for playing!!

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Pumpkin Polls

October

2005

Today is THE DAY. (Happy Halloween!)

In my left sidebar there are two polls. The yellow one is for the top section of pumpkin entries, and the orange one is for the Late Carvers. Please, view the pumpkins and have a vote! You can vote once in each poll. Sorry about any stupid popups, it comes with the polls (and will leave with the polls, too!)

Pass it on!

* * * UPDATE * * *
It’s 2:27PM CST here, just a couple of hours left to vote for your favorite pumpkin carvings! Polls close at 5PM CST!

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Last Minute Carvers!

October

2005

Click on the banner and scroll down to see the new Last Minute Carvers Association Entries. There will be a separate poll that will open on Halloween (hopefully around 6AM CST) and close at 5PM CST.

Remember, this is all just for fun! These are all really cool pumpkins, add yours to the bunch!

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Frappr Map : Where are You?

October

2005

Because everybody’s doing it. The peer pressure was unbearable. I couldn’t take it anymore!

MY FRAPPR BLOGMAP

Go on, you know you wanna! Tell me where you are!

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Pumpkin Update

October

2005

I’ve activated the Poll for the pumpkin carving contest on my sidebar.

You can view current entries HERE, and vote if you’d like!

I’ve also amended the contest rules for last minute carvers, you can enter your pumpkins through Sunday night and I will create a separate poll for your pumpkins and voting will be limited to 8 hours on Halloween!

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