misc: Bloggers Unite. Blog For A Cause. Blog Action Day Oct 15 2008. - 09/28/08 11:53 PM
Blog Action Day October 15th 2008 (http://blogactionday.org/)
Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. Their aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion.
The … (21 comments)
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misc: What is a #Hashtag? Is #Hashtags Dying? Twitter Search Wins? - 09/28/08 09:44 PM
What the heck is a #Hashtag?
Ever notice in Twitter World that people have been using "#" signs in front of "Keywords" or "Groups" or "Locations" ?
Well these so called # groups are called "Hashtags" what is a hash tag you may ask?
Hashtags are used to create real time … (19 comments)
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misc: 10 Tips National College Savings Month - 09/25/08 10:09 PM
September is National College Savings Month
To help families plan and prepare for the future, the U.S. Congress has declared the month of September National College Savings Month.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, college costs are increasing at a rate of 8 percent per year. Children today … (9 comments)
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misc: Wedding Proposal 2.0 - 08/25/08 11:32 PM
No don't Adjust your computer screen, that is Google's Map Street View and that is a guy holding up a sign proposing to his lover Leslie.
This was hyped up via Digg 2 days ago and tweeted all over Twitter. Because well its a pretty cool idea.
Digg link … (8 comments)
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misc: 08-08-08 Fun Tidbits About Today - 08/08/08 10:18 PM
Today is an interesting day marking the calendars as August 8th 2008 or 08-08-2008 or 888 in short.
So whats the scoop behind these numbers?
Remember 2 years ago when it was June 6th 2006 (666) ? That was an interesting day too.
So doing some research I … (13 comments)
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misc: Selling Arizona Homes Creatively!! This IS NOT DMX! - 05/07/08 11:55 PM
Just about everything has been done to assist in selling homes, but this Arizona Real Estate agent spurred on by a contest involved his entire family to help market his home!
I have to say, you really need to be creative and willing to be responsive to the current market conditions! This particular … (10 comments)
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misc: Predictive Dialer - 05/06/08 02:26 PM
I apologize in advance for this off topic post. I figured that this is the best route to advertise this to the RE Community. I have a 8 seat predictive dialer server/software that I no longer use from another RE Marketing business that I'd like to sale. If you have any … (0 comments)
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misc: Attention Wordpress Bloggers - Great resource for you non-technie types - 04/14/08 11:05 AM
I started this Georgetown Texas Real estate blog one year ago and performed my first "upgrade" today! Actually, it was more out of necessity than anything, I went to my blog this past weekend and noticed all of my posts were appearing in reverse chronological order! So, an upgrade did the … (3 comments)
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misc: Been Caught Speeding Lately??? - 03/13/08 09:13 AM
I haven't...but it's not because I drive the speed limit. I'm always more cautious when school is in because of the thousands of school aged children "out and about." So, this is not a blog to condone speeding but there are all times when YOU and I both have been … (13 comments)
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misc: CT. Relay For Life Help Us In Supporting - 03/09/08 11:12 AM
I'm excited to be a part of this, and I want to let everyone know. Will you please come help support this valuable cause? All the businesses below agreed to work together and offer a great donation to the Relay for Life.
The Relay FOr Life of Manchester is June 6, 2008 … (0 comments)
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misc: Big A, Little A, What Begins with A? The ABC's for Active Rain - 03/01/08 09:58 PM
I have 2 boys, one who is 3 years old, and one who is 2 years old. Reading them a bed time story is a highlight of my day, actually any time I have with the is precious. My older son Timmy is learning his letters so he likes to pick … (8 comments)
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misc: 200 More to Go! - 03/01/08 09:02 AM
Woo Hoo, I did it! After 2 weeks of blogging I'm number 2 in my city, Georgetown, Texas! What does that mean? Well, to put it in perspective, that's #200 in Texas and I'm still 90,000+ points from the number 1 spot in my city! *GULP!*
I guess I need to … (18 comments)
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misc: Active Rainers, What will you do with your extra day? - 02/28/08 12:23 PM
Tomorrow is February 29th, Leap Year Day. According to the Honor Society of Leap Year Day Babies, one in every 1461 people are leap year babies, and there are about 200,000 leap year babies in the United States. My wife is one of them, tomorrow is her 9th. birthday.
Tony Robbins … (9 comments)
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misc: Subprime Explanation - In a fun presentation - 02/20/08 10:49 PM
Everyone has looked for a way to explain the mess that the mortgage business has gotten in to and countless articles have been written by this person and that person. While many have been very good and offered good explanations, I've always felt something lacking in most of them. A friend … (2 comments)
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misc: Wrong Number! - 01/07/08 09:50 AM
Do you get a lot of wrong number calls on your cell phone? I'm not worried about minutes, I'm worried about the disruption, and waste of time that a wrong number call can create. Especially wrong numbers that happen all the time from the same people. Is your number a digit … (6 comments)
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misc: Time to pack in the holiday decorations, will you be using your new GPS unit? - 12/26/07 10:41 AM
Everyone has their "time" to set up their decorations and tree, and when they are going to take them down. Some like to set up around Thanksgiving, my parents love to find a tree on Christmas eve. Yes I am troubled by the yearly hunt for the tree which least … (4 comments)
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misc: Make a Reindeer from a Computer Carton - 12/22/07 10:11 PM
With Christmas just 2 days way I want to pass along some holiday fun, and this article seems to be it. It is about turning a cardboard box into a reindeer. The idea might might not work to well outside all wrapped in lights for those who might get some rain, … (2 comments)
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misc: I Kant Spull, Kan U? - 12/18/07 09:43 AM
English has always been a hard thing for me, just not my chosen subject, I get math. It is why I'm in mortgages, it's more numbers than words. In 3rd. grade my dad got me the Misspeller's Dictionary. It was great. It helped me learn the differences of words like their, … (5 comments)
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misc: Web 2.0 Round Corners For Your Pictures - 12/13/07 01:28 PM
Found a cool web site that will help you to quickly and easily put rounded courners on your pictures. Give your pictures a cool Web. 2.0 look. The site is free to use, there are some ads on the site.
To round your corners you upload the picture, or point to the … (4 comments)
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misc: Happy Thanksgiving! - 11/19/07 11:06 AM
Top 5 Things I'm Thankful For This Year: (leave your top 5 in the comments!)
1. My husband and 8 furry kids.
2. Steady business in a tight real estate market.
3. Bryanna Clark Grogan's vegan pumpkin pie.
4. Crisp autumn mornings.
5. My new bathroom sink.
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misc: These are NATURAL HIGHS!! - 10/24/07 10:34 AM
This is Non-Real Estate Related so if that bothers you, please click on the next blog you'd like to read.
I received this from a friend today, via email. Wow! These truly are natural highs and deserve to be read by anyone looking for a pick-me-up or a great reminder of … (9 comments)
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misc: Admitting multitasking is bad! - 10/22/07 06:58 PM
Time management is something we were not taught in school, but we must learn to be productive and successful in our adult lives. It doesn't matter how smart, gifted, or how great your product or service is if you can't get the work done and the word out. Learn to master … (4 comments)
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misc: What I should be learning from Monoploy... - 09/28/07 07:36 AM
I love playing Monopoly, We have big framed prints of the Boardwalk and Park Place cards hanging at our house. I rarely lost a game until I met my wife. She wins every time we play! Doesn't matter if we play classic Monopoly, or one of the many other versions of … (4 comments)
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misc: So to add insult to injury....press here - 08/30/07 01:43 PM
So yesterday was zipping along as a typical Wednesday...nothing out of the ordinary, a few more phone calls than normal, but not going to complain about that at all. So after a busy morning with no breakfast by 11:00 I was 'starved' to say the least.
So off I went to one … (1 comments)
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misc: $225,000 for a Parking Space? WTF? - 07/13/07 09:52 AM
New York City is notorious for having a high cost of living with typical condominiums costing $1000 or more per square foot. A typical Chicago 2×2 condo that would sell for around $400-$500k in Lakeview or Lincoln Park would probably be in excess of $1.25 million in New York! However, the … (3 comments)
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misc: Honor Our Heroes - 05/28/07 09:40 AM
No matter what you think of war, any war, one thing is certain. If not for the brave men and women who have served our nation, I wouldn't be writing this blog and you wouldn't be reading it. Let's face it, the enemies of America, past and present, have never been … (2 comments)
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