Archive for September, 2007

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Alzheimers Memory Walk Flair & A Little Something For A Rainy Day

Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk
Only a month away, the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk in San Antonio will raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer care, support and research. And because I have experienced the disease first-hand, I decided to become a team captain and form a team of friends and family to do our part. Last week, I received my Team Captain Kit complete with infomation and fundraising ideas, and some purple shoelaces (which I totally plan on sporting that day).

You can help us out by donating to our team, IN MEMORY OF…. And my offer still stands…I’ll match your donations up to $100; and for you bloggers, I’ll include a backlink on my site to yours with a minimum donation of $15.

Meguiar’s Ultimate Quik Detailer Ultimate Review
My review on Meguiar’s Ultimate Quik Detailer has been referenced on several car forums. Since then, many have offered up their own words of amazement…and one video where a guy compared it to 3 other products (including sprays and waxes) on the hood of his Denali. Pretty slick.

Well, the folks over at JMPR Public Relations sent me a little thank you package that included some useful Meguiar’s products: Meguiar’s Quik Wheel Detailer, Meguiar’s Gold Class Car Wash (which I had just run out of with my previous wash), and Meguiar’s NXT Generation Tech Wax. I have yet to use the wax, but if my car looks as wet as the G35 on the box, I might…well, I might get “excited”. I’m just waiting on some Hankook 19″ tires, a cordless Black & Decker drill or two, and maybe a week in a Bugatti or Bentley. But I’m not holding my breath…and beggars can’t be choosers. Thanks, JMPR and Meguiar’s!

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Hooters Waitress Kyla Ebbert Escorted Off Of Plane

Playboy Store: 2008 Playboy Calendars

Courtesy: CRISSY PASCUAL

Kyla Ebbert is a Hooter’s waitress from San Diego. Her itenerary was simple. Grab a doctor’s appointment in Tuscon. Hop a Southwest flight back home. Serve several ogling men beer and wings at Hooters. No problem, right? Well much to her chagrin, the 23-year-old Mesa College student was asked by a male Southwest Airlines flight attendant, referred to as “Keith”, to exit the plane until she could find more suitable clothing. She appeared on the TODAY Show on Friday, and according to the description on their website, the outfit “…consisted of a snug-fitting white top with a scoop neck that stopped just short of showing cleavage. Over the shirt was a green sweater that buttoned underneath her bosom. It was finished with high-heeled sandals and a white denim mini-skirt with a fashionably frayed hem.” Sounds fine to me. I mean…if I had a daughter, I probably wouldn’t approve, but it isn’t at all much different from any other college-aged girl. The poor girl snapped a pic of her outfit with her camera phone and sent it to her mom for approval. Hey. If mom approves, “Keith” has no grounds for his actions unless, of course, eye candy is now banned by Homeland Security as a security risk or something. One of my friends sent me a link to her MySpace page. I think what Kyla was wearing that day (relatively speaking) was pretty “decent”. Perhaps HootersAir will let her fly on their planes?

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Rainbow Ish

Do you remember as a kid putting your thumb over the end of the water hose to spray a mist in the air to create rainbows? Yeah…me neither. That’s just weird. Well, while playing golf last week, we saw this rainbow that looks like a “mistbow”. Just thought it looked a little out of the ordinary.

Sun Dog (scientific name, parhelion) in San Antonio

Ok. Now who wants to talk about chicks and muscle cars? Football?

UPDATE: Commentor, John (see comments below), has alerted me to the fact that this is called a sun dog. Pretty interesting stuff.

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Week 2 College Football — Oregon Stuffs Michigan

Just a week after its loss to Appalachian State, Michigan suffers its 5th loss in a row to #29 Oregon — according to the Associated Press “their most-lopsided loss in 39 years”. Enough talk about upsets. This is just reassurance that Michigan was overrated in the pre-season polls this year.

Although Oregon’s defense is suspect week to week, save for their secondary, the Ducks did an excellent job of controlling Michigan RB, Mike Hart…”controlling” meaning he only rushed for 127 yards. I don’t care how badly Michigan sucks this season, I’m gonna watch just to see Hart run. Although he’s an ultra-shifty runner, which I usually correspond with the words “hesitate” and “EastWest”, Hart somehow finds a way to do it while maintaining his NorthSouth route toward the end zone. He’ll have fun against the Irish next week if he can remain healthy. Hey, Mike. Next time you guys are losing by 30+ in the 3rd quarter with no hope of winning in sight and your backup is trying to replace your gimpy butt, get out. We all know you’re a badass (that’s no joke). I can definitely respect the guy’s determination; but he was already hurt, staying in the game was a little too risky for his long-term durability.

After watching these two teams play in both Week 1 and Week 2, I can say two things with certainty: “There’s no hope for Michigan”, and “I’m addicted to quack”.

Dennis Dixon
It’s usually premature to make predictions of any kind before Week 4 in my opinion, which is why I don’t really pay close attention to preseason polls. The same can probably be said for Heisman candidates. But I can’t over how great Dennis Dixon is. He threw for 368 yards and a career-high 4 touchdowns in the Ducks’ win over Michigan. And he made it look easy. If I had to make one of my typical dissident statements, Dennis Dixon is the second coming of Vince Young…and Barrick Nealy. He’s not quite as elusive as Vince Young, but he’s definitely got some wheels. And his arm strength and accuracy resemble that of Barrick Nealy (who in the hell is Barrick Nealy). Dixon should definitely be an early consideration for the Heisman especially if he has the same effect on his team that Vince Young and Barrick Nealy did on theirs.

Odious Observations
I use the word odious only because I tend to make “out there” statements about sports (my friend, “The Human Thesaurus”, is cursing his computer screen). For example, when I tell my friends and co-workers that Appalachian State could beat Michigan AT LEAST 4 out of 10 times, I get that look of “yeah right” or “that’s really funny”. I generally do it to get under their skin, but sometimes I actually believe what I’m saying. Here are a few of those following Week 2:

• Washington, Oregon, Clemson, and Georgia Tech are Top 15 teams. The Huskies in particular will validate me or make me a liar over the next 3 weeks.
• When Michigan loses, it should no longer be regarded as an “upset”.
• Why is Cal ranked #10?
• Oklahoma and LSU will play each other in the Superdome at the end of the season. I haven’t seen more dominant teams than these through Week 2.
• Only Wisconsin & West Virginia will make the previous statement null and void.
• Get over USC already.

Disclaimer: I have not consumed any alcoholic beverages or other mind-altering drugs prior to producing this list.

Oh yeah…
It was great to see that Ron Franklin was doing a primetime game this morning. As I’ve said before, I think he’s the unofficial successor to Keith Jackson as far as college football commentators go. I just get goosebumps hearing the guy call a game…just as I did with Mr. Jackson. And if have to hear Brent “Capt. Obvious” Musberger again…

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Mattel Recalls Another 773,900 Barbie® & GeoTrax™ Toys

It looks like Barbie toys continue to put a bad taste in our mouth…make that our children’s mouths. Add one more recall to the list (i.e. Sesame Street, Dora, and Diego and Thomas The Tank Engine) due to Chinese-produced toys with lead-based paint. Yesterday, Mattel voluntarily recalled a variety of toys to include Big Big Worldâ„¢ 6-in-1 Bongo Band toys, GeoTraxâ„¢ Locomotive toys, and Barbie® Accessory Sets. I’m happy to know that my son doesn’t have any of these toys; but for those of your kids that do, here are the details. Read the rest of this entry »

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Blog Money — August 2007

Can you believe it is already September? I think part of the reason this summer has been such a blur is all the rain we’ve had down here in San Antonio. August was also a busy month as my business partner and I engrossed ourselves with the planning of RETOX, which hit a few snags.

Despite the decrease in posts, blogging revenues remained relatively unchanged. Here are my blogging revenues for August 2007:

Google AdSense:	$47.09
Text Link Ads:	$21.57
PayPerPost:	$129.50
AuctionAds:	$0.04
AzoogleAds:	$0.00
Amazon Associates:	$5.58
TOTAL:	$203.78

So, a decrease from July 2007 blogging revenue, but expected. I only did four paid reviews through PayPerPost in August; PPP is clearly my biggest revenue generator. AdSense did increase by about a buck. I’m a little discouraged that I have not sold more Text Link Ads. I lost one advertiser, but quickly gained another. Credit Solutions provides debt consolidation services and a learning center to assist those concerned with managing their debt. Thanks to them for advertising on Derrich.com. I’ve also stopped advertising on Brohans.com. I don’t think they are updating anymore, so they’ve also stopped taking money out of my PayPal account. I did get a free link to Sweethacks.com. The blog has 8 free backlinks since I last checked. Wander over and grab a spot.

And big thanks to all of you that contribute your thoughts and comments. I just remembered halfway through the month that my Top Commenters counter is set to 7 days, which means it resets itself sooner than I thought. I’ve fixed that to go for the full month. Cheers to a successful month of blogging for everyone…and if you’re not a blogger, then cheers to your pursuit of success.

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So Appalachian State Beat Big Blue…

To my friends, I’m known for my “out there” college football picks. I love picking upsets. I have to say, I’m not too bad at it. I would have never picked Michigan to lose to Appalachian State. But am I completely surprised? Absolutely not! I don’t get all the hoopla surrounding this upset in front of a crowd of 109,218…and I use the term “upset” loosely. After all, #2 defeating #1 in the BCS Championship Game is often regarded as an “upset” (i.e. Texas over USC). Appalachian State is a 2-time Division I-AA National Champion. Why would it be inconceivable for them to be able to beat — I don’t know, say — half the Top 25 teams in Division 1-A? This defeat should also be some indication of that pre-season rankings are worthless. Read the rest of this entry »

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