Archive for January, 2008
Jordin Sparks, the Season 6 winner of American Idol, released her first CD in November 2007. The album sales were off to a slow start though due to it being released right around Black Friday. The last I had read, Jordin’s self-tited CD had sold around 500,000 copies. There have been mixed reviews on the album as well.
Jordin has a great voice and definitely deserved to be the winner of American Idol. Hopefully things will turn around for her and sales will pick up!
I just recently read an article on WebProNews where reservation scalping is the latest and greatest in online businesses. Oh yes, it takes all kinds to make this lovely world go around!
These websites target residents of big cities (New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles). The “going rate”, according to Jason Lee Miller’s article, is $10 - $25 for your reservation.
One such site, Tablexchange.com, buys and sells reservations at trendy, chic restaurants. According to this article on The Social, this site has already become controversial.
Tablexchange.com currently only has around 1,000 registered users, but the site is taking off and word is getting around.
This morning, the 2008 Oscar Nominees were announced! You can read all about it at the link below:
2008 Oscar Nominees Announced
Benign Essential Tremor is a chronic health condition that is known as a movement disorder. Benign Essential Tremor belongs to the same “family” of movement disorders as Parkinson’s Disease. Here are a couple of articles that discuss living with Benign Essential Tremor (BET) and treating BET.
Benign Essential Tremor: Living with Uncontrollable Shaking
Treating Benign Essential Tremor: Treatments and Side Effects
It has been an interesting week for me. As I am now one of the co-bloggers for the American Idolist blog, I have been busy this week watching A.I. more intensely than ever before! I love watching the show and I am big into music, so this new blog is right up my alley. But sometimes I wonder why in the world do I put myself through the auditions? Yes, some of them are hilarious but some of these people are just plain weird.
Check out the latest at American Idolist!
Yesterday on the Dr. Phil show, the subject was Internet mistakes that people make. Women were guests on the show who publish provocative photos of themselves on Facebook and MySpace. They are also posting pictures of themselves drinking, drunk, passed out, and hugging the toilet.
A substitute teacher was also on the show, saying he was fired from his teaching job because of a music video he had on MySpace that had nudity and foul language.
None of these guests seemed to think that there is anything wrong with what they are doing. As Dr. Phil tried to point out, your personal life is your personal life. But if you are in a position of authority or power, like a teacher, it does not set a good example for children.
A job recruiter was on the show saying that many of the large companies are searching online at Facebook and MySpace to see if pictures and questionable material is posted by the job applicant. If there is, these people do not even get called in for a job interview.
Watch what you put online today because tomorrow it can come back to bite you in the butt.
I am writing for a new blog on the WebbleYou Blog Network, Chronic Health Blog. This blog will discuss all different kinds of chronic illness, along with health and wellness tips and information. Stop over and see me!
Chronic Health Blog
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