The Comment Tater

Hey y'all out there in non-potato land, Comment Tater here... I'm looking for some fun widgets, gadgets, maybe a fun site to learn CSS and a simple and informative tutorial on the GIMP.

I have found Yahoo Widgets and am in love with it (though I must confess I've yet to download my first widget) but really want something for my blogs. I read there is nothing thirty somethings love more than to have weather and calendars on their blog. Well, it is true. Give me cool gadgets and gizmos. Distraction to the masses.

So, make me into a loaded baked potato and pile it on, would you?


Tags: Gadgets; Gizmos; Widgets; CSS; GIMP

A friend of mine emailed me this link and said that she was reminded of me when she saw it. You be the judge.

Read about Tater People.

Do you have Starz on Demand? Check out the movie, What the Bleep Do We Know. If you love physics or science I believe you will love this movie.


Oh, and by the way... Warren Buffett: I need some charitable contributions... how 'bout it?

Tags: What the Bleep Do We Know?; Warren Buffett

My friend, the Big O, is planning a get together to go see Superman. Personally, I can't think of too many things that are more boring BUT, I will so totally go see Snakes on a Plane.

Talk amongst yourselves.

Tags: Snakes On A Plane; Superman Is Gay

I continue to listen to the Rich Dad's Guide to Investing and am really beginning to feel like I can be rich. I find that I do think like a rich person, more so than an employee. Those are people in the E quadrant and I need to be in the B quandrant. That is the quandrant of Business owner. This will allow me to gain the experience necessary to become the kind of investor that will allow me to become truly wealthy.

Anyway, later in the cd, there will be more discussion on what a person can do when they have no money. But for now, here are some very interesting ideas on the subject. The excerpt below is taken from Ask MetaFilter:

• Selling used underwear on ebay - (techincally illegal by the rules)
• Entering competitions untll i win something and selling it
• Standing on a street with a sign saying "I can read your mind for 20pence" and do one of those cheasy "pick a number betweeen 1 and 10" games (its busking so maybe illegal)
• Finding a loose brick on the road and selling it as a door stop (c0uld be illegal but who knows) - and who the hell is going to buy it
• Setting up a speed dating night by approaching people and asking for money down before sorting it out with the venue (risky but very cheeky - and a lot of work.
• Stand outside a celebrity venue and ask for someones autography and then sell it.

Have you any ideas for becoming wealthy with very little, if no money?

And, oh my gosh, I really wanted to get that Rich Dad, Poor Dad Board Game but look at how expensive it is.

I spoiled myself the other day and bought a book on CD. I downloaded one CD to my mp3 player already. It is Rich Dad's Guide To Investing . I've only listened to the first six segments and I already feel head and shoulders above the rest. I'm so pumped about it that I must get the Rich Dad, Poor Dad book for teens or the CD.

I had a wild hair to move away from my desk for a few moments and remind myself why, exactly, I slave away and toil daily. So, I splurged and come to find out, did over spend, but that is what you get when make purchases on the spur of the moment. Anyway, read more about Rich Dad's Guide To Investing.

I hate to see my electric bill. I hate to see my gas bill. I'm totally about energy efficient homes.

I know I've put pictures and links to the monolithic dome homes on my sites before but, really, not only are they gorgeous (in my twisted opinion) but they are energy efficient, too. Not ready for the round look? Read this article about this family that didn't pay a cent for utilities for two months. Oh, and by the way, doesn't Johnny Depp look smoking hot here?

My husband has a degree in anthropology and archaeology so he is a little bit of a freak... He's particularly a freak about earthquakes. So, every now and then he'll be like, did you hear about the earthquake in so and so and I bet it has to do with such and such and so forth.

Well, I don't like to sit around and just buy into his wild and crazy stories and like to see if I can find a way to prove or disprove some of the craziness in his head. So, below is some intersting links for you regarding earthquakes and such. I think you will find great amusement by visitng the earth sandwich link.

If the earth were a sandwich.
U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program.
Yellowstone National Park Special Map.

Well, I did not win the lottery. Didn't even get $2 out of 20 lines.

I was going to buy me a ranch in Colorado and build my monolithic dome home. I was thinking of bamboo flooring. I wanted an indoor pool and I was going to move my whole family up to the Family compound. I just met my dad a couple years ago and my sister. It would have been sweet.


What my Monolithic Dome Home might have looked like.

I'll keep trying to make my fortunes some other way. And keep playing the lottery.

**Edit, Edit, Edit**
This is what my Monolithic Dome Home would've looked like.

Three co-workers and I went in together and bought 20 lines on the powerball jackpot. For $40, total, we purchased 20 powerplay lines.

If I disappear... you know why.

My husband wants to move to Amsterdam. I'm okay with visiting but I'm in love with Colorado. No humidity, no snakes, no mosquitoes... what's not to love about that? The jackpot is up to $100 Million. Split between the four of us, that is somewhere around $17 Million dollars after taxes I do suppose. I've offered to divorce my husband and give him his share. Will he go?

Oh, man, I'm totally going to build my monolithic dome. I will most definitely invest. I'm taking donations, if you want to support my dream ;).

So funny from YouTube by way of the I am bored website.

I'm watching Lost right now, which has become one of my favorite shows...

I was inspired by Harelip Frog because I'm feeling in somewhat of a bitchy mood. So, a list of things I don't like:

1. Hearing people hiccup.
2. Hearing people sneeze.
3. Hearing people cough.
4. The sound of someone eating, unless I'm eating with them.
5. Whiners.
6. People who talk constantly.
7. Self absored ass hats.
8. Religious zealots.
9. Anti-Religious zealots.

I'll append this list as things occur to me. You're getting on my nerves now... good bye.

Well, you gotta check out this website. This dude and his girlfriend supposedly have a bet going where if he gets 5,000,000 hits to his website by the end of the year he gets to have a threesome.

Today, I ran some errands, cooked dinner, played tennis and now at 8:10 at night am finally able to get over to the pool. I won $ 27 on the lottery today!

It has been hotter than a firecracker outside. I burn easily and it is simjply painful to be out in the sun!

Gotta go!

I gotta tell you that as a woman I am simply excited that the FDA approved the cervical cancer vaccine today. Of course, ten years from now we'll probably find that the vaccine causes some other kind of cancer but for the moment and for today I am thrilled to hear that we are coming one step closer to removing the word cancer from our vocabularies.

Tell me what you think about this.

Whew!

I've been on vacation this week and had planned a menu for every day. I had planned for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert. I'll tell you what! It is hard work to try to cook three meals a day and try to have fun in between. I haven't quite got three meals a day in every day this week. It is just too much food!

We did have this cola chicken last night which was very good. It was made with a can of diet coke. My husband complained because he thinks he knows how to cook better than I that I should have used regular coke. The chicken turned out fine with diet coke, in my opinion. I also learned that working with corn starch and water is a work out!

I thought it would be fun to try new things this week but frankly, I spent $268 on groceries getting everything that I needed and have had to work hard in preparation and in clean up. Not much fun.

So, what I've reminded myself is that I am not the domesticated type. I don't very much enjoy cooking all the time, housework, laundry and all those non-fun things. I do like to play tennis, though I don't know the rules, and I like to read. If only I were rich!

Okay...

I'm on vacation this week. My seven year old son wants to go to play tennis. I will be taking him shortly. Since I've been gone, a young girl by the name of Analyce Guerra came up missing from my apartment complex. It was completely surreal. She's not yet been found. There are rumors that are circulating as to what happened to the little girl but I feel pretty confident that the child was taken by someone that the family knows...

I've also traveled recently to Colorado. My GOD... There is a God. You are certain of that when you see Colorado. Not Denver, now. You can see the mountain range from Denver but Denver is suprisingly flat. I went to Keystone and spoke at a recent convention. It is my five year plan to move to Colorado. I left my heart there.

I've stopped working so many long hours, thank goodness. I should have a little more time to blog now. I have many things going on with karate, kids, work, and I'm trying to learn Mandarin Chinese. I'm currently reading a book on RSS/Atom programming. I also recently downloaded MoreMotion Web Express.

It has been a difficult time around here, financially speaking. My husband hasn't been working and is finally getting back to work. So, support your Comment Tater. If you plan to order anything from Amazon, please click on my Amazon link and make your purchase through my link. If you know of any other good revenue generating methods, let's talk turkey, chicken.

I also finally made the short trip over to MIT OpenCourseWare. Continuous education is something of which I am truly passionate about. I'm always seeking the most cost effective (free) way to learn something. They have made a small selection of complete audio and video lectures available. Way to go, MIT.

Well, I'll sign off for now. Good to chat with you guys again. Give me a shout.