Blog O’ Obscurity

And while we’re on the topic of online quizzes. Here is the best online quiz absolutely ever.

Troy McClure Film or Actual Terrible Movie

“You may remember him from such hits as Christmas Ape and Christmas Ape Goes to Summer Camp, but how well do you remember Troy McClure’s other projects? Can you tell which of the following titles come from the filmography of Springfield’s favorite screen icon and which are the real-life dregs of IMDb?”

And no fair checking IMDb or any other database for the answers.

My personal score first time through the quiz was 11 of 15.

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Now that I’m a few hours closer to Las Vegas than I’ve been in a few years, I finally have to find a way to make the trip. I’m pretty sure that things have changed just a little bit since my last trip to las vegas 20 years ago. Yeah, pretty sure about that. Good thing that the internet is here to give me lots of tips and advice about making the trip that should come in handy whether I’m looking to lose a load at the tables or take in a show on the Strip.

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This fall, more than 600 communities will each hold their own Alzheimer’s Memory Walk to help raise awareness about the disease and funding for research into this dreaded problem. Please consider finding out about this important event and, if you can, becoming a Captain and helping others get involved. Almost anyone of any physical ability can participate in this 2-3 mile walk which will help raise money to find better treatments than are currently available to the 5.2 million people in this country currently dying of this disease.

It’s likely that many of you know someone who has this disease and feel powerless to help. Now is your chance to take a stand against this illness and help your loved ones. Even if you don’t personally know someone with Alzheimer’s, you probably know what this disease does. Think of this walk as your insurance for the future so that if you become ill with Alzheimer’s, you have a better quality of life than those who struggle with it today.

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I just got back from a thrilling trip to the windy city. I didn’t see Oprah, but I did get to see signs pointing toward Harpo Studios and that’s almost as good. We went to Blue Man Group, took a boat tour up (down?) the Chicago river and used every mode of transportation available to the city. I even got to have the light scent of urine attach itself to my skirt after riding in a taxi (my first time).

Truthfully, the city was magnificent and no one threw any punches on the bus so it was quite fun. I wouldn’t want to live there but it was alot of fun to visit.

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Evidently, during the writer’s strike of 07-08, Joss Whedon (of Buffy and Serenity fame) started writing a musical for release on the internet. The result is Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog.

Okay.

I’m not the biggest Joss Whedon fan and never really got into any of his projects, but Neil Patrick Harris is pretty funny on his new series on CBS, and he looks like he’s having fun here. Looks like it could be interesting if not downright scary.

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The strangest things seem to occupy my time on the internet. Some games I give a shot and let pass by, but sometimes there is a really strange one that I play and play and play. It’s not usually the greatest animation or graphics and definitely not the greatest music, but I play.

My most recent addiction for an afternoon was Hedgehog Launcher.

Purchase upgrades for your hedgehog launcher and then steer your hog through the floating coins and bars. Don’t worry, everything that you can hit is good. Your eventual goal is to launch the large smiling rodent into space. That said, I was kind of disappointed when I finally did. I was having too much fun collecting the coins.

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I know you’re all waiting with baited breath to hear Baby S: Part II, but I have bigger news to let you in on.

We bought our oldest daughter a big girl bed!

She no longer sleeps on the couch or the crib - she gets her very own bed. And bedding. And pink decorative pillow.

This also means that our younger daughter gets bumped from sleeping in a playpen to sleeping in a crib like every other self respecting 14 month old does.

They are both settling in nicely.

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Now I doubt that ancient samurai spent their time with sudoku puzzles, but the site samurai-sudoku.com has an interesting twist on the popular puzzle. They combine five sudoku puzzles into one with a central puzzle attached to four surrounding puzzles. I’ve been visiting this site for years and thought I’d let the rest of the world know.

I usually go for the Evil or Fiendish puzzles, but occasionally step down to Hard. Try it out and if you get stuck, you can click on the Solve Step button. I print the things out so I won’t be tempted.

The sites been linked on my front page for a few months now, but here is a short description of what it is.

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I’ve been using my mom’s computer to get some stuff done and I’m dying. 

You see, she has dial up. 

I am supposed to work quickly so I don’t tie up the phone line too long but I can’t work very quickly because I’m on a stinking phone line.

They told me that when I went high speed, I’d never go back but I was sure that if the price difference became too much, I’d be able to switch back in a flash.  I now know otherwise.  I’m not sure what I will do if I have to go back to dial up for good. 

What happens if they don’t have high speed in our new town?  What lengths should I go to to get it?  What lengths WILL I go to to get it?

I shudder to think, but I really don’t want to live this dial-up life forever.

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If you have a web site, you probably know how important Search Engine Optimization (SEO for short) is for your web page. It can mean the difference between success and failure since the earlier you show up in an engine’s results, the more likely people will be to come to your web site. Who do you know who keeps clicking till they get to the 10th page just to make sure they’ve got the most relevant site? MAYBE 1. And what if you’re on the 100th page?

Building an audience for your site can be difficult to do on your own - should you buy links or try to sneak them into another site? How can you make sure your edu links are relevant? Finding a partner to help you may be the best step you can take to help your site achieve it’s goal. After all, you didn’t build a site just for your own entertainment - you built it to get information out to people.

There are many companies out there to help just about anyone build their search engine results, but EduTextLink.com caters especially to domains that know the value of an .edu link and is the first of its kind to do so. Since incoming edu links are often more valued by the search engines this can go a long way toward you attaining optimum utilization of your site. On top of that they also will help you make sure your keywords are effective by comparing them to those of your competitors. They will make sure your site is search engine friendly by not overpopulating it with links. They will allow your site to show a pattern of natural growth that search engines find appealing.

Don’t waste your time trying to buy text links on your own that may end up doing you no good. Allow EduTextLink.com to help you get the most from your site by having them find edu links for you.

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