New Bloggers Added

Please look to the right hand column for new bloggers from Martinsburg, West Virginia.  Please go visit their sites.  If you are a blogger from Martinsburg (or anywhere in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia), leave me a comment or email me and  I will add a link to you.

If you don't want me to link you, let me know and I will take down the link.

As for my reading lately... I will update it very soon.

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone is safe and warm.  It has been a few weeks since I posted here...  Oh well. 

I have been reading up a storm here.  I will update the books in the next few days.  Not that anyone in actually reading this on a regular basis.

I am still unemployed after 6 months.  I really did not think it would be this long this time.  I really miss work -- of any kind.  But I will keep sending out my resumes, cover letters, and applications.  I will keep going on interviews.  Someone will eventually hire me.

I hope 2010 is better for you and me than 2009 was.

BlogShares "Untitled" Contest

There is a contest in BlogShares - a game where blogs are tracked, given value, and shares traded - where there are over 21000 untitled blogs in the index. The goal of the contest is to either give the blog a name or find if the blog is dead. A blog is considered dead in BlogShares if there has been no post to the blog in the last six months.

I will be tracking the blogs I find here. I will be updating this post all week so watch. If you want to get in on the fun, come to http://www.blogshares.com/, register, read the rules, and join in.


Monday, November 16, 2009


http://ashleymathews.spaces.live.com/ - dead
http://untitledprongsspace.spaces.live.com/ - dead
http://dwang99.spaces.live.com/ - dead
http://kevinyiu.blogspot.com/ - dead
http://mefirst1983.spaces.live.com/ - dead
http://bethacat.com/ - inaccessible
http://www.journalhome.com/golfclub/ - inaccessible - suspended
http://naturedelusion.blogspot.com/ - Title Changed from untitled to "Shrouded in darkness;"
http://www.journalhome.com/scott/ - inaccessible - suspended
http://birdincage.com/ - inaccessible
http://popopanda.wordpress.com/ - autoreferal to http://skchoi.org/ - inaccessible - posts not on first page
http://tracy-whitney91.spaces.live.com/ - inaccessible - need permission to view posts
http://www.journalhome.com/thompson/ - inaccessible - suspended
http://www.6ul-dv8.com/ - Title Changed to Untitled because a title would imply quality
http://vociferate.net/chameleon - inaccessable
http://scotthost.tumblr.com/ - non-blog
http://kourosism.blogspot.com/ - dead
http://deryckak.livejournal.com/ - Title changed to "World of Sound"
http://untitled-1.spaces.live.com/ - dead
http://www.journalhome.com/safaris/ - inaccessible - suspended
http://idanasi.blogspot.com/ - dead
http://www.joechung.info/untitled - dead
http://www.journalhome.com/andreypolnikin/ - inaccessible - suspended
http://lafuhrer.spaces.live.com/ - dead
http://www.journalhome.com/haveahome/ - inaccessible - suspended
http://keverz146.blogspot.com/ - dead
http://www.journalhome.com/granniesguide2/ - dead
http://www.allforthelove.com/steve - non-blog
http://pulp.orangephotography.com/untitled/ - dead
http://shokboy.blogspot.com/ - dead
http://alvinisking.blogspot.com/ - dead
http://www.journalhome.com/opulentusoverseas/ - inaccessible - suspended
http://whatisonlinegaming.com/ - non-blog
http://www.journalhome.com/lilychan/ - inaccessible - suspended
http://alokranj.blogspot.com/ - inaccessible

Updates throughout the week!

I Love a Parade

This past weekend, my daughter was chosen to be one of the banner carriers for the Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival. It was cold and rainy. But she did a fantastic job. Only about 16 kids were asked and only about 12 showed up.

My daughter helped carry the banner the first half of the parade, then we dropped out and watched most of the rest of it.

Myths are Familiar

Just finished reading this book.

I read this book back in college as part of a Classical Mythology course. I wanted to read it again as I was curious to see how mythology fits in with modern day myths and storytelling. Unfortutately the only copies available from Amazon are from private sellers. I am pretty sure you would find a copy in a library if you are interested in reading it.

Baseball Book

Back in 1998, I received a book for Christmas. I did not get around to reading it until the last couple of days. I wish I had read it back then. Although it was a very enjoyable read today. The book:



Back then, I was heavily into baseball. I shared a mini-season plan to the Orioles and was at "The Yard" at least once a week. I wasn't an Orioles fan though, my allegiance was in the National League. I just wanted to see baseball live. The site, the smells, the game, and yes, the "Woo-Woo" Boys (ask me about them sometime). I loved the game.

Then life hit. I was in love, I moved away from a major league park, I had kids. All took me away from something I enjoyed immensely. This book brought it back for me. Maybe I will watch a game every now an then. Hopefully Jon Miller will be broadcasting.

Still No Job

I am looking. I am submitting applications. It is only a matter of time until some company realizes they need me.

In the meantime, I am keeping my computer skills sharp. Working with spreadsheets and databases at home.

I am also starting to cook and bake again. A few years ago, I was pretty good. I am a little rusty, but it is a lot of fun .

Added Martinsburg Blogs

Here are 5 more blogs I found with Bloggers from Martinsburg, WV. Some are old, lapsed blogs, some are current. Give them some love. Go visit and enjoy!

I encourage any blogger to post, but more especially those from my local area.



The World According to John Lapsed Blog


The HOmIcidAL MaNiac GAmER Lapsed Blog


ANiTASz STUFF! Lapsed Blog


Ashley


Axis of Evil Lapsed Blog

If you are from Martinsburg or from the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and you have a blog that is not linked from my blog, let me know and I will check it out and put up a link.

If you are from the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and would like to blog, let me know. I will give you information and encouragement.

More Light

If you are a Brother Mason, this is good reading:

What's in Your Wallet?

I was just reading about the latest online credit card theft. It involved about 130 MILLION credit card numbers. That's right, 130 MILLION.

No wonder my Credit Card company sent me a new card a few months ago.

It was also interesting where he got the Credit Card numbers. He and his co-conspirators targeted 7-Eleven, Hannaford Brothers Co. (supermarket chain), T.J. Maxx, Barnes & Noble, Sports Authority, and OfficeMax. They hacked into these companies and put what is called a "sniffer" program in to locate and steal credit card numbers. These numbers weren't from a web-based shopping program. They came from the companies' corporate websites.

A lot has been said recently about Credit Card companies needing to be more secure against hacking. Well in this case, it shows that regular companies need to be more secure and do a better job protecting their customer's credit card numbers.