Wordless Wednesday: I'm getting a dog

My brother is moving to a new town and I'm getting a dog. He's a cute little dog; but don't let looks deceive you, he's a handful.

Looking Back

I wanted to take a minute to reflect on this past month. I know that April still has a couple of days left in it, but the end of the month was all I could think about today. It has been a rather interesting month so far and my traffic has exceeded my goals for this month. I started the month on a break from blogging and right after my break my traffic increased tremendously. I have to Thank everyone for stopping by my little corner of the web to drop your card and/or a comment. I do owe a lot of my traffic to those who come here from either Entrecard or my ad on some one Else's Entrecard widget.

Some of you may have noticed that I have started posting a "Wordless Wednesday" these past couple of weeks. I will try to keep wordless Wednesday up from now on, although I may need to purchase a new camera. I hope you like coming back for a read I will be trying to post more often so you will have something new to come back and read. But for now I will end with some link love for the top 5 Entrecard droppers this month.

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Life In the Internet
Diet Pulpit
Media Morgue
WORLDWIDE TRAVEL BLOG

Wordless Wednesday: The Importance of Tire Maintenance

My Phone took this picture after my tire blew out on the highway. Tire maintenance is really important!

Earth Day

April 22, 2008 was Earth Day. For me it seemed like everything except for my daily walk was out of place today. My day started really badly, I had to race to work whereas I usually take my time to conserve fuel. I normally attempt to set aside an hour a day for turning everything off, unfortunately I was only able to manage three quarters of an hour. While I was at work, a colleague ended up making a mistake and we ended up having more printed paper than we should have, today certainly did not go as it should have! But now that it is over we all can look back on today and see what differences we could have made for the sake of our future on this planet.

What is Earth day to you? To me it is a chance to review anything I have been doing to reduce my carbon footprint as well as exploring new options to "Go green." There were quite a few things that I would have preferred to do differently with respect to reducing my impact on the environment. I hope you all have had a chance to look at what you are currently doing to reduce your impact on the environment.

Anyway one thing that was on my mind today was composting. Composting food waste is an excellent way to reduce your impact on the environment as it prevents food from decomposing in landfills and creating pockets of methane gas. My home town introduced a new program last year where you would put items that can be composted in a green bin for collection on your usual garbage pick up day. Not every one participates which is a little disturbing but those who do participate are certainly reducing their impact on the environment.

I do believe that if everyone takes a few small steps towards reducing their impact on the environment, our children would grow up in a much greener and healthier world. With all of the emphasis on health in today's world we all should take a minute or two to take a look at what small changes we can make to reduce our own impact on the environment. So in conclusion, even though today really has not presented me with much I can do to reduce my impact on the environment; it has given me a chance to reflect and see what I should start doing differently. I hope your "Earth Day" was better than mine and I hope that you take a minute or two to reflect on what your are doing to better the environment. Please leave me your opinions on Earth Day, I really would like to hear them.

Image: Wiki Media Commons

What Ever!

Today I was excited to find this little card in my mailbox when I got home. But then I made the mistake of checking my page rank. Last time I checked my page rank was about two weeks ago, right before I decided to start using Mozilla for my Internet browser; it was at 3/10. I was quite happy with that page rank after all I had looked into what would help your PR increase and had worked hard to get there. Today I found out that I no longer have a PR which explains to some extent why I only get 1 or 2 hits from search engines instead of the 8 to 15 I was getting two or three weeks ago.

I do want to know why I got slapped by Google? Was I just not posting enough to keep the PR? Was it because it took almost 4 weeks for a little card going air mail to reach me from California, which I could drive to in less time? Or was it because my traffic increased more than you thought was natural? There are lots and lots of questions I could ask and I know that the big conglomerate that is Google will never answer a single one! Which is why I am saying "WHAT EVER!" I really don't have the time or the energy to worry about why my page rank went from 3 to 0. Personally I think its down right ignorant but they don't care do they? Anyway I just had to get this little rant off my chest; maybe I'll be able to sleep better tonight. This has been my opinion, if you've been slapped by Google leave me a comment and let me hear your story.

Image: My phone took the picture of a card from Google before I knew what was happening!

Attention: Coin Collectors Don't Miss This!

Today I had an opportunity to view some rare coins through Monaco Rare Coin's website. As most of you who have read my previous posts; or those who are inclined to follow investments know that precious metals are one of the most safest and profitable investments. The coins in the picture accompanying this post are not offered on the website, but clearly illustrate rare coins. Anyway, the whole website offers valuable information for everyone interested in collecting rare and valuable coins.

The page that made me want to write this post was the top picks page. On the top picks page you get to watch a short but informative video from Adam Crum the Vice President of Monaco Rare Coin. The best part about collecting rare coins is that it is very easy to get started. The website offers more information on getting started as a collector. You should visit and view the specials as well as all of the valuable information Monaco Rare Coin is offering.