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Cold Concoction – Homemade Cold Remedies

By on Monday, October 27th, 2008 | No Comments
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Ginger

Cold season is here and I have been hit by the bug. A sore throat, coughing, runny nose and everything else that went along with a bad cold took over my entire being.  Sure. I could have ate some chicken soup, but I knew that there was something out there that could knock this sucker out.

My mother-in-law, who is Puerto Rican, gave me a remedy a while back. It called for making some very strong ginger tea. Raw ginger root, grated and boiled in distilled water actually made my nose turn into a faucet. My sinuses were drained and I could breathe easier. Ginger is also good for an upset stomach. I guess that is why mom always said to drink ginger ale when you were sick. But if you look at your favorite ginger ale, you’ll discover that there isn’t really any ginger in it.

I really liked the effects ginger had on my cold in the past, but what if I could make this homemade cold remedy better.  There had to be a way I could incorporate ginger and some other ingredients to battle this cold.

After searching homemade cold remedies, I came across a blog called, Smith Family Recipes & Stories.

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Lemon

In this blog, there was a recipe for making a homemade cold remedy called Lemon Ginger Toddy with Rum and Red Pepper. I bought all the ingredients that I needed to make this concoction and I gave it a try. According to the blog, Smith Family Recipes and Stories, here’s what you have to do with the ingredients.

1 1/4 cups water
1 T honey
juice of 1 lemon or lime
several slices fresh or candied ginger
1 tsp rum
1 fresh or dried red pepper, undisturbed

Boil the ginger and the whole pepper together in the water for ten minutes or so.

Put honey and lemon juice in a mug, and pour the hot ginger-pepper water in.

After making this homemade cold remedy, I drank it. Minutes later, I was amazed. My sinuses were opening up, my cough was calming and my sore throat was feeling good. (I was also feeling really good, thanks to the high-grade rum that I used.)

Cold season is here. Health care expenses are really high. Save yourself time and money by making a homemade cold remedy. If they are good for me, I’m sure they would work good for you. Do your research and experiment a little bit.

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If you have a great cold remedy that you would like to share, simply write a comment about this blog-post.

Stay healthy.

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Beer Review –

By on Monday, October 27th, 2008 | No Comments

It’s that time of year when beer companies and microbreweries come out with their “special” fall ales. Here in this video, I give Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale a try.

Jack’s Pumpkin Spice Ale will be available for a limited time until mid-December, with a winter brew to follow in January, a spring brew in April and a summer brew in July. It is available at bars and clubs across the country and has 5.5 percent alcohol by volume.


Beer Review – Pumpkin Spice from Tom Guard on Vimeo.

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After A Bad Day, I Laughed So Hard That I Peed.

By on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008 | No Comments

I had a really bad day today. But after all the crap that I went through today, I still managed to laugh so hard that I almost pissed my britches. And it’s all because of this video about Obama, McCain and Palin showing off their dancing skills. Toward the end of the movie check out Palin “Droppin’ it like it’s hot.”

Have a great day or night. Keep on reading, watching and listening to the Daily Bragger.

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Germs On Cell Phones?

By on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

In 2006, British microbiologist claimed that the average cell phone carries more germs per square inch than doorknobs, the soles of shoes, even toilet seats.

The Daily Mail newspaper quotes Joanna Verran, a professor of microbiology at Manchester Metropolitan

Camera Phone In Bathroom Stall

University as saying, “Mobile phones are stored in bags or pockets, are handled frequently and held close

to the face. In other words, they come into contact with more parts of our body and a wider range of bacteria than toilet seats. The phones (from which cultures were taken) contained more skin bacteria than any other

object. This could be due to the fact that this type of bacteria increase in high temperatures and our phones are perfect for breeding these germs as they are kept warm and cozy in pockets, handbags and briefcases.”

So, could cell phones be a health hazard?

Not really, we are immune to most germs. But just think about it next time you want to borrow a friend’s cell phone. You really don’t know where they were holding thier last conversation.

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Youtube Pulls Palin Videos – Dailybragger Presidential Endorsement

By on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | 1 Comment

Here is a new video with a new look from the Dailybragger. In a future post, I’ll show how to make a video like this one and I’ll show you how inexpensive it was to make it. I made this using video software under 50 dollars.

Here are some talking points in the video.

  • Sarah Palin on SNL
  • Youtube getting strict about videos.
  • My Political endorsement
  • Issues that are important to me

As always, feel free to leave me a comment or contact me if you have any questions.

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Video Sarah Palin On Saturday Night Live

By on Saturday, October 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment

In case you missed it, here is Sarah Palin’s appearance on Saturday Night Live. (She appears 2 minutes and 36 seconds into the video.) In my opinion, she actually surprised me with her performance. It’s funny to me to see political candidates showcase their funny side. Sure Sarah Palin on SNL was a sure way to get some more exposure for the McCain-Palin ticket, but it was a fun and entertaining bit. Here is the video of Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live.


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I Want To Marry A Millionare

By on Saturday, October 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Is that a fat wallet in your pocket or are you happy to see me? (Talk about taking advantage of a slow economy…)

“I want to marry a millionare.” “I should have married a millionaire.” You hear these statements everyday from men and women at your job or office. Since we are facing tough economic times all over the country and especially in , it seems that they only way to make easy money would be to date a millionaire. So how do you go about finding that special someone with fat pockets?  That’s easy! Check out MillionaireMate

MillionaireMate is the pioneering personals site that revolutionized online dating, with nearly four million members from every country. MillionaireMate features a friend network, blogs, chatrooms, and much more.

Times are getting tougher and that gas bill is getting hard to pay. So why not really find yourself a million dollar man or million dollar woman.

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Ways To Get Backlinks – SEO

By on Saturday, October 18th, 2008 | 1 Comment

Building backlinks to your blog/site is crucial in achieving, maintaining, and improving your search engine rankings. For those who don’t know already know, a backlink to your site is like a vote. Not all votes are equal, and the same rings true for Backlinks, but we can all agree that attaining more Backlinks (healthy ones) is a key integral part of your website and it’s rankings. Having said that, the question I get the most, and one I see often asked in forums and other SEO blogs is, “How can I get more backlinks?”.

While some of us may take it for granted the fact that getting backlinks is easy as pie – most new webmasters and bloggers are still overwhelmed with the fact that not only do they have continually add fresh content, but they also have to work on getting more backlinks! Below is a list that I put together that is more of a brainstorm session than anything – and keep in mind, some of these methods are ways of getting more exposure for your site that have the possibility of leading to links. I hope you find it useful, and if I forgot anything, feel free to leave it in the comments.

100 Ways To Get Backlinks:

1. Create viral linkbait if you use wordpress.
2. Write and give away a free ebook.
3. Write a pillar (authority) article.
4. Create a numbers list (10 ways to xxx, 20 different xxxx).
5. Hold a contest, and require that they link back to you for an entry.
6. Send off interview templates to big bloggers, and post up completed interviews.
7. Create a WordPress plugin.
8. Design a hot WordPress theme, and distribute it for free, requiring they keep your link in the footer.
9. Create controversy (be careful and don’t get into something you can’t handle)
10. Find a scammer/shady website or blogger, and make the world known about it.
11. Submit a press release about your new product or news.
12. Submit your site to free directories (careful, only SEO friendly ones)
13. Submit your site to paid directories (dmoz(kidding!), yahoo, alive)
14. Submit articles to article directories.
15. Submit posts to blog carnivals.
16. Email a webmaster, and ask for a link.
17. Offer to buy a one way link from another relevant website (keep this on the DL)
18. Send unsolicited, yet awesome articles to other bloggers to reference or post
19. Let your networked friends know that you’ll do reviews and testimonials.
20. Buy reviews on pay-per-post or a similar service.
21. Get on the Digg front page (and watch your server melt).
22. Exchange Stumbles on popular webmaster forums.
23. Submit to Del.icio.us
24. Answer a question on Yahoo Answers and reference your site.
25. Pick a hot ebook or software program and review it for free.
26. If you get paid for a review – make it a great one, and you’ll get a link back.
27. Don’t be afraid to link out – share the link love (just don’t get too spammy)
28. Be the first to report breaking news (hard, but very effective)
29. Review a semi-popular tech gadget.
30. Review stuff on Amazon, and put your link in your profile
31. Create a Linked-In page, and make sure to put your link on it.
32. Speaking of that, do the same for Facebook, Myspace, and others..
33. Hire good writers to pump out quality content.
34. Join all applicable Chamber of Commerce’s’ in your area for free links
35. Join the BBB (Better Business Bureau) for a free link.
36. Post a bulletin in your Myspace account about your new site.
37. Throw a relevant link in a Craigslist ad.
38. Create your own SEO tool.
39. Buy TV air time on a small station flashing your URL.
40. Buy Radio time for a short commercial spamming your URL.
41. Put bumper stickers on your car with your link on it.
42. Look for older, higher PR sites with Guestbooks, and sign them! Easy links.
43. Comment on Do-Follow blogs (meaning the link in your comment will be followed by a spider)
44. Post your link in forums, and your forum signature.
45. Don’t forget to link from some of your older, more established sites.
46. Buy post level links from other bloggers/webmasters. (usually cheap)
47. Don’t be afraid to ask for links, you just never know!
48. Do pro-bono work for a non-profit, and they may link to you.
49. Offer to be a guest blogger or regular contributor on a bigger blog.
50. Apply to about.com for a topic that you can write about.
51. Sell items on ebay and agree to donate proceeds to charity – they will link to you.
52. Hire someone from a webmaster forum to submit links for you.
53. Trade articles with industry related webmasters
54. Rewrite old content they may have been buried to fast…breath new life.
55. Find out about getting a link on your local libraries website.
56. Launch an affiliate program for your site, ebook, or product.
57. Technorati tag all of your posts for good Technorati exposure.
58. Take advantage of “old world media” (newspapers, magazines)
59. Rent links from Text-Link-Ads or similar service (careful with this one!)
60. If you have the ability, create a Firefox extension and release it.
61. Answer questions on Google Groups and link if necessary.
62. Call in to a radio show and shamelessly plug your site!
63. A good PPC campaign can draw exposure which could = links.
64. Head over to the slums (chat rooms) and mention your site if appropriate.
65. Create a controversial political cartoon and get it some attention.
66. Most local Fox sites have a blogging community you can tap into.
67. Hire someone to do everything in this list. Outsourcing is cheap and fun.
68. Get business cards, and distribute the hell out of them for exposure.
69. Drop your link on Xbox live.
70. Mention your link when you’re playing online PC games.
71. Donate a larger sum of money to a small charity in exchange for a link.
72. If you’re in school, put your link on your college website (even sneak it in for a free .edu backlink – lol)
73. If you have family friendly content, get a link from your Church’s website.
74. Set up a Squidoo lens with good content, and link to your site from it.
75. Sponsor an event or a big contest – trust me, lots of link love there.
76. Enter all the group writing projects you can find – good links.
77. Start a community helpful website, and get on the local news – they love it.
78. Submit to RSS feed sites – hopefully they’ll link back.
79. Make sure to take advantage of trackbacks when linking out to other blogs.
80. Set up an award system on your site, and have readers vote on best site.
81. Speaking of that, enter all the award sites you can.
82. Make a super crazy viral type video, and get it on Youtube.
83. Start a podcasting series, and build an audience, they’ll link to you.
84. Write a heavily opinionated piece to get people talking.
85. Retain a real linkbaiting service. (There are a few out there, but $$$)
86. Hire an actual real life publicist for your site (if you can justify it)
87. Help with an up and coming web 2.0 project for more exposure.
88. Start a content writing service website, and have clients link to you for a discount.
89. Crack the top 100 in Technorati, or create the largest MyBlogLog community.
90. Go old school and trade links with other relevant sites.
91. Check who links to your competitors, and get links from them!
92. Provide a ***y “link to me” button or banner, and people will use it, for real.
93. Create a good Facebook app, and if it’s really good, the links will pour in.
94. Review bands, local restaurants, and small shops and get links on their sites in return for the exposure.
95. Speaking of that, sponsor a hot local band’s show one night with big flashy banners with your link on it (in the background)
96. When Hannah Montana comes to town, buy up some tickets, offer them on your site as prizes. Local news stations and papers will eat it up alive.
97. Sue Yahoo, Google, or whoever, and you’ll get plenty of publicity – lol
98. Answer all of your emails promptly and professionally. People love that, and will link to you and let everyone know how swell you are.
99. Create a thorough walk through on a game or even an electronic device. People love that stuff!
100. Network with like-minded individuals offline. Talk to them about tossing your link up on their site.
101. Write about the hottest celebrities, and make it unique. People love Hollywood.
102. Create your own Wiki page (it’s nofollow, but could lead to natural links)
103. Create your own training program for your field of interest.
104. Offer an on-page language translator to reach out to other countries, which can lead to new links

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Joe the Plumber Wins Debate and Government Contracts.

By on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 | 4 Comments

Political Humor  – The Daily Bragger

Joe Wurzelbacher – Just call him Joe the plumber. Say it ain’t so Joe.

Joe the Plumber had McCain’s crack team of advisers tell his story. Now Joe the plumber is going to get a lot of business. Joe the plumber will forever go down in history as one of most famous plumbers in history.

Here’s to you Joe the Plumber! LONG LIVE PLUMBERS CRACK

However, today I walked into Walmart for a toaster and they gave me a free bank.


Who is Joe the Plumber?

He’s Joe Wurzelbacher, an Ohio man looking to buy a plumbing business who came to symbolize the middle class in Wednesday night’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain.

Days earlier, Joe the Plumber had told Obama that the Democrat’s tax plan would keep him from buying the business. McCain, the Republican candidate, cited Joe’s exchange with Obama when he was asked about his tax plan and why it would be better for the country than Obama’s.

Wurzelbacher was mentioned several times during the debate.

So what does he have to say about literally being at the center of the debate.

He says his name being mentioned in the campaign is “pretty surreal.”

Can you say “Government contracts?”

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The Video That is Making Republicans Look Ugly – Viral Video

By on Monday, October 13th, 2008 | 3 Comments

Blogging News

(Cleveland, Ohio) Cleveland Blogger, Tim Russo, publisher of Blogger Interrupted has some video that he shot at a recent McCain-Palin Rally in Strongsville, Ohio. He asked some McCain supporters a few questions and it made the McCain supporters look ugly. The main question was “Is Obama a terrorist?” I was surprised when I heard the answers from the McCain supporters. The video is going viral. Look for all of the major networks to pick up his story.

Here is the video from his blog.

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