Archive for February 2008

Feb262008

Quitting Smoking With Chantix

If my mom does not stop smoking I am considering not letting my daughter go around her anymore. First of all her clothing and possessions come back smelling horrible. Secondly, I think that my daughter might get congestion problems from breathing in all the second hand smoke. Even if my mother doesn’t smoke in the house the nicotine is so thick on everything, even in the air, that you can’t help but take it in.

She has tried everything from cold turkey to being hypnotized. She claims that the anti smoking drugs she took made her too ill to stay on them. I urged her to try something new since that was 10 years ago at least. I suggested Chantix and mentioned that the Chantix Side Effects were not as bad as what she experienced before.

Sure you are going to experience withdrawal symptoms no matter which way you choose to quit smoking. With Chantix common side effects are rare and while they may occur in some will not cause effects on your all over health. Side effects with Chantix have not been reported to be recurring and cause major health concerns. So while you expect to experience withdrawal for a period of time you should also expect that any side effect you have will be temporary as well and can be controlled.

Chantix is a smoking cessation drug meant to be used as an aid. It is FDA approved and manufactured by Pfizer. The drug can cause nausea, gas, sleeplessness, constipation, headache, and loss of taste. Not much different from the normal withdrawal symptoms alone. These symptoms can be controlled with other medications if needed. For more information on Chantix and how it works as well as Chantix and pregnancy please visit Quit Smoking With Chantix.

Quitting smoking is never easy so do your research and get a little bit of help in your fight.

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Feb262008

Conjunction Junction What’s My Function?

If I could concentrate for more than 3 minutes I could finish a layout and put it up. The truth is I don’t want to. I don’t want to do anything, at all. I want to cut my tonsils out because they are raw and itchy/scratchy. I want to pop out my eyeball because the pressure behind it is killing me. I want to eat a brownie, but that would require standing, mixing, waiting, and actually washing dishes. I know, getting one from the store would require leaving the house. I feel like a cow that has the flu. Someone shoot me and put me out of my misery.

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Feb262008

Visiting Branson, Making Memories

Lately I’ve been thinking about taking a trip to Branson. My goal is to take my grandmother and aunt with my family for a 4-5 day trip. When I was a little girl I spent most of my summers running around the country with my aunt and grandparents. I remember them taking me to country music concerts as early as 4 years old, the same age Sydney is now. I remember a place named Silver Dollar City that we went to every single summer. I want so badly to have my daughter experience that same family vacation with them like I did every year.

I started to look at the different options we have in Branson. Grandma is getting pretty old, she’s in her 70’s so we’d need someplace that was comfortable and safe for her if she wanted to pass on an outing. I could hardly get to the actual lodging options for looking at all the photos of the scenery. It’s breathtaking! It didn’t take me long to fall in love with the Cabins At Grand Mountain. All the comforts of home with a great view of the Ozark Mountains, plus a pool and jacuzzi made it stick out. Then I saw that it had electronic door locks which made it feel a bit more safe for the reasons I already mentioned.

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We’ll of course visit Silver Dollar City which I’m sure is fun for the entire family. I would also love to see one of the shows. My grandma loves Loretta Lynn and I’ve heard that she does shows in Branson, but that would be time sensitive. Just browsing some of the ongoing shows they have I found the Dixie Stampede. The Stampede has 32 horses doing tricks and competitions. Sydney would go crazy for this one. I also found From Patsy To Present. Another one of granny’s favorites that I just know she would enjoy watching.

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I guess you could call me a sentimental person or just completely family oriented. Either way, Branson seems like the perfect family oriented tourist town for me to reconnect and bring back some of those old memories. Not to mention, loads of fun!

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Feb262008

Poker Calculator

Speaking of spending cold winter days and nights inside I have been using some of that time to play games online. I’m always looking for texas holdem tips and online poker tips to help me out. Right now I only play for fun, but I know plenty of people who have gone on to win actual cash. Sure, for some it’s a hobby. For others that put strategy into the mix it can be very lucrative. I really like MagicHoldem.com and the advantages it provides you with when you download the Poker Odds Calculator. You get great texas holdem strategy and can earn a minimum of $11.14 a session more. The Calculator was created using input from professional poker players and award winning statistic experts. It sounds complicated, but it’s not. The site couldn’t be easier to use and the software only takes minutes to download and get started with. It’s truly professional advice at a great price.

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Feb262008

I Told You So

In November, December, and even January I kept telling everyone that I wanted snow. Why? Normally I love it. Normally I’d like to have my snow, sleet, and freezing rain out of the way before Spring. I kept telling them, when it’s snowing and everything is covered in ice in April again, you’ll wish that we had a white Christmas. You’ll be going, yeah she was right I’d have rather had it in December then right now during Spring Break.

Was I right? It’s February 25th and we’re getting pounded over and over. The temperature is low consistently and the sickness seems to be in abundance from it all. So yeah, I’d much rather be working toward a warming pattern then getting what I usually get months earlier.

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Feb252008

Online Backgammon

When it comes to playing games online or most computer related things I get frustrated. It’s hard for me to understand directions in the first place, but when learning a new game like backgammon it just gets even harder. There’s rules, there are tricks and tips, and there is of course the need to find the right site to be able to play the best online backgammon possible. I figured with a site available in six different languages that Gammon Fortune is a safe bet. I logged on and downloaded the free software to start playing backgammon online within 5 minutes. I’ve been enjoying tournaments and other events. I haven’t won any money yet, but with a site that’s really easy to navigate and gives away actual cash jackpots I feel pretty lucky already! It’s pretty nice to not have to lose money while I’m learning, I’ve been playing just for fun so far.

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Feb252008

Moving Blows

So my dad and step mom are moving. They are downsizing to a smaller house and since both my nephew and my daughter have a room at their current home I had a bright idea. When my niece and nephew come to visit in the summer they can sleep in either room, but I honestly don’t think that either of my nephews want to sleep in a Strawberry Shortcake canopy bed. So I figured they were putting the futon/bunk bed in the extra bedroom and leaving at that.

Since Sydney decided to break her current POS bed I thought we’d take her bedroom set from my dad’s. Yeah, in theory it works out really good. That is until you find all the crap she’s hidden like socks and food in her bedroom in the most unbelievable places. That is until she throws a fit over not getting rid of any little broken toy from a Happy Meal that she’s had for 4 years.

Now, my biggest pain in the rear has been moving the current furniture out of the room and putting the new stuff in. The bed and dresser are in the room, the other bed is in pieces until tomorrow. The old dresser is still in her room. Toys are strewn about. I’m about to throw out a perfectly good mattress that could be given to anyone, but I just don’t have any place to store it. I also don’t know anyone who wants it.

It’s become a real pain in the rear end! It also makes me fear the day we move the entire house to a bigger house. I have a feeling even though we’ll be upgrading it will be painful.

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Feb242008

I Heart Coupons

My husband’s hobby is golf. Behind me, the child, and probably eating for survival it’s his great love in this world. Golf also happens to be a very expensive hobby to take on. There are always new things or new versions of things you already have hitting the market. A serious golfer will do just about anything to keep improving his game. It’s always a welcome sign when we get Dick’s Sporting Goods coupons. Dick’s is one of the actual sporting goods stores that sells golf products we have access to here in our corner of the United States. The coupon makes me smile as much as golf makes him!

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Feb242008

As Posted On JustRanee.com

Things got really hectic and just out of order here. I was on, but I wasn’t really in the mood to deal with this. The thing is that I sat down to do the screen shots and it seems like I’d have to do 100 of them to capture the entire email. So what I’m going to do is provide you with two screen shots of the emails with my headers, etc. That’s for any of you who need visual proof to validate things. I’m sure people are just curious as to what they say at this point. It’s really, really stupid. Then I’m just going to copy and paste the email content into this post so that I don’t have to keep taking shots, keep uploading them, and putting them on here. I just don’t have the attention span right now. It seemed like no matter which way I tried it they didn’t scroll right. So be happy with what you get.

Two things shocked me. The email address says it is from Michael and the fact that Krystal hasn’t said a word about this yet. Although Transient Universe is showing up in my stats. Oh, also my whole commentary that I was going to write about hosting will have to wait, too much going on.

First Email From “Krystal”

Ranee-
I’m writing to you because I want you to know that I’m doing all that I can to take TGO down. It’s not fair how he follows me around the internet and harasses me or any of you other girls. He’s obsessed with us. He has no right to use our photos or put our personal information on his site. Just look at how upset Brandi is about him using her information. If you can think of anything that would help me in my quest please let me know. I’ve set up this email address to use for that purpose only. Here is a copy of something I sent to his host and sent in as comments on the godaddy.com blog. My mission is to visit every single blog, newspaper, or business website in his area and put his site address on it showing them what trash lives in their neighborhood.
Krystal D.

I would like to report the following site, thetgozone.com for several reasons. The first reason is that the owner of the site, Michael Cohen, is calling myself a terrorist (http://thetgozone.com/?p=499) on his site. Normally that would not be a huge deal, except I know your country is a little careful about the whole “terrorist thing” nowadays. Secondly, he not only uses this term to describe me, but he also links to my personal weblogs. So much that every time I attempt to switch weblogs he follows me, finds me somehow, and updates his site as to where I am. I’ve begged him to leave me along.

His claim for me being a terrorist is that my name was used on a wordpress blog with a photo of the Twin Towers and a plane crashing into them. Some statement was made in the blog entry that was anti-American. These “wordpress” blogs that I supposedly create that have defamatory remarks on them constantly of different natures are always surfacing according to your client. I have no clue who makes them, but this is his way of keeping his audience up at his site. Most of what he says is a lie or embellished. I’m not the only one he does this to, but the TERRORIST thing has gone too far.

Now, he also uses my full name as well as the country I live in, cities I live in have been added on there from time to time. There was a link to an aerial view of my home as well at one point. I believe he removed that when someone said it was illegal to do all that. So not only is he calling me a TERRORIST or THE CANADIAN TERRORIST as I believe he put it, but he’s also giving out my full name and location that I’m currently in. He has also posted photos of me from time to time.

Is it just me or is all of this highly illegal? I assume he’s going to delete all of that, so I’ve taken screen shots of it and saved them. If they need to be provided then I will do so for you. I also mentioned that I’m not the only woman he’s doing this to. I believe he’s repeatedly called one man a pedophile and he also makes defamatory remarks against a girl named (http://thetgozone.com/?p=484) Ranee that he gives full name, first, last, and middle, as well as city and state that she lives in, AS WELL AS PHOTOS OF HER HE TAKES FROM HER SITE. I assume she was fearful because she has said she lived in a small town and he has said if she didn’t agree with him he’d also be posting up aerial views of her home in that small town. Then there is a girl that he accuses of being his (http://thetgozone.com/?p=443) stalker and she’s publicly begged him to leave her alone, he’s also POSTING PHOTOS OF HER TAKEN FROM HER WEBSITE and her location.

I’m just curious as to if anything is going to be done to limit this man? To post your opinion of someone on the net is one thing, we all know it happens. To actually steal photos of them from their own websites and post them along with allegations that could be legally prosecuted, as well as posting their locations is completely another. We all feel we are being harassed. I’m fully prepared to take this matter further if a stop isn’t put to the usage of photos of 3rd parties who are not celebrities, full names, and city and state locations. I’ll also be contacting homeland security in this matter. The last time I checked Terrorism is not something to be joked about.

I’d like to have a reply from you AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I will be giving homeland security a copy of this email and I would really hate to be in your shoes if you ignore this matter like you have ignored everything else this man has done. We’ve all brought things to your attention and you have blown it off. Customer Service Reps have actually clicked on the links of blog postings on his site and denied seeing what was there. Now, I have saved the proof to my computer so there won’t be any of that going on. These examples are just the tip of the iceberg. PLEASE STOP THIS BEFORE IT GETS ANY MORE OUT OF HAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Second Email (GoDaddy’s response)

Ranee-
Well apparently there is nothing that godaddy will do. Perhaps I should call them? I’m not sure I want to seek any legal action right now as long as he is leaving me alone. Some of the rest of you may want to though. I do have other things I’m trying to do to get to him, but I’m doing it slow so he has no clue it is coming.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: GoDaddy Abuse Department <abuse@godaddy.com>
Date: Wed, Feb 6, 2008 at 9:19 PM
Subject: RE: [FWD: Forward]
To: tgodefender@gmail.com

Dear Krystal,

Thank you for contacting Go Daddy’s Spam and Abuse Department.

As a hosting provider, we cannot be expected to judge the alleged illegal activities you have mentioned. However, we are more than happy to quickly comply with any court-issued order, or official request by law enforcement (whose burden it is to determine the existence of illegal activities). We regularly work with courts and law enforcement from the local to the international level. As a result, we would recommend you seek an injunction from a court as the most efficient way to handle this situation.

If you would like to file a copyright claim, please submit your claim in accordance with all steps as outlined in our Copyright and Trademark Policy located at http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/legal_agreements/show_doc.asp?se=%2B&pageid=TRADMARK%5FCOPY. If all the policy conditions are met, and if we can verify that the material in question is indeed a registered and copyrighted work, then we will re-direct the site per the terms of this policy.

If you have any further questions, please let us know.


Sincerely,

Spam and Abuse Department
GoDaddy.com

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Feb232008

New Furniture For A New House

Since we set our sights on moving this year we’ve also been thinking about everything we’ll need in our home. We of course want new appliances and new furniture. We’ve been looking at a few furniture stores trying to find things we like. The bedroom situation is just not good. I’m not in love with anything out there. Everything seems to be so frail and small these days. I want a sturdy, too heavy to ever move, huge bedroom suit for my new home. Something that is reliable and dependable.

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