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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Cheap MS Office 2007 Software

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Discussion Question #4

I believe companies can use social media to help them w/ their PR (Public Relations). It allows CEO's of companies to let users send them comments on their business & it gives them a simple medium to respond. In this article, I found that Loic Le Meur, CEO of Seemic, uses much of his twitter to respond to people's comments on his company.

I know from personal experience, that Matisyahu, a musician, was scheduled to play at a festival on the coast of MS a few months ago. My friend missed his act due to weather & she tweeted him that she was very sad he could not play at the festival that weekend. He sent her a Direct Message asking for her address & some personal info & he mailed her 2 VIP passes to a show in Atlanta to make up for her missing his show.

These are just a few examples of how a company or business can use simple measures to ensure the happiness of their customers.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

59 days.......

Only 59 days until I get to go to my first LIVE UFC event!!!!!

UFC Fight Night 22 in Austin, TX.

Google Maps tells me the trip is 12 hours. & since no one was willing to commit to going w/ me, I'll be going by myself.

TOTALLY WORTH IT!

The listed fights from MMAWeekly.com are:

-Damian Maia (12-2; #5 Middleweight)* vs. Alan Belcher (15-5)
-Mac Danzig (19-8-1) vs. Matt Wiman (12-5)
-Jim Miller (17-2; #10 Lightweight)* vs. Gleison Tibau (21-6)
-Nick Catone (8-2) vs. Tomasz Drwal (17-3)
-Efrain Escudero (13-1) vs. John Gunderson (23-7-1)

Alan Belcher is one of my favorite fighters to watch & Danzig vs Wiman & Miller vs Tibau are def not going to disappoint.

This will truly be the highlight of my year.

did I mention I got Floor seats? Row 5. Be jealous =)

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Sports Review

Atlanta Braves- My Braves finished the 1st half of the season up 4 games in the NL East. We sent 5 players to the All Star game w/ Tim Hudson, Jason Heyward (didn't play), Omar Infante, Martin Prado, & Brian McCann, who hit the 3 run double that won the All Star game for the National League for the first time in 14 years.

The fun didn't end there. The Braves then they traded Yunel Escobar for Alex Gonzalez, who is having a more productive season at the plate.

I will settle for nothing less than making the playoffs & would love Bobby Cox to get a championship in his last year as our coach.

World Cup- Spain, the favorites before the cup started, won their first World Cup against The Netherlands in what can only be described as a battle of attrition that was hard to watch at times. 14 fouls. No goals in regulation. Spain scored the lone goal after a Dutch player was taken off due to a red card.

UFC- I am hoping to get tickets for UFC Fight Night 22 in Austin, TX on September 15th. Alan Belcher (one of my favorite fighters), a middleweight from Biloxi, MS, is fighting Demian Maia in a fight in which a win would send him to the upper echelon of the middleweight division. Not only am I am fan of Belcher's, but I am a HUGE UFC fan & going to my first live UFC event would be something I would never forget. I will update when I learn more.

Movie Reviews

I'm not going to go real in depth on the reviews for these movies. Just gonna give my 2 cents. I'm a huge movie freak, so don't be surprised if in the future you see me giving out lots of high grades. I LOVE movies.

Toy Story 3- 10/10. I find it amazing that they could improve upon the already impressive first & second movies. Pixar has done it again.

Despicable Me- 10/10. Highly original plot & I never got bored.

The Box- 7/10. Not quite sure why a bunch of my friends gave this movie such a bad rating. Although frustrating at times, I found it quite enthralling. I'm almost certain most people who end up hating it, do so because it is fairly depressing.

Chloe- 6/10. Interesting plot, but can never give a high grade when i guess the end in the first 30 minutes. Has a good moral though: Communication in a relationship is PARAMOUNT.

Predators- 8/10. Many will disagree w/ this, but I did enjoy it.

On a more serious note.....











lots of people could learn a lot from these videos

I LOVE INTERNET VIDEOS!!!!!

& I WILL BE POSTING SOME OF MY FAVORITES ON MY BLOG.

beginning w/ these....



the truth hurts, but it's good to find some humor in something so awful




best reaction to a rainbow ever?



died laughing when I first saw this spoof of The Box




Wanda from In Living Color....Classic

Friday, July 9, 2010

WORLD CUP WEEKEND!!!!!

It's the weekend we have all been waiting for. And by all, I mean a few million Americans, the rest of the world and me. IT'S WORLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND!!!!!

Saturday, we get our fix with the 3rd Place game between Germany & Uruguay. I personally see Germany winning this, especially with The Germans many 3rd Place finishes in the Cup in previous years, but I am not so confident to count out Uruguay due to their stingy defense & Diego Forlan.

Then, Sunday, we get the Main Attraction. The Netherlands vs Spain. Paul, the soccer predicting octopus, has only been wrong once (Germany vs Spain 2008) so he has about a 90-95% accuracy rate. He picked The Spanish to win it all. I can't disagree. They tore apart The Germans who appeared to have the best TEAM in the Cup.

I expect it to be a highly contested game & the only result that would surprise me would be a blowout. This one should go down to the wire. But what do I know?

All I do really know is I am glad I picked both in my World Cup bracket, which I won already by picking both teams to make the finals, so I can sit back, relax, & watch the beautiful game played between two of the top 4 ranked teams in the world (Dutch #4, Spain #2).

But I did pick Spain 3-1 in my bracket. So I'll stick w/ that since I've done so well with all my other picks. But realistically I'd say 2-1 Spain.

Everyone Else Is Talking About LeBron. Guess I Will Too

So LeBron James went to Miami.

Can't really blame him. They got beautiful scenery. They got Dwayne Wade & Chris Bosh, 2 high quality consistent double-double guys. They got a President/Coach in Pat Riley that has proven he can win championships.

So why the backlash?

I don't think anyone really blames him for leaving Cleveland. I think it's how he did it.

Why did he do it the way he did? Couldn't he have just held a presser in Cleveland or Miami or Connecticut & said it was his time to go? Did he have to give everyone the run around?

Rumors say that in '08, the Miami Three & Chris Paul all became such good friends, that they decided they would all play together whenever given the opportunity. Well now we got 3 of them together.

LeBron is getting a lot of bad PR and deservedly so. He appears to have tried to pull the wool over everyone's eyes, forgetting that everything he has done has been made public since he was in junior high and people rarely forget when 4 of basketball's greats make a pact with each other.

Oh well. He better win. And I'm not talking about win games. They better win CHAMPIONSHIPS. Soon. They have a team that people cant wait to play with on their Xbox 360s and Playstation 3s. He left his home town that did nothing but worship him and call him a "King" without ever winning them a championship.

I will admit. I will not be pulling for the Miami Heat, but I will be watching.

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Lohan Gets 90 Days In Jail

I usually don't find celebrity news entertaining, but when someone who breaks the law over & over again & thinks they are above it & will never be punished, I am highly entertained.


Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Sports Updates

Atlanta Braves- My Braves have been rolling as of late. They are 14 games over .500 & are 2 games above the Mets in the run for the lead in the NL East. They are not over-powering in any certain category, but strong outings from the pitchers & clutch hitting is the main reason for their success. Let's just hope they keep it up after the All-Star break.

UFC 116
- BEST fight card I've sen in years, if not ever. The prelims began w/ (11-1)Ricardo Romero submitting Petruzelli, the Kimbo Slice Killer by armbar, the TUFfer Brendan Schaub TKO'ing mma veteran Chris Tuchscherer & then Gerald Harris knocking out Dave Branch with a powerful slam to the mat that won him Knockout of the Night Bonus of $75k.

The main card fights were equally as entertaining. George Sotiropoulos defeated Kurt "Batman" Pellegrino by Unanimous Decision which was the least entertaining of the aired fights. Then came the "money fights". Stephan Bonnar had a great come from behind win against Krzystof Soszynski when he landed a strong knee in the 2nd round. They both received a $75k bonus for Fight of the Night award. Then, Chris Lytle defeated Matt Brown with a crucifix that turned into a straight armbar. Although Lytle did not win a Submission of the Night bonus, Dana White later said he would compensate Lytle for his fine performance.

The Co-Main Event was Yoshihiro Akiyama vs Chris Leben. Leben was a huge underdog, having just fought 2 weeks prior & taking the fight on short notice, but he refused to leave without the win. He lost the 1st round, but came out throwing in the 2nd & at the end of the round, it was clear the winner of the 3rd would win the judges decision. But Leben refused to let it go to the judges & he beat Akiyama the entire round & forced him into a triangle choke with a mere 20 seconds left in the fight. This fight also garnered a Fight of the Night award, giving both fighters a $75k bonus.


The Main Event was a battle between the Interim Heavyweight Champ, (12-0) Shane Carwin and the current Heavyweight Champion, (4-1) Brock Lesnar. Shane had won the Interim title in his previous fight when he KO'ed Frank Mir while Brock Lesnar was recovering from diverticulitis &mono. In the 1st round, Shane jumped all over Brock & hit him with bomb after bomb & it appeared he was going to win the fight, but he gassed. He had nothing left & before we knew it, the 1st was over & Brock was still there. Shane, who had never been out of the 1st round, appeared to have no cardio. In th 2nd, Brock took Shane down, & in a couple of minutes sunk in an arm-choke triangle & forced Carwin to tap. Brock won Submission of the Night. The undisputed UFC Champ Brock Lesnar will now fight Cain Velasquez for his next title defense.

Dallas Cowboys- small bit of news can be summed up in 3 words.......SUPER BOWL BOUND!!!

LeBron James
- I don't think anyone really knows where he's going to end up. The "news" is that he should announce Thursday where he will play, but last week they said it would be Monday. As tired of it as I am of hearing about it all the time, I'm still highly interested.

World Cup- The Netherlands defeated Uruguay 3-2 to reach the Championship game. Tomorrow, the Germans face the Spanish to see who will meet the Dutch in the Final World Cup match.