Ramblings of a Blogger

A while ago I was surfing the web and started reading this young man's blog. Now it was fine, it was a small, personal blog and he was blogging on it. Then I noticed the title: 

The Ramblings of a College Kid.

It hit me. Why do so many blogs use the word "Ramblings" in their title?

Now I admit, my first blog was titled something along those same lines. That's another reason it boggles my mind. Why is the word "Ramblings" such an enticing word to use as an amateur blog title?

Has anyone else ever noticed this coincidental word choice? Do you know why people use this word on blogs but no where else? Have you made a blog with "Ramblings" in the title?

I've Found The One

Here's something I wrote a while ago. It may be a song. It may have been a Valentine's gift for my favorite person in the world. Either way, here it is.

On any other given day,
I'd sit and throw it all away
A life I wish I had. Things were going bad.
Finally that's in the past

The sun is rising darkness falling,
There's your voice I hear it calling,
I always watch you go, I never seem to know,
What I'm missing without you.

But now I've found the one, the one I've waited for.
The one I love, just can't stop thinking about.
The only one, what would I be without her.
She's beautiful in every way,
The sweetest thing and I must say.
I've finally found.....The one.

I love the feeling, I get when she's with me.
My tongue is tied, my fingers crossed, I hope she never leaves.
And when I look into her eyes, I know that I'll be fine.
Finally, she's here at last, don't need another sign.

The sun is rising darkness falling,
There's your voice I hear it calling,
I always watch you go, I never seem to know,
What I'm missing without you.

But now I've found the one, the one I've waited for.
The one I love, just can't stop thinking about.
The only one, what would I be without her.
She's beautiful in every way,
The sweetest thing and I must say.
I've finally found.....The one.

Another Change To The Pages

Guess what, Facebook is changing things up again. Brace yourselves, I can feel the uproar and hatred pouring out of users everywhere already.

Luckily, you're not alone. The good people over at 9 Clouds is here to save the day. If you need to know what these changes are and how they are going to affect you or your business' page, make sure you check this out.

You may have noticed that yesterday Facebook made some significant changes to their Facebook business/like pages. If you're a page owner for your business or organization there are some great new features to take advantage of. And like every Facebook update, a few changes that aren't as awesome.

But 9 Clouds wants to help you make sense of this all. Next Tuesday we're going to have a FREE webinar to walk through the new Facebook page changes, tell you how to adapt with your page, and answer any specific questions you may have.

So come join Scott and I on Tuesday from 3:00 - 3:45 pm central time by making your reservation here: http://bit.ly/9CloudsFacebookPages

And if you can't make it, you can always check out the highlights afterwards on their blog.

What The iPhone Means To South Dakotans

It was announced back in early January that Verizon would be selling the long awaited Apple iPhone 4 to use on their network. Pre-sale for the iPhone started February 3rd, breaking multiple records, and it’s official release is the 10th. This is pretty big news for most of the 605 area because AT&T doesn’t offer much coverage here so the prospect of an iPhone for most of us was limited to moving to a different state. Not anymore. Are you on a different carrier and thinking about switching to Verizon for the iPhone? Are you with Verizon already and want an iPhone? I’ve got a couple of tips that might make your decision on a new smartphone a little easier.

One of the biggest criticisms this new Verizon iPhone is receiving is that it still uses CDMA technology. As all carriers including Verizon are rolling out their much faster, 4G networks, this new iPhone that you will be stuck with for the next two years is quickly becoming old technology and will not be able to make use of these faster airwaves. Verizon is saying that Sioux Falls will have 4G networks by the end of 2011 also.

And YOU get a gun! And YOU get a gun!!

Alright, so since it's been almost a year since I had posted on this blog I figured I would start it out again with a bang. No literally. 

Yesterday, January 31st, the Argus Leader posted an easy, legislative story about a proposed gun law. If you're following the same people I'm following on Twitter or another motley band of South Dakota Twitter folk, then your timeline probably exploded just like mine did.

And YOU get a gun! And YOU get a gun!!

Sorry, my Oprah impression isn't what it used to be...

The first people I saw were complaining about what an outrage this is and how they are never going to own a gun! Sadly, all of those people were missing the punch line. This bill has absolutely nothing to do with gun laws. Those people still don't get it...

Then there were the people crying about how much money and time SD's Congress is wasting with discussion of HB 1237. Those people may actually have a valid point. It is costing money to propose a bill that even Representative Wick said, “Do I or the other cosponsors believe that the State of South Dakota can require citizens to buy firearms? Of course not." 

Then I pose the question: What then, are our Congressional representatives supposed to be doing if they are not to be debating bills, sharing opinions and making points? 

All views aside, I'm not saying I agree or disagree with the Health Care Legislation or this proposed gun law but I do think that Rep. Wick deserves some credit for standing up and making his opinion known in a very different and attention grabbing way. It obviously got our attention.