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Pownce on Me

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on July 31, 2007

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So has anyone heard of Pownce? If not, let me fill you in real fast. Pownce is a new way to send quick messages, files, events, and links to your friends. It works like Twitter but you do more with it. You can share stuff with everyone in your network, or a few people, or just one person. You have control of who sees what. If you like Twitter style communication and would like the option to do more, then this might be what you’re looking for.

If this sounds like something you would like to try out, let me know, I have a few invites left. It’s still in beta at the moment and is invite only.

Kevin Bacon Gives Bacon a Bad Name

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Jason Mosley

on July 30, 2007

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I would like to make something clear. I love bacon and everything thing about bacon. I DO NOT like or love Kevin Bacon, and I am going to list the reasons why.

1. You CAN NOT eat Kevin Bacon.
2. Kevin Bacon dose not have good taste.
3. I never see Kevin Bacon at my local grocery store.
4. Seeing Kevin Bacon does not make your mouth water.
5. The sounds Kevin Bacon would make in a hot frying pan would be horrifying.
6. Kevin Bacon dose not smell good in the morning. (This has not be confirmed)
7. Having a Hamburger with Kevin Bacon, doses NOT improve the burgers taste.

That’s all I can think of right now, but I know there are more. If you think of any please feel free to share.

Ask Google : Email 006

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Jason Mosley

on July 27, 2007

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You should know what this is by now but if you don’t just read thought some of the related post.

I really like this batch a lot. Two people ask the same question but word different, which results in very different outcomes. Also, if you look at the last question I think we can all assume that Google knows nothing about love. Enjoy!

From kieran
date Jun 6, 2007
subject ask google

i asked google “why am i asking you questions?”

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From Mlle
Date Jun 24, 2007
Subject google images, question

“What am I going to be when I grow up?”

resulted in this picture showing up. A scary prospect, as I’m a teenaged girl at the moment and wasn’t planning on going in that direction with my life.

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From Deborah
Date Jun 24, 2007
Subject google wisdom

What will I be when I grow up?

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From Hashi
Date Jun 25, 2007
Subject Google Image Q&A

Do you love me?

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Iguana Grill - Southside

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Jason Mosley

on July 25, 2007

in Beer

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This is my first restaurant review so please bear with me. It’s going to take a few before I get a system down. All I know is what I feel is important for a good restaurant experience: atmosphere, cleanness, staff, food, and price.

The first place I am going to review is the Iguana Grill, it’s located in the Southside across the street from Jack’s. The atmosphere was nice; the walls were a gray color with simple wall mounted lighting. The bar is small but there are plenty of tables, so finding a seat is not a problem. I would like to say that this is one of the cleaner bar/restaurants on this end of the Southside. The wait staff was also impressive; as soon as you sit down they’re asking you what you would like to drink. They have plenty of beers on tap and in bottles, so finding your favorite drink will not be difficult.

Looking at their menu you will notice that they are one of those Mexican and American hybrids. If you’re looking for real Mexican food this is not the place for you. I got the Chicken Burrito, and it was amazing. The portion was huge and it also came with corn and refried beans. I couldn’t finish it all so I had to take a doggie bag home with me.

The price was just right. You could easily feed two people under $20 (not including beer) and have some leftovers for lunch the next day. I can’t wait to eat there again. I am not even a fan of Mexican food and this place wowed me.

Score: Atmosphere (3.5), Cleanness (4.0), Staff (4.0), Food (4.0),
Price (4.5), Overall (4.0)

Closing Comments: Before you go, make sure you check out their website for their specials. They have one every day of the week. Also, on Fridays and Saturdays you have to be 21 and over, even if you’re just eating.

You can find more reviews about this place at

Note: This post was a review I wrote for the Pittsburgh City Blog @ 451press.com.

The Bacon Review

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Jason Mosley

on July 23, 2007

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I started blogging in 2003 and never imagined ever making money with it. I just did it for something to do. But then I found a few blogs where the author made enough money to live off of. This intrigued me. So I started to try and make money from my bacon obsessed blog.

Last month I found a blog where the author is trying to do that same thing, but with a time limit on his goal of making money. The site is called One Mans Goal, and it’s about a 25 year old guy trying to make a livable wage on his blog in one year.

After reading is blog for awhile he seemed like a good guy and I wanted to support his goal. So I did the best thing I could for both of us, I order a sponsored review from his site. That way I can get some added traffic and back linking, and he gets one step closer to his goal.

The review is great, you can really tell he is a fan of my site. It’s nice to know that people get my bacon flavored humor. The only two negative things he pointed out were the slow load times and spelling, I am working on improving both.

Check out the review and let him know what you think about in a comment.

Give Me a Clif Bar

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Jason Mosley

on July 20, 2007

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A few months ago I was introduced to one of the tastiest energy bars called a “Clif Bar”. The flavor was carrot cake and it was amazing, it really did taste like carrot cake. So I looked at the ingredients expecting to see a long list of artificial flavors and chemicals. To my surprise there were none, it was just organic stuff and vitamins. I believe that’s why it tastes so good, it’s all real food.

Clif Bar

You may be wondering why it’s called Clif Bar, don’t worry I was confused about the name at first, too. At first I thought it was named after the rock formation you climb on and for some reason they decided to spell it wrong. But right under the list of yummy ingredients, it tells you it’s named after the creator’s dad and childhood hero, Clifford. After reading that I was sold on the name, dad was my childhood hero too.

I could go on and on about how good these things are but I don’t want to type that much. You’re just going to have to go to the store and get one for yourself. I would recommend carrot cake, chocolate chip, or banana bread. If you can’t find them in the store you can buy them by the box on Amazon.com.

One last thing, be sure to check out their website, clifbar.com, for all kinds of tasty information.

Ten Bacon Pickup Lines

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Jason Mosley

on July 19, 2007

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Since everyone loves bacon, especially the ladies, I decided to come up with bacon-related pickup lines that you can use at your local dive.

1. You make me sizzle like a bacon strip!
2. Hey Baby, you want to bacon?
3. I bet you taste as good as bacon.
4. Do I smell Bacon?
5. My bacon is extra crispy. *wink*wink*
6. If you come home with me, I will promise you bacon in the morning.
7. You know what’s better than bacon? Me buying you a drink.
8. I want to tell you some ideas I have involving you, me, and bacon.
9. You could cook a pound of bacon on your hot body.
10. I guess that slap in the face means you’re a vegan. That means more bacon for me.

That’s all I could think of right now. If you come up with any better ones, let me know.

Blogs That Helped Me Make Money Online

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Jason Mosley

on July 18, 2007

in Technology

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After my last post about how much money I am making on this blog some of my friends asked me how I am doing it. Well the short answer is traffic. You need to have traffic coming to your blog before you can make money. So here are some blogs that have the tips I used.

One Mans Goal - 10 Surefire Ways to Promote Your Blog for Free
These are 10 tips that anyone can do. I know for a fact that they work since most of them are what I used to get this blog noticed.

SponsoredReviews.com - Giant List of Blog Directories
They say linking in directories will increase your link popularity and search engine rankings. I have yet to do a lot of this because it’s a pain to sign up for them sometimes.

Ryan Shamus - 5 Quick Ways to Boost RSS Subscribers
RSS Subs are important because they let you know that they are a faithful reader of you blog. The more you have the more traffic and respect you are going to get in the blogging community.

Pure Blogging - Converting Visitors Into Regular Readers
This is a great article. It kind of makes you think about your blog from the reader’s perspective. If you visited your blog for the first time would you come back?

I hope this post will help you as much as those bloggers helped me. After a long 6 months of promoting the heck out of my blog I am finally starting to make some money. If you know any other tips I need to try you let me know.

Office Etiquette – 004

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Jason Mosley

on July 17, 2007

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I work in an office where most of us sit in cubes and that means that you have no audio privacy. I can hear just about everything that goes on in the adjacent cubes. To counteract this noise annoyance a lot of people listen to music.
Most people use headphones and keep them at a reasonable volume, but others turn it up so loud that the headphones act more like little crappy speakers. I think the sound coming out of headphones is more annoying than just hearing the music come from the desktop speakers. That is enough of me ranting; “hear” is a new Office Etiquette.

Office Etiquette

The Bacon Show

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Jason Mosley

on July 16, 2007

in Technology

. 4 Comments

This weekend I typed “Bacon” in to google looking for bacon-related sites to put in my blogroll. On my search I found a site called “The Bacon Show”. I almost passed this site up because it barely looked like an active blog.

At first glance it’s not that impressive. It just has a default blogger theme that is yellow. Under the name of the site it says, “One Bacon Recipe Per Day, Everyday, Forever”. This is where the magic begins. If this was true, this was going to be a great find, so had to see if it was a lie.

After looking at a few pages of posts I found that it is not a lie. If you go to the bottom of the page, you can see in 2006 that had 364 post which means that they probably took Christmas off. So maybe that fibbed a little, but I can forgive them. So I guess if they wanted to be truthful their subhead should say, “One Bacon Recipe per Day, Everyday (except one day), Forever”.

The author of the The Bacon Show is a mystery. You would think someone this dedicated to a blog about bacon would want some kind of recognition for it. There is not even any adsense or other money making methods being used on the site. So you can tell they really are just doing it for the love of Bacon!

This is going to be a site I will check out from time to time. If I find a recipe I like and make it I will let you guys know. In closing I would like to say to the author of The Bacon Show, “Thank you, and keep posting”!