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Let me preface this by stating that I don’t condone or encourage speeding or breaking any highway laws. I’m just going to tell you what I do. :angel:

I have a couple different approaches I take if I want to drive over the posted speed limit on the highway.

1. The mirror.

Simply wait for someone to pass you and mirror his speed. Simple, effective, and he’s the one the cop’s gonna see first.

But, keep this in mind — My brother and two of his biker buddies were crammin’ on their Harleys at 3 a.m. on an empty stretch of highway. Empty, save for the police car that started to give chase.

My brother pulled over.

When he asked the officer why he didn’t give chase and ticket the others, the officer replied, “We only ticket whoever stops first.”

2. (and the one I generally use) The fox and the hound

Do your speeding in the right hand lane. When a policeman’s radar detector goes off, they instinctively look to the left hand lane to spot the speeder. Staying in the right hand lane as much as possible, greatly increases the chances that you’ll be overlooked. Further, it keeps you more aware of your surroundings as you need to look ahead and make plans.

Maybe I should have began this post with my “two second rule.”

Under all driving conditions, never look at anything longer than two seconds. Always be moving your eyes. From the rear-view mirror, to the front of the car, to the side-view mirror, to the front of the car, to the billboard, to down the road, to . . . well, you get the idea. But the two second rule can make you a much safer driver by keeping you more aware.

And, safe driving is all about awareness.

So stay alert, stay aware, and stay outa the fast lane.

I’m trying to get some clickable smilies for Anna’s blog. So I’m installing something here to get it right before I do it there.

I can’t seem to get rid of the durned image border though.

I need a day off from the GlobalWarming Awareness2007 stuff.

Heck. I may take two!

I’d blog.

Yep. If I had it to do over again, I’d enter a blog site into any seo contest.

Blogs seem to be doing well in the SEO World Championship. And they’ve done well in past contests.

The current “GlobalWarming Awareness2007” challenge still has a couple months to go. Although we’re hangin’ tough, I’m sure there’s going to be some competitor shananigans afoot soon enough.

We’ll see how it goes.

There must be a lot of entrants in the SEO World Championships. Or, at least, one very naughty one.

“Wikipedia has started to instruct search engines to ignore links to external websites.”

“The measure was taken in response to a search engine optimization content in which webmasters are challenged to gain the highest ranking with major search engines for the query ‘Globalwarming awareness2007′.”

Full Arcticle

The GlobalWarming Awareness2007 campaign is in full swing.

GlobalWarming Awareness2007 is an SEO contest to see who can get to the top of the three major seach engines (google, yahoo, and msn) for the search phrase “GlobalWarming Awareness2007.”

This is a great opportunity to learn more about SEO and globalwarming.

Forum University’s GlobalWarming Awareness2007 entry into the contest is located at global-warming-2007.com.

We’ve been as high as first place (out of over 1200 contestants) and as low as, well, not even on the leaderboard of the top 100.

We’ve settled into a number three (fluctuating within the top 6) position for the past few weeks. With some work, we should be able to sustain this.

It’ll be easier when everyone links to global-warming-2007.com

I can’t tell you how long ago I stopped tieing my shoelaces.

I can’t tell you why I stopped.

I think it had to do with the occasional shoe coming untied, stepping on the string, and not liking it.

One of the first things I do when I get new tennis shoes is, lace them and find the sweet spot of a tie so I can slip them on and off like loafers.

Not that I like loafing. I just hate stepping on them durned shoelaces.

During some upgrading and new theme work, I unsubscribed everyone from receiving notice of new topics posted.

If you want to receive notice of a new topic, you’ll need to re-subscribe.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

That’s it.

Do ya? Huh?

I’m often told in social and business situations what a great conversationalist I am.

As most of you know, I don’t write much. I’m a man of few words. I have a tendency to write and say only as much as is needed.

Still I am often left with remarks that exclaim how great I am to enter into discussions with. I will share my three point secrets of conversing with you.

1. Listen.
2. Refer to #1.
3. See #2.

Listening is the best way to be known for your conversation skills. That is, to actively listen and understand what the other party is saying. The occasional question on points you don’t fully understand only enhances your “conversational skills.”

That’s about all I have to say on the topic.

If you want to be a great conversationalist, be a great listener.

If you must drive, be prepared. Carry a winter survival kit in your trunk.

Use caution while driving.

Yeah. So I upgraded the Wordpress.

Yeah. I have a lot of fixin’ ta do.

It’ll be back to the normal . . . sometime.

FU has entered the SEO World Championships contest.

We have a GlobalWarming Awareness2007 domain at global-warming-2007.com

You can follow the progress or join in it at FU’s GlobalWarming Awareness2007 forum.

I’m excited to have this opportunity to learn more about SEO and globalwarming.

Let’s see how this goes.

Yup. It happened. I have a new girl I see five days a week.

Ya’ll know I have this thing for Martha. Well, Rachael sucked me in because of my attraction to Martha. :s

The morning news gets over at 10 am here and Martha doesn’t come on ’til 11. When they added Rachael to the line up, I tried shutting off my TV from 10-11. But I ended up missing too many Martha’s!

So I thought I’d just leave the TV on the same channel and let the new girl ramble in the background.

She was a little too bright and perky for me. But after listening to her for a few weeks and understanding her passion and expertise in the kitchen, I’m a fan.

This is something I built some time ago and allow anyone to use. I’m reprinting it here for greater distribution. A free hosting terms of service that’s easily editable to reflect your site. As always, please consult a professional to be sure it meets your local standards. With that, here’s the TOS (the formatted version is included as a comment):

YourHostingSite Terms of Service
01) Domain Name Registration
02) Web Site Hosting And Email
03) Service Availability
04) Payment
05) Termination
06) Indemnity
07) Limitation Of Liability
08) Notices
09) Support
10) Law
11) Headings
12) Torturous Conduct
13) Cancellation of Services
14) Entire Agreement
15) Freedom to use these Terms

YourHostingSite Terms of Service:

Where the content states: “We” includes YourHostingSite or any party acting on YourHostingSite’s implicit instructions. “You” includes the person purchasing the services or any party acting on the customer’s instructions. “Member” includes the purchaser of services or any party acting on the purchaser’s instructions. “The Registrant” includes the person applying for a domain name or any party acting on the Registrant’s instructions. “The Registry” refers to the relevant domain names Registry. “Server” means the computer server equipment in connection with the provision of the Services. “Web Site” means the area on the Server allocated by us to you for use by you as a site on the Internet. “TOS” includes this agreement. In consideration of the mutual covenants herein, the parties agree to the following, which shall apply during the term of this agreement:
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