Deviant Art

I keep forgetting about my deviant art account… I don’t use it much anymore, but I went back today, and found one of my favorite pictures in existence.  The Art of Killing a Spider by Jean Francois

http://jeanfrancois.deviantart.com/art/The-Art-Of-Killing-A-Spider-42914542

If you would like to peek into my artistic side, my deviant art is http://orangesprinkles.deviantart.com/

Keep in mind that some of this was from middle school and high school days.

Can you Digg it?

I’m comprising a list of helpful little tools that everyone seems to be using to promote themselves.  It’s a little on the scattered side, because I’m new to all of this, but hopefully I can get a good grip on my thoughts and make this worthwhile for you. 

Read me first!!! Why No One Links to Your Best Posts (And What to do About it) By Brian Clark
http://www.copyblogger.com/no-links/ –>this inspired me to create this post.

http://twitter.com –>so far I love twitter, but if you don’t check it on a daily basis you can feel a bit overwhelmed and behind, especially if you’re following around professional bloggers like I am.  This is also a very powerful networking tool to help you create rapport with the right people. 

http://digg.com –> this is better than a news station, it may be personal opinions, but it is more informative and entertaining to me than watching the news.  Plus, if you read Why No One Links to Your Best Posts, you know that Digg is a powerful way to network with other bloggers.

 http://www.stumbleupon.com –> I like this even better than digg, I feel it is more user friendly.

Who is bailing out?

Okay, so yesterday’s post is somewhat wrong.   The bail out plan did not get passed.  The vote fell short in the House of Representatives, 205-228.  I’m fairly relieved.  From the sounds of it, there is all kinds of finger pointing going on, and no one wanted to vote yes unless someone else was going to be accountable.

“…But with the November election approaching, members of both parties were leery of giving the Bush administration sweeping new authority to save Wall Street firms. The fear of taking blame for an unsuccessful bail-out appeared to motivate many opponents.
George Bush was “very disappointed” by the House failure today, spokesman Tony Fratto told reporters. The president will be meeting with advisers later to devise another plan for the bail-out, he added.
“We’re all worried about losing our jobs,” Paul Ryan, a conservative congressman and early critic of the rescue proposal, told colleagues before the vote.
“Most of us say, ‘I want this thing to pass, but I want you to vote for it, not me’.” -Schor for guardian.co.uk

Whoever actually had the sense to say no, thank you.  I just hope we can find a plan to help the banks in the right way without hurting the average American.  Someone in that bank screwed up, and they need to be held accountable and be replaced with someone who can do the job correctly. 

If you screwed up your job, do you think you’d be offered a good sum of money to go away?  I know I wouldn’t.

Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/29/congress.wallstreet