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Amazon Affiliate Program

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I just joined Amazon’s Affiliate program and wanted to let everyone know.  This means that if you click a link to a product on Amazon from my site, I’ll get a kickback from Amazon.  I seriously doubt I’ll make money from this scheme (scheme used in the British way to simply mean plan).  BUT….over the past 2 months, I have sold 5 kindles for Amazon from simply telling people about mine.  My 4% of those sales would have bought me 1 or 2 kindle books.

Don’t worry…I’m not going to start advertising on the site.  I’m doing this, like I said, because I’ve sold several kindles for Amazon recently and I want a nice simple way to build Amazon product links.  I also want to review books from Amazon that I’ve read on my Kindle.  Most are free–or at least I got them for free–but why not get something.

Image from factoryjoe via flickr

[Update 12-02-2010 07:15:38] I’m changing how I do book reviews.  Instead of simply posting a screenshot of the cover, I’m going to begin using an iframe.  It will do the same thing, show the cover, but I think it will make it clearer that I’ll make a few pennies if someone clicks my links to get to amazon.

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Bakewell Tart

Bakewell Tart

Last night for desert, I had a piece of Bakewell Tart (or did I have a bakewell tart?  who knows….).  I didn’t hear what the waitress said so I asked her what she said.  She had been to the US and she took the time to explain what it was.  She said, “it’s very English.”  I said why not…I’ll try it then.  I did and it was good.

What is it?  It is a pastry–pie crust–some jam/jelly, and a sponge (kind of like a falvored angel food cake thing).  The filling tasted like almonds.  It was served warm.  With vanilla ice cream, it was good.

Image from tonydolor via flickr

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There’s something Psycological…

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When you hear the temp is -2 then you remember that it is -2 C (only about 28ishF).  So, sure, it is cold, but it isn’t really cold (like 0F or below).  But there’s still something psycological that makes you double-think things.

image from bbqjunkie via flickr

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I couldn’t

Fork and Knife Merged

Well, I couldn’t do it.  Tonight, I went to this semi fancy shmancy restaraunt for dinner and just could not bring myself to eat like the British with my fork in the left-hand all the time.  I don’t know what it was…I spent most of my life as a child grumbling about how goofy it was to switch hands.  I’ve even done it in other restaraunts before.  But there, in this semi fancy place, I just couldn’t do it.  I felt like such a hick eating the wrong way (from an American perspective).  So, even though I heard the 2 waitresses make a comment about me switching hands, I just couldn’t do it any other way.  My parents should be proud!  Their manners stuck!

Oh…BTW…just like with units of measure (such as the cup and gallon), the US maintains the older traditions.  It is the rest of the world that moved away from us.

Image from jefe317 via flickr

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National Opt Out Day

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November 24 is National Opt Out Day.  Why not try it with a kilt:

But come November 24th, here’s an idea you might try to make the day extra-special. It’s a one-word idea: Kilts. Think about it — if you’re a male, and you want to bollix-up the nonsensical airport security-industrial complex, one way to do so would be to wear a kilt. If nothing else, this will cause TSA employees to throw up their hands in disgust. If you want to go the extra extra mile, I suggest commando-style kilt-wearing. While it is probably illegal to fly without pants, I can’t imagine that it’s illegal to fly without underpants. I If you are Scottish, or part Scottish, or know someone who is Scottish, or eat Scottish salmon, or enjoy Scotch, or have a vestigial affection for “Braveheart” despite Mel Gibson, you can plausibly claim some sort of multicultural diversity privilege — the term “True Scotsman” refers to soldiers who honor their tradition and heritage by wearing kilts without drawers underneath.

We the people need to figure out how to reign in our government!

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The Internet Better Watch Out…

Why? I was randomly selected for a naked scan/full body scan at the airport. When they get out the internet will come crashing down…either because the pictures are so popular or because it wants to purge them…

 

[posted from my kindle 3 3g] 

[Update 11-20-2010 05:39:22] Looks like people are really up in arms about this.  Check out this article from Bruce Schneier.  There is also this account from Penn (of Penn and Teller fame).  Too bad everyone doesn’t stand up for themselves like he did.  But then, of course, he does have magic celebrity status….

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Guy Fawkes Night/Bonfire Night

Last night, we went to the Brockham Bonfire.  We had a great time and saw some really neat fireworks (in the top 5 I’ve ever seen).  Below are some pictures:

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Lydia has her class bear (Bella Bear) and so she went to the bonfire too.

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The Guy. Wonder if he knows what is to come?

Yep…Isaac went too

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We arrived about 5…it was dark already. But there is this really neat church in the center on the green.

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The Guy

The Guy waiting beside what will become the bonfire

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Lydia did a good job of waiting for a 3 year old.

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Going to burn the guy!

The lit fire

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Isaac enjoyed the fireworks

So did Lydia

As always, all of our pictures are in our flickr photostream.  You can go directly to our Brockham Bonfire (2010) set here.

[Update 2012-11-06 13:22:32] We went again in 2012.