Life Owns Art

I just looked at YouTube videos tagged with 'Britney Spears' and sorted by view count.

Shaving her head garnered over 3.7 million hits. Toxic, the music video got around 1.2 million.

Doing something stupid gets 2.88 times as many hits as making a well produced music video. I am going to try an experiment. Over the next few days I plan to create a snazzy music video of my own precious work. And I will also do a quick one of me shaving my head. I hypothesize that I will get a similar ratio. Three people will look at the head shaving and one person (me) will watch the beautiful music video.

Joe Simpson?

There are rumors that Joe Simpson has been tapped to be Britney's Manager.

This is a man known for making creepy comments about his daughters' boobs.

I can't decide if his future comments about Britney will be less creepy or not.

I am going to start a rumor that the unnamed source for the rumor about Joe Simpson becoming Britney's manager is names Joe Simpson.

A New Kind of News Blog

I am going to figure out what exactly this News Blog thing called Congoo is all about. Ok...basically you have user created, subject focused news blogs that can be centered on any type of news, interests or even regions. Once you have an account and get one of these blogs set up, your Congoo pulls in stories from about 25,000 news sources every day.

I think I might gear one of these up and link to it from this site. Some weeks, Britney Spears related stories happen faster than I can even read them. Oh the setups are called Circles.

This Justin...

I don't know if I have ever seen a more far removed ex-boyfriend get more press in relation to an ex-girlfriend. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears have never even lived together.

Tommy Lee has children with Pam and had sex with her ocassionally after their divorce and he doesn't get as much press as Justin. Oh, that's right Justin is still relatively young and attractive and he has a career.

Mr. Cohen, whose first name actually escapes me, dated Britney more recently and his bragging only gets him a little bit of press.

I guess there is a core audience who had idealized the Britney and Justin relationship, and while the idealism is long gone, the idea at least lives on.

WhoGets.com is Fun

So this sounds kind of interesting. A site called whogets.com is a prize granting site where users vote on who gets to advance through successive selection rounds. If you are in the running for a prize and you decide you just gotta have it, that's ok because there is a buy it now option.

The show has a Game Show feel to it. The prizes range from useful like a Quality Jacket to fun like a Micro Flyer RC Electric Airplane.

Charlotte, NC (PRWEB) April 24, 2007 -- Arcavate Corporation, a leader in web 2.0 innovation and fun, announces the beta launch of its newest site, whogets.com. WhoGets combines all the excitement of winning great prizes with the viral interactive power of a voting community.

In a game show format, WhoGets.com offers members the chance to win a huge array of prizes in its online contests. They simply enter the contests for the products that interest them. The contestant has the opportunity to tell the community members why they should vote for him. whogets members decide who wins each contest. The contestant with the most votes wins the prize. There are no offers to complete, and whogets will not solicite its members for any other offers. There's no fee for membership or for joining the contests. If a member would rather skip the contest and buy one of the prizes outright, he can take advantage of the Buy It Now feature.

There isn't any other site like whogets.com. We are excited to see where the community takes it. It should be fun
"There isn't any other site like whogets.com. We are excited to see where the community takes it. It should be fun," Russ Snapper said.

WhoGets is just one more way Arcavate delivers on its simple philosophy -- offer friendly, fun, innovative sites that create value for their visitors.

Britney vs. Mr Spears: He Said, She Said

You know when people in your house are really aren't talking to each other and they do the silly thing where they tell a third person to give a message to the person they are mad at?...yeah, it's kinda like that...

"When Larry Rudolph talked Britney into going into rehab, he was doing what her mother, father and team of professionals with over 100 years of experience knew needed to be done. She was out of control. Larry was the one chosen by the team to roll up his sleeves and deliver the message, to help save her life.

The Spears family would like to publicly apologize to Larry for our daughter's statements about him over the past few weeks. Unfortunately, she blames him and her family for where she is at today with her kids and career. Larry has always been there for Britney. For this, we will forever be grateful to him."

Jamie Spears on Page Six

"I am praying for my father. We have never had a good relationship. It's sad that all the men that have been in my life do not know how to accept a real woman's love. I am concentrating on my work and my life right now."

Britney Spears, via a representative on Page Six

I have more empathy with the father than I do the daughter. Except I think I would have rolled up my own damn sleeves if I was the father in this sad story. Has anyone made the stretch yet as far as Mr.Rudolph being chosen to be the front man in the efforts to drag Britney out of the foggy night?

Sales Recruiting

Top Producer is a title given to a salesman that SELLS. The purpose of a Sales Recruiting Firm is to connect companies that have a need for top producers with the men and women that can get results.

I think the trick in effectively recruiting and placing good salespeople is realizing not to look at what an individual sells but how they sell, and of course how well they sell. That is just me talking, I'm not the expert. Target Consulting Group are experts and they provide satisfaction to both salespeople and businesses. They offer a guarantee to the companies that they provide with staff.

It didn't take that long for me to find some words that I could latch onto from the Target Consulting Group Website. I can only imagine that their recruiters talk about the fact that they do not 'Force a Fit' on a regular basis. That is good, I have never been placed by a recruiter before but I tried to 'Force a Fit' by myself once. I was not a could experience for me as an employee or the employer for whom I was not suited.

Shopping Til You Drop ...

...is more time consuming and expensive than heavy drinking, which also has the end result of dropping.

“People with addictions often go from one compulsive behavior to another,” Dr. Robert Butterworth

“She has turned into a shopaholic.”
Anonymous Friend

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Hold the presses!!! I googled the good Doctor Butterworth and found a CNN transcript from 2003. He was on Anderson Cooper's show talking about Nudist Camps For Teens another pundit was then Congressman Mark Foley. They were both against the idea. Oh, now that I have read the transcript I see that Foley's words were from a video clip, not a studio appearance.

If you are a professional in Los Angeles and you like to be on television, I guess you just have to have an opinion on everthing in the news and wait your turn.

Mark Foley

Outsource Your Everyday Life

It's pretty ironic that I am late getting this post made because I had to drive the kids to school and make a bank deposit and get groceries and make everybody coffee.

If you Outsource Your Life with DoMyStuff.com! you can get other people to do some of your stuff for you. I would choose the stuff that involve waiting in line.

For Love and Funny

The 'personal' message from Britney Spears thing is unintentionally funny. I made one for the love of my life and we laughed and laughed. I am surprised that the fragrance company didn't get rid of all the alcohol references in the drop downs for building your wm custom message.

A Bit ABout Blogging For Money

I know a little bit about blogging for money, but I am not as focused or devoted as the guy who titled his blog Blog4Money.com.

I am definately going to come back to his blog again and again to see what is new in regards to the process of making your blog pay. Hey, this just proves that he is right about what he put in his post about how to Maintain your blog audience. He is recommending WordPress as the best blogging platform I wrote that small so the people at blogger won't see it. If you are considering trying to develop a blog that you may monetize at a future date, don't use blogspot.

His post about his hopes, fears and predictions related to the Google PR update is interesting. He thinks stuff it going to happen soon.

Business as Usual for Britney and Elizabeth Arden

I'm not sure what kind of iron they used to clad the contract that Britney Spears scored from Elizabeth Arden. There have been more than one promotion related to Britney's endorsement of their products that has gone ahead in the midst of the singer's personal turmoil.

Now there is a contest with autographed iPods. That seems pretty fool proof. They are very small it's not like she could write a paragraph of crazy on every one of them.

I think it's reasonably respectful to post this message I crafted on BritneySpearsBeauty.com. Samuel Jackson did the same kind of web based personalized message thing for the release of Snakes on a Plane. For Britney's sake I hope the perfume doesn't stink like that movie.

About Universal Life Insurance

There are hundreds, maybe even thousands of blogs about every personal financial issue under the sun. Some of them are reasonably well written and balanced like this one about universal life insurance and other related insurance issues. This one gets to stand out because of how awful most of the other ones are, but also because it is pretty good.

There is some Insider Information to be had on this blog. The writer explains the different commissions that an insurance agent gets for each type of life insurance. This, of course, explains which products these guys tend to hard sell you on.

The blog also offers tips on determining the level of insurance that is suited to your personal needs.

Did Britney Fire Her Manager?

If Britney did in fact fire her manager, Larry Rudolf, I can only imagine that he is filled with regret that he bothered to stick with her for the last several months.

I don't know very much about this man. I assume that he likes money. That is an important attribute for a manager. I wondered early on why he enabled Britney as she left the first rehab. It was on an island in the Caribbean and if it was me I would have left her there, to either stay or make her own travel arrangements. I think money had a bit to do with that decision. I think the catch 22 with any hangers on that want a piece of Britney's revenue is that the controversies are good publicity for her future album in some ways, but mostly as a novelty. People bought the Paris Hilton cd as a artifact and they will do the same with Britney's even if it is crap.

Britney Needs Her Head Examined

I don't know if Britney has seen a neurologist at some point in the last few months, but I think people need to consider the possibility that her problems go beyond depression and beyond addiction.

These days surgery for a brain tumor has a much better chance of a positive outcome thanks in part to advances in Gamma Knife surgery. The Leksell Gamma Knife is a tool developed specifically for use on the brain. Brain tissue is different from any other type of human tissue.

Britney Spears: Impressionist

If you are remotely curious about little old Britney Spears you have no doubt already seen the footage of her pretending to be sarcastic with a Valley Girl accent.

This makes Britney seem old and out of touch with her fans, the pretend Valley Girl fad was like way back in 1995.

I tried to use Wikipedia and really figure out the Valley Girl thing but for some reason the people who contribute to this important topic don't cite adequately.

Britney Should Move to Vegas

I didn't look in my archives, but I am pretty sure that Britney talked about creating a Vegas show a year or so ago. that was before , well you know. Lots of big name stars have done well in Vegas. Basically, you don't have to tour, you let your fans come to you. the model has worked well in Nashville too.

Las Vegas real estate is a pretty hot commodity, but you get a lot of home for your money. Luxury is a way of life for the high rollers of Las Vegas. MillionSaver.com has great functionality on their site. I think I will actually try and find the best home for Britney Spears.

I think she needs to be conservative right now and get this nice $400,000 place with a beautiful pool.

I Left My Adipose Tissue in Las Vegas

Yes, sorry I know that the title sucks. But Britney is a singer, and

I Left My Heart In San Francisco

is an old standard, and Britney was seen leaving a liposuction clinic...so give me a break. I think I even got the right number of syllables.

I hear that some drugs can get deposited in fat tissue, maybe it would be possible to get a bit of a buzz from smoking Britney's discarded fat. I'm sorry that is really gross.

Restaurant Financing

AdvanceRestaurantFinance.com is a place to go when you need a short term business loan to get your place up and running.

I was recently at a restaurant that was opening up after a change in ownership. They weren't ready. There are so many details involved in opening a restaurant. Having a cash flow problem is one complication that should be avoidable with the right kind of planning. Loans from ARF can be fast and simple whether you need $5,000 or even $500,000.

Britney: Like OMG

Britney should totally be an actress. Like if she could find those people who have time machines and go back to when they were casting for Legally Blonde she could so totally get the lead and then we'd be all like "Reese Witherspawhoo?"

If you are confused, the above paragraph is my reaction to the little pretend Valley Girl monologue that Britney Spears had a paparazzo record for her this weekend.

Britney has apparently viewed this video recently and taken it to <3.

Buzz about Belisi on Stylehive

Peter Belisi is good at getting his name and face on the internet. stylehive is a social networking site specifically tailored to serve members of the fashion industry. A profile on stylehive provides exposure and feedback and it is even great for consumers who just one to look at fashionable clothing and accessories.

There is also a forum on stylehive. I took a peek and members seem to like embedding YouTube clips of fashion shows.

Peter Belisi joined the site last summer. He posted about a great green paisley tie just before St. Patrick's Day. I have green eyes, this tie would look perfect on me.

Avril Lavigne Denies Calling Britney Weak

Avril Lavigne is not a wimp. I used to live in Canada and I had a television when she was the inescapable media darling of that country. I saw some live broadcasts in which it was painfully obvious that she was not lip synching. She actually became a singing star before she learned how to sing.

She has never accidentally made her private parts available to the paparazzi, but I think she hung a moon in a music video for a faux punk band. I can't remember if it was the band that her present husband leads or another one.

She let the supposed Britney diss go the rounds before issuing a denial at having ever said it.

HDMI for Dummies

Ok, for all I know, I might be the only dummy.

I guess I chose that title because I have the feeling that there are people who would love the advantages of High-Definition Multimedia Interface but they don't have a clue what it is. So I am going to start out with the basics.

HDMI is technology that provides you with an interface between compatible digital audio/video sources. If your toys include a DVD player, a PC, a video game console, or an AV receiver you can use HDMI to connect them to a compatible digital audio or video monitor, such as a digital television. New HDTV camcorders and even high-end digital still cameras are designed to work with HDMI.

Something you may not realize that you need is an HDMI Switch. TCA has a switch that lets you connect multiple HDMI appliances to one monitor.

Our electronic toys are pretty outdated. I am still dealing with RCA style inputs, I unplug them to switch from the DVD player to the game console. This must be this centuries version of having an 8 Track Player. TCA's HDMI switch has a remote for switching from one port to another.
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Update on Inspiration

My letter of support for Britney Spears was not published on her landing page. I'm not sure of it was not inspired enough or if you have to use the wrong your a few times to get you're letter on BritneySpears.com.

I wasn't insincere at all in my letter. I wish I had saved a copy. I was so confident that it would get posted that I didn't bother.

Blinds Help You Sleep All Day

Some resourceful celebrities have a secret weapon that they use to shield themselves from those unscrupulous papparazzi. Actually it's not much of a secret at all, they use Blinds. In addition to privacy, these great products also protect your house from the radiant heat of the sun.

All joking aside, I have to say that there was a time in my life when serious blinds like these Blackout Blinds were important to my health and well being. I worked at night, from 7pm to 7am, and if I couldn't get to sleep during the day I was a train wreck by the end of the week. I think the only thing worse than bright light for your quality of sleep is leaving the television on while you are trying to sleep. Whether you work all night or Rock'n'roll all night, you should get good ligh blocking blinds so you can sleep all day. I have it on good authority that KISS did not party every day.

While Britney is Out Of Commission...

One of the producers that is responsible for some of Britney's hits, has had to move on to more relevant, more functional artists. Yes, Kevin Churko The Prince of Darkness co-produced the album with The Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne.

Wait,...What???

Britney Spears is 25 and she can't hold it together enough to get material out in the stores and this tone deaf fossil is going to be making bank thanks to one of her ex-producers. Life is strange.

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Adult Webmaster Reveals His Secrets

If Reformed Adult Webmaster Reveals Cutting-Edge Marketing Secrets piques your interest, you aren't the only one. While I won't admit to having done any surfing of adult sites -- I'm pleading the 5th -- I have a hunch that a former adult webmaster would have some pretty cool marketing tricks up his sleeve -- that is, if he has a sleeve. Maybe he's naked. Here's a tip: putting words like naked and nude in your blog is a good way to generate traffic!

Luke Watson

Britney has stated herself that she is Country...you can't get a boyfriend which a more country sounding name than Luke Watson.

This basketball star is criticized for passing more than he shoots. I am still on sabbatical from taking cheap shots at Britney. Please stop making it so hard for me.

How Do You Spell The Bionic Noise?

Los Angeles is getting ready to play host to a unique convention. To check out the Bionicon 2.0 Official Website Click Here.

I am approaching 40. I was the target audience of the original Bionic Man series. In this erea of digital special effects the television show looks pretty dated. I want to assure all the younger people that it was in fact pretty cool. Network television didn't have to compete with anything except the other networks back then either.

Anyway, a bit about the convention. They are in negotiations with George Takei and Lou Ferrigno...seperately, they are NOT a couple ( I don't want to start any crazy rumors ).

BIONICON 2.0
SCIENCE FICTION CELEBRITY & AUTOGRAPH CONVENTION
JUNE 29 – JULY 1, 2007
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

Important Details About Britney's Hats

Now that Britney Spears isn't doing anything more newsworthy than shopping at Staples, people have begun to talk more about her hat. I guess this is a way of getting more mileage out of the shaved head thing. Britney has ALWAYS worn hats. In an interview at the age of 18 she confessed to having a very low opinion of her own natural hair. One of the above images was actually cropped from a picture of her with two of her friends who were also wearing hats, presumably to help make Brit look less conspicuous.

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Her hat of choice these days is the Eight-Quarter Cap, it is in style in Cali these days.

Howie Day is Reportedly a Jerk

When I heard the name Howie Day being dropped last week in reference to Britney Spears rehab social life it rang a bell and not a good one.

Here is why his name was familiar despite his mostly unsuccessful music career:

According to a criminal complaint, Day allegedly locked a woman in a bathroom on the tour bus after she refused his sexual advance. He then broke the cell phone of another woman trying to call police.

"That was probably wrong of me," Day told police of breaking the phone. "But I felt violated."

Source: USAToday

He allegedly sounds like a great guy. No wonder Britney's mom is not pleased with her daughter's choice in men. I guess the selection is a bit limited in rehab.

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Vote For The Worst

There is now a web awards site that is a sort of parallel to the People's Choice Awards. It is called the Blogger's Choice Awards. I think the fact that you have to sign up to nominate and vote is going to prevent the thing from taking off in a big way right out of the gate. But I can understand the restriction given the current season of American Idol. The Vote For The Worst movement seems to be having more of an influence on the show.

With this blogging awards thing, members can nominate and vote for any blogs including their own. I put one of my blogs in the Worst Blog Of All Time category. I also voted for it. I don't really think my blog is the worst. Go take a look at the nominees and decide for yourselves.

I think the best way to draw attention to the awards may be to nominate big names in the Best Celebrity Blog category and then put the word out to fans of that celebrity.

I wish Britney Spears had a blog. Actually, that would be an awesome way for her to re-enter the public eye in a controlled and deliberate way. She could probably compete in the Hottest Mommy Blogger category as well. She might not win, bloggers are a very HOT bunch of people.

Britney Spears Calls Kevin Federline Her Big Mistake

I can understand Britney wanting to kick the ridicule ball back into K Fed's court.

Kevin will have a disadvantage in the arena of public opinion because he has reportedly sign off on non-disclosure. If I were Kevin, I would have chosen the option of being paid not to form words into sentences over being paid for my story by the tabloids.

To paraphrase an old Eddie Murphy routine, If I were Kevin...I WOULDN"T BE NO KEVIN.

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Money Money Money Money

The title of this post is from a song I get stuck in my head sometimes when I am creating blog advertising. PayPerPost pays me money to blog about products and services. I just go to the blogger end of their site, log in and the grab my choice of the opportunities that are available to me. Then I blog about the topic, put in the required links and boom, I will get some cash in my PayPal account 30 days from when I published the post.

Today is a special day for PPP bloggers, because it is the first ever 1K Tuesday. At some point before midnight EST somebody will grab an opportunity that pays $1000.

For people that might be reflexively critical of the the PayPerPost business model, I would like to point out that the majority of the Opps ask for a neutral tone. Bloggers don't have to blow sunshine up the blogosphere's butt every time they want a few bucks.

I can talk about how this $1,000 promotion is going to create heart palpitations from over ingestion of coffee as bloggers around the World sit there hitting refresh hoping to see that $1,000 thing come up on their screen. Some people may be so obsessed and distracted that children will be eating PB&J for lunch and supper. To balance that comment with a positive...PB&J has three of the four food groups, get them to have a glass of milk and you are laughing.

Britney Rumored to be Making Deals with Paps

TMZ is pretty much the leader of the pack. They inexplicably started using photos and copy that make Britney look good. That's not to say that she doesn't look good. But when an editor chooses from hundreds of exposures, there are always a few awkward and/or disturbing shots.

Cameron Diaz is in the midst of a feud with the tabloids and it is rumored that they ONLY print bad pics of her.

Back a few decades ago, those pantiless car entries of Brit's would have never even been printed let alone published.

How to Sell Your Car

I am not shrewd. The only skills that I have that help me to sell car are my research skills. I do the work of finding out what my car is worth. Then I can act decisively when somebody makes me an offer. Another important thing is to keep your car very clean. A few dollars spent on a wash and wax will pay for itself. And make sure you check in the seats for money before you let someone drive away with it.

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