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This offer has really got me hyped up a great deal. A chance that I can win the new Police CD that is being supported by their reunion tour. Is anybody else excited about this return to touring as I am?

Great cover. The trio of Sting, Andy Sommers, and Stewart Copeland have provided some awesome performcances. Take a look at the songs that are on the two CDs in the new Police CD:

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Fallout
2. Can’t Stand Losing You  
3. Next to You
4. Roxanne
5. Truth Hits Everybody
6. Hole in My Life
7. So Lonely
8. Message in a Bottle
9. Reggatta de Blanc
10. Bring on the Night
11. Walking on the Moon
12. Don’t Stand So Close to Me
13. Driven to Tears
14. Canary in a Coalmine

Disc: 2
1. Do Do Do de da da Da
2. Voices Inside My Head
3. Invisible Sun
4. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
5. Spirits in the Material World
6. Demolition Man
7. Every Breath You Take
8. Synchronicity I
9. Wrapped Around Your Finger
10. Walking in Your Footsteps
11. Synchronicity II
12. King of Pain
13. Murder by Numbers
14. Tea in the Sahara

That is a total of 28 classic tunes, essential for any and all Police fans to own. I know some of those tracks have to stir up some memories for you folks. Who has not been touched by the Police’s music? Come on now and follow this link to this newest Police CD.

Why do I want the Police CD? Thier music takes me back to my late teens and early twenties, when I was in the army. The Police provided a great way to rock and forget some of the drudgery of life on a German kaserne. They were also created some of the first music videos I ever saw. If any music can make me feel youthful again it is that of the Police.

For me the Police always had a song that reflected my mood. When I was having girl troubles there was Can’t Stand Losing You or So Lonely. And they had songs that made me feel so happy that I was in love such as Roxanne, Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, and Every Breath You Take. Let me mention my all time personal favorite Do Do Do de da da Da which sent out an SOS to all of us Police fans. 

So what excites you about the new Police CD? Tell me in the comments. I look forward to seeing which tune moved your heart.

While looking for my lost tag I acquired a few new tags. Which is good, as I always look for new blog material.

One new such tag I received is from Kimananda. She is drawing to the end of her dissertation and she thought I might enjoy the suffering as well. I am a bit confused by the tag, but I think she is referring me to this tag. Hope I am doing the right one. We’ll find out later. In the mean time we have fun.

Pick up the book you’re reading and open it to page 123 and copy the fifth page. Rats. I am not reading at the moment. So I will grab the closest book, which is Auditing Theory and Practice, by Hermanson, Strawser, and Strawser.

“This ruling definitely eliminated the charge of ordinary negligence as an acceptable basis for suit for third parties other than primary beneficiaries. In this same case, Justice Cardozo, recognizing the accountants only express an opinion on financial statements, explicitly established law defining the basis on which accountants could be held liable in third-party suits:”

Wow! Riveting stuff. You want to read summore? See why I want to dump auditing and go back to preparing financial statements and tax work. Or better just writing. Need Tylenol after that. haha 

Hope that is what you wanted Kimananda. Really trying my best. But I am in a blur state of mind.

I may be in and out for the next couple of weeks. I do not return to my work place until June 4th. Tomorrow and Thursday I will be at an accounting conference gaining copious amounts of knowledge to better serve my clients and keep Tylenol in business. Monday is America’s Memorial Day and I may go out of town. Though I will not leave until Sunday, as Saturday I will see Monty Python’s Spam-a-Lot in theater. Next week I will be at an auditor’s conference drinking, caroussing, and purchasing more Tylenol.

May sneak a post in here and there. You folks be good. I may not however. 

As a CPA one thing I tell my clients is to make sure you have a good backup. Of course I could have used a dose of my own advice last March, when my old laptop died. Losing so much vital information is a big pain. After the passing of two months I am still trying to pick up the pieces.

Since that time one solution I have considered to prevent future loss is the use of Online Storage. What better online choice can I recommend than IBackup? IBackup focuses on small businesses, which is right up my line, as my firm focuses on small businesses.

The main services provided are online backups and online storage. Backups can be scheduled to occur automatically without a second thought. Very convenient lest a company might forget this vital task. Storage is nice too, as their software provides the users with a web folder. Merely access that web folder and then drag and drop the files selected for storage.

PCWorld and PCMag have both recognized IBackup as editors choice. Perhaps it is time for IBackup to be your company’s backup and storage solution.

Some lady tagged me. Oh wait a minute. Her royal majesty, the Hijack Queen, tagged me! Just when I thought I was painting those roses red she said off with his head. Chop! Chop! From out of that useless bean popped a meme long owed to her worshipfulness.

This meme requires that I list 10 ways the missus pisses me off. Or how to get divorced in 10 points by a blabbermouth. Drum rolls and cigaretters please. Careful with the blindfold.

1. She talks while we watch TV. But only when the actors are talking. Cannot wait for a commercial?
2. If the dishwasher is full, she will turn it on while we are watching TV. No waiting for later.
3. When we turn up the TV because of the noisy dishwasher, she complains the TV is too loud.
4. Makes me feel guilty whenever I buy something fun such as a game, book, or video. Does not stop me. But ouch, the angst.
5. Cooks with every pot and pan in the house on school nights. I come home from work; eat and wash dishes for the rest of the evening. Content with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich if I get some time to unwind from the day.
6. Everytime I fill in the holes along side the driveway I can count on her digging a new rut with the car next time she backs up.
7. She thinks I’m Bob the Builder. I don’t know a left-handed monkey wrench from a can of liquid squelch.
8. When ever her car breaks down I am always out of contact or town. And this is reminded to me everytime I break down as she rescues me. Can I help it if I need a heroine?
9. It is my fault that my cell phone does not ring when she calls? I eventually get the missed call buzzy wuzzy and call her back. And that is when I get the you never pick up rant.
10.  I hate it when she tells me to shave off my beard. Doesn’t she understand I have to maintain the sinister horror writer living on the brink of sanity look? Dun she understand marketing? Oh wait. She’s not a geek. How could she?

There you go your highness. I have completed the tag. Phew. Yay!

On a side note. After two weeks of South Beach Diet I am now at 259 (118 kg). That is a loss of 10 pounds (4.5 kg). Woo hoo! 

The store name, Electric Ladyland, reminds me of Jimi Hendrix and looking at their line of clothes it is a nostalgic return to the dress of the 1960s. The clothing they offer includes the Rock and Republic line of hip jeans and skirts such as:

Top these off with a blouse made by Sky:

Click on these links and you can look just like a rock star. Just classic. And post some pics of you wearing these. Would love to see you dressed up to go see Jimi.

Going nuts today. I visited so many sites. You look at me and you might say, “well that is what bloggers do.” No arguments from me. I do and I would have. But… You were waiting for that but, weren’t you?

Someone tagged me. I remember seeing my name at the bottom of their post for the tag. But I cannot find the meme. I could have sworn I knew who tagged me. I saw it clearly on Friday. But I slept three times since then and I forgot. Feel confident that this tag came from SE Asia and it is a list of ten and I cannot remember the topic or I would just do the meme. Please tell me if I owe you a tag.

Of course if anyone else wants to tag me now is the time to pick on m. I have really opened myself up to some abuse. So bring on those whips and chains. Or memes. My brain is just jello now. You know I could use another weekend. Thank goodness that next Monday is a holiday.

Sometimes things get hectic at home. All of the minutes on the mobile phone are used up and my missus has a two hour teleconference. What am I to do when I need to make a call? Me, I head over to the mall with my Pingo call and I am all set. A prepaid calling card provider is a big help at a time like this. No need to wait. This also comes in handy when I travel or more commonly when the missus travels. You never know when your vehicle is going to break down. Doesn’t it always seem to happen when you forgot your cell phone or the battery is dead? A phone card can save the day.

Now is a great time to check Pingo out. They have a great offer for a free online merchant shopping mall certificate when you purchase as little as $20 prepaid calling card. They will give you $5 free for international calling. There are several online stores that will accept the $25 certificates too.

You can go here to see United States calling card rates. I like this card as it provides good rates to Singapore and Malaysia. Surprise some bloggers someday. And I can use it to call the in-laws in Hong Kong.

Well I have been tagged by Giddy Tiger to write about my missus. Actually this is not a flowery poem of love, or writing about some romantic moment in our lives. No, this is tough no holds bar writing. I can feel the bruises on my fingertips all ready. In this meme I must list five ways that she ticks me off and then I must list five ways that I get on her last nerve. No walk in the park here. Hoo boy!

Five things I do that ticks her off:

1. I do not answer her questions to her satisfaction. Hey I was okay with my answer.
2. My office is shambling mess and now I appear to be starting on the guest room. Guilty as charged. But I have began listings on eBay. Now I just need bidders and I can ship some junk away.
3. She hates that I want to have my own library and that the public library is not good enough for me. I like to have my favorite stories near by is all.
4. My missus hates it when I lose track of time and keep playing a game all night. Hey, time is relative when you are having fun.
5. The little woman gets upset when I spout out expletives and thinks I do that way to much. Guilty. Hell, I was in the army for 8 years. We weren’t choir boys.

Five things she does that ticks me off:

1. Calls me down for dinner when it is not ready. When I ask why, she says she wants me to be ready for the first dish. Am I supposed to do warm up exercises to eat?
2. Talks to me from the kitchen downstairs when I am in my study upstairs. Of course I am held to these statements or requests. Sometimes my kids are nice and fill me in on my responsibilities.
3. She repeats herself, and then she repeats herself, and then she repeats herself, and then…  Come on now. Didn’t I ignore you enough the first time?
4. I hate the way she can remember something I did years ago and make me feel guilty about it today. I cannot remember what she did to piss me off yesterday. Soon as I go to bed the slate in my mind is cleaned. No fair.
5. Ticks me off that I have to punish the kids, because she won’t be firm with them. Why do I always have to be the bad guy?

Okay there is my list. Not going to tag anyone. Going home and start my weekend. Yeah, Baby!

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I have a quick note. Blogsvertise is another service that hooks blogs up with advertisers and blogs than can present their products. Once you are approved they email assignments to bloggers. The bloggers write a 75 word article on the product or service.

This is not too bad a deal. Get an assignment. Go visit the site. Become familiarized with the product. Then write your article. Blogsvertise does require three links in each article. But that is not too difficult. What I like is you can speak how you truly feel about the product. You are not limited to giving a positive post as happens in certain assignments with other advertisers.

If you advertise on your blog give Blogsvertise a look.

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