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Dear Readers,

I just wanted to let everyone know that I have revamped my site--yet again, after taking in a lot of feedback from many sources.  I appreciate all the feedback as it helped me taylor my vision to be intune with that of my savvy readers--I really couldn't have done it without your help.  I finished tweaking some of the final nagging elements of my site and until I get adventures with adobe illustrator and flash the rest of site will remain unchanged for quite sometime.  What does all this mean?

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Blogging Tips

Ok, I don't have a Blogger blog, but several of my blogging friends do.  And after my last blogging tips post, which showed off some creative social bookmark icon sets, I received a question asking how these icons could be added to their Blogger blog.  After a lot of research and a lot of trouble shooting on my test Blogger blog I came up with a solution.  This post attempts to take all the pain out of the process of hacking the code of your template so it will allow you to add the icons without issue. 

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Joeprah Videos

Here is a video that I originally posted at Dad Blogs. It is a movie that my daughters and I put together set to the song "You are the best thing" by Ray Lamontagne. We had a blast making the video which is a Valentine's Day present from the girls to their mom and from me to my wife. Enjoy!

Valentine's Day Video

How was Valentine's Day for you? Did you do anything special?

Movie Reviews

Fandango So, if you are like me, you are always on the look out for a cool movie to see with the kids.  Mind you, I'm not talking about a movie just for the kids or a movie that you drag your kids to in hopes that they will get something out of it, I am talking about a movie that looks cool and both you and kids agree it would be awesome to see together. Inkheart looks to be just one of those types of movies.

I am talking about a movie that looks cool and both you and your kids agree it would be awesome to see together.

 Well, as many of you know I have three daughters and you may have also gathered from some of my past movie reviews that I have strong opinions about movies (here and here).  I definitely would have to say when I saw the initial commercials for Inkheart I had mixed feelings.  I wasn't overly impressed, but after checking out some trailers online I could see that the movie has the makings of a great family flick.

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Humor

Men's Room SignRestrooms are places for the masses. They are places where different cultures, generations, and economic backgrounds come together as equals with one mission in mind—relief. As life evolves into a new digital/cellular age I am often reminded that our level of civility has not matched our level of technological sophistication. 
 
What got me thinking about this topic in depth was a recent trip to the movie theater. It was a Saturday, so the place was packed. I hate crowds, not in the fearful for no reason moronic way, but crowds in public places tend to remind me that our world is going to hell in a hand basket. Where do all these people come from and why don’t I ever see them in my small town? If it isn’t the mom and dad dragging their infant out to the movies at 9:30, it is the guy who is talking like a teenager, wearing his hat backwards over a skull cap, using expletives as part of his standard dialogue, out with his young family, modeling all the wrong behavior—I need blinders I suppose. 

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