Comcastic! It's BOMBASTIC!

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It's Bombastic!

Well I just switched to the Triple Play and was welcomed to Comcast with a loss of phone service and internet for a full day. The first guy walked off the job 'cause he couldn't figure it out and said his supervisor would show up in "about half an hour" which of course translated to "more than an hour later." It took them from 10:30am until 6pm to switch me over from Cavtel.

Cavtel of course not to be left out of the fun had to play their part in this drama and cut my phone lines first thing in the morning instead of waiting for the go-ahead call from Comcast.

By the end of the day I then got "and by the way, we don't support D-Link or other wireless routers other than our own (or Eudora)". So once internet was finally hooked up, they said, oh we just provide access to the internet and if you can't get on, then too bad. It took a friend clear across the country an hour on the phone with me to get all my wireless router settings to finally click and get me on that Superhighway.

Then last night in bed I went to check my new movie channels (TMC! Starz! MAX!) and found it wasn't hooked up to my pre-existing box.

A stupendous forewarning of things to come with new Comcast service?

Clearly their new tag line should be:
"It's Comcastic!---It's Bombastic!"
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Drumroll , please

**Please EMAIl me if you are one of the winners below**

The winner of the CVS Photobook is....

Kat aka TrageddyAnne !!

Credits Here

The runner-ups are:

Shirley aka Xashee

and

Angela aka Shmooangel

Credits Here

Who both won a 50% coupon for a CVS Photobook.
Congrats girls!!

The next 4 people who send me a new LO using any of my {freebies} will also receive a 50% off coupon for a CVS Photobook (a $6.50 value!!).

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Keep Your Eye on the PRIZES

THIS IS YOUR PRIZE


IF YOU USE THIS

AND ONE OF THE MANY {FREEBs} on MY BLOG

IN A LO......!

So far not many partaking in my challenge so the next 4 or 5 entrants will likely win a 50% off of a CVS photobook at minimum.....

C'mon give it a try!!
Links to all {freebies} in posts below.
Winner announced tomorrow evening.
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Made this LO for Christina Renee's Brush Challenge.
I love her design sense and that of all her gals.

Credits Here

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Not Publishers Clearinghouse, but.....

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...still a CONTEST with gifts !!

Win a CVS Photobook, or one of many 50% off a CVS Photobook coupons by simply scrapping a LO using my latest {freebie} plus one other {freebie} from my BLOG.

You get this {freebie} to use in the CONTEST:

"PLAY DRESS-UP"

DOWNLOAD HERE
Please be kind and leave a thank you behind!!

Use 3 or more elements of this Mini Kit + one other BLOG {freebie} = possible gift

Deadline is this FRIDAY, JAN 10th, so scrap a LO and email or comment me the link.

Enjoy!
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Play Dress-Up Contest & {freebie}

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As a New Year incentive, I am holding a CONTEST and giving away to 1 winner:

FREE CVS 6"x8" PHOTO BOOK [COUPON]
($12.99 value)

to the BEST layout using a minimum of:

• 3 elements from the FREE Play Dress-Up Mini Kit found below; AND
  
• 1 other of my BLOG {freebies}

6 Runners-Up will also receive:

50% OFF COUPON for CVS 6"x8" PHOTO BOOK
($6.50 value)

DEADLINE is January 10th, 10pm EST
(Coupons for CVS Photo Books expire 01/31/08)

Play Dress-Up Mini Kit

------------PREVIEWS-----------

3 Papers

Glam Girls Sticker

2 Frames (both with & without ribbon embellishment)
THANK YOU to ScrapNTag for use of Ribbons & Victorian Knots !!

Leave links to your LOs in the Comments or email me through my Profile.

DOWNLOAD HERE
..and please be kind, leave a quick "thanks" behind !

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{freebie} time

How accurate was your guess?!

Credits Here

It's the new INSTA-RELATIVES Daguerre Frames!!
Your new {freebie} installment.

Don't have old relatives to scrap in those genealogy layouts?
Make your own! Take any family member's disembodied heads and plunk it on one of these, and...VOILA !!

PLEASE leave a quick THANK YOU on 4shared
& get your Headless Family Members HERE!

And take a look at the new set of Daguerre Frames perfect for any heritage, genealogy, or funky layout!

ONLY $1.50 for a limited time
in my Paypal STORE!

Special thanks to Traci Reed for sparking my imagination on this one through her Sept 28th Hawt Mama Challenge! I commented to her then that it resulted in new item designs....My LO above was my entry in that Hawt Mama Challenge.


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We interrupt this day for a .....Rant

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I am taking this moment to voice my opinion on yet another subject that irks me. In other words, a RANT.

Blogs have become the new car bumper for the
plethora of bumper sticker widgets.

HUH?!

Follow along here:

Blogs <==> Car Bumpers
Widgets <==> Bumper Stickers

What does this mean?

One or two bumper stickers are ok, as long as they are not too obnoxious and tastefully placed.

Get my drift?

I am tired of opening a blog and being assaulted by music and video. Especially when I am surfing in a place that requires discreetness. THIS MEANS YOU!

STOP! imposing and autoloading your music & video
on us just because we visit your blog!!
(...especially Celine Dion)

It's bad enough that we all use SLIDE (myself included) ---as it takes forever to load the flash animation, but then don't go adding 10 other flash animations and every gizmo out there. There are some blogs I now refuse to visit because they literally crash my browser.

And while discussing crashing the browser...

Why in the world do people choose to post freebies on file hosting sites that practically mug us and run off with our RAM and patience?

Peo-ple!

Have you never tried to download a file from some of these sites yourselves?!

Even 4shared which has long been the preferred host for most has a caveat--they began to load some pretty obnoxious audio-visual advertising with every download page--the Bumper Sticker Syndrome strikes again.

The answer for me was to install the free Firefox add-on Adblock Plus.
Voila!

no more ads loading on any site, and with the added bonus that the download links become almost instantly available!!

So the lesson today is
LESS INFLAMMATORY BUMPER STICKERS !

and can I get an AMEN please on that one.
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Fortune Cookie

Here are 3 hints:






I wonder what it could be?

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New CVS In-Store Photo Books !

As a BzzAgent I am lucky enough to get to try out brand-spanking-new products and services. Well as a scrapper I was REALLY excited when I got picked to try out the new CVS In-Store Photo Books!

I haven't yet received my Campaign Kit, but when I do, you all will be the first to hear! I will award one or two {free surprises} here on my {BLOG} related to Photo Books in the near future so stay tuned!

CVS In Store Photo Books---are similar to Picaboo books but you create them in-store at the Kodak Photo Station kiosks, with customizable LO's and assorted backgrounds to choose from. They are hardcover and bound right there in the store for you with your choice of covers.

...And they are dirt cheap!:

• 4 x 6 (up to 36 images): $5.99 - $7.99
• 6 x 8 (up to 54 images): $12.99
• 8 x 10 (up to 72 images): $14.99 - $24.99

What a great last-minute (or pre-planned if you are organized!) GIFTIE!
There is also a 100% money back guaranty you will be happy with the results!

PLEASE let me know if you try it out! Stay posted for more info....
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Californication

Well, I'm a travellin' fool, visiting California for the 4 Bruce Springsteen shows: 2 in Oakland & 2 in LA.

From the Golden Gate Bridge...

sdesigns paperbits framecluster

...To the Bruce show

LJD Frame

From the fires in Oakland....

1800 Vintage Frame by MzPimptress

...To the Bruce show

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From Hollywood...

LJD Frames

...To the Bruce show

kls DownToEarth frame-curled

The shows were awesome, although the first night set lists have little variance. The 2nd shows are definitely the money shows. If you're thinking of seeing only one, make it a second-nighter, where he's rotating in songs from Darkness and BTR. My fave to-date: Adam Raised A Cain.

And I even met Henry Winkler, who effused "He's the greatest."
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