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January 21, 2019

Free Spider Chart

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This really won't help me much, as it's awfully hard to identify what sort of spider it is was from the goo under my shoe.

Get yours from termite.com

(or save this one and let me take all the resulting spam for you!)


EDIT: I remembered a few more spider posts I've made. How could I forget? -shudder-

I had a spider on my towel once.

And there was an art-loving spider.

And more recently there was some spider software , a creepy application and another creepy thing.

April 3, 2016

Bible Gateway





A nice feed for a Bible verse of the day.

October 21, 2014

Giveaway of the Day

I love this site and have subscribed to it in my reader for several years.  Not all the daily offerings are something I'd use or want to try, but I have gotten some good free software from there.

I would caution anyone from going strictly by the ratings;  the site has had quite a few media converters and people really get their panties in a wad over that.  Instead, read the reviews because those are generally from the more knowledgeable users and there's usually several people who post free and sometimes better alternatives.

They also have a widget you can embed in your blog or website:



The software is only available for one day, though.  I wanted to try this program and made a mental reminder to download it later but fell asleep and when I woke up I hurried to the site and saw this message:


There's also a "sister" site, Game Giveaway of the Day but it's now limited to free games only on the weekends.

Giveaway of the Day

March 15, 2014

Cat Age Calculator

How old is your cat in human years ?

To find out enter your cat's age by clicking the cat years and cat months options and your cats age in human years will be automatically calculated.



A little bump from 4/28/09. The Beej is 77 now and really starting to show it.

September 6, 2013

Musopen


From the website:

Set Music Free!

Musopen (www.musopen.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on improving access and exposure to music by creating free resources and educational materials. We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free.

Musopen

November 23, 2012

The Crying Towel

Opened up my mailbox just now and found the usual junk mailings but there was also a small padded mailer from Proctor Gamble, the company that makes Tide (tm) detergent.  I ripped it open to find a freebie I had requested over a month ago, a Dallas Cowboys hand towel similar to the smaller of these:


It's only appropriate that I get it the day after Dallas lost to Washington. It's a nice little towel, but it's not big enough to soak up my tears.

Just kidding. As disappointing as that loss was to a division rival, the sun still came up this morning, I'm still alive and life goes on. I WOULD like to have a few thousand more of these towels to stick in the mouths of those who call in to sports talk shows, griping about the coaching staff, the quarterback, the owner and "know" how to fix what ails the Pokes. If they are so smart, why aren't THEY coaching a pro football team?

October 18, 2012

Giveaway of the Day


One of my favorite sites; I am subscribed to the feed as so to not miss a chance on some great, free software.

Granted, not all of the freebies will appeal to you or be something you would want, but I have snagged some nifty and useful programs from the site.

The one major "catch" is that you must download and activate the program on the day that it's offered.  Also, some of the programs don't offer any support.  Still, the price is right!

Here's a ticker to put on blogs and websites showing the day's offering.

Giveaway of the Day

Giveaway of the Day

August 6, 2012

Free Printable Recipe Cards





















From the website:

If you love collecting recipes, you will flip over our free printable recipe cards.

We have several fun styles for you to choose from, in a variety of colors.

Plus, there is an adorable angel shopping list. Hopefully she will help you remember to get everything on your list.

You can save them in a recipe box for many years, especially if you print them out on card stock or thicker paper.

You can use these handy cards for a many things -

Write down any of the recipes on this site that you want to keep. All of the recipes available on this site are free for you to use. (Of course you can print them as well.)

You can use them to collect recipes from friends and family.

You can send others your favorite recipes on these adorable recipe cards.

Develop your own favorite recipes and keep track of them in a special recipe box using these cards.

Use them as handy reminder notes and attach them to the fridge with magnets.

The list goes on and on.

Download as many as you want.

April 15, 2012

Free Clocks for All !



Oh wow, a double-goody! Lots of hosted clock scripts for a blog or website and they're free!

One of my personal favs:

Many more at their clock gallery.

Visit CSalim.com

January 26, 2012

So Far, a Lucky Week

This just hit my email inbox:


I forget why I entered the contest; I'm sure the Grand Prize was something I really wanted or I wouldn't have made the effort. A magazine subscription isn't too bad of a consolation prize - I love to get magazines and after reading, they're good to line my trashcan with or to tear pages out of and put under the Beej's water and feed bowls. I used to take my old magazines to the laundromat but they would get stolen within the day.

It's been a fairly lucky week for me; I won this magazine subscription, fifty extra points for correctly answering the movie trivia question at StartSampling and last night I won $12 on the Powerball lottery.

It was also a very lucky week for some young punk in a red car.  I was out earlier and about to turn onto a busy street.  The light was red and there was a car ahead of me.  I started slowing as I normally do, easing to a stop. (saves gas, saves brake wear) There wasn't but a few car lengths between me and the other vehicle when the red car zoomed around me and cut in front.  I had to slam on my brakes to avoid slamming into the car.  I saw him glancing in his rear-view mirror and I gave him the bird.  He didn't look back again.  I was itching for a fight- he had scared me and that just about makes me angrier than anything else.

As we sat there waiting for the light, I got more angry.  He wasn't saving any time, he had to wait anyway.  When the light changed, he sped off, zipping from lane-to-lane w/out signalling. He also ran a yellow light when he got to the next intersection and turned. 

I wasn't in a very good mood, anyway.  I had tried to drop off my vehicle insurance payment last week, but there was a sign on the office door "Be Back Soon". I went back by several times, but there was no one there.  I put the check and invoice on the passenger seat and forgot about it.  When I got in my truck earlier, I noticed it and remembered that it was due tomorrow.  I got to the insurance office and saw the same sign on the door.  I went to the Dollar Store, did a little shopping and dropped back by only to see the business was still closed.  I killed a little more time and went back - the sign was still up, the door still locked.

Fuming, I went home and called the after hours number listed on the door.  Nothing.  I then called the regular number and a woman answered.  I told her I had been trying to bring my payment by and wanted to make sure someone was there to take it.  "Oh, I stepped out for a little while." she told me.  Yeah, a week is a "little while" I thought, but didn't say it.  She then informed me that the boss was gone, had been for a week.  That made sense then - she was enjoying her four hour lunch breaks.   She's lucky I didn't lose my temper with her.  She's even luckier I didn't have to file a claim for rear-ending that red car.

I'm lucky to win the few things I have this week.  To be honest - I'm even more lucky I haven't stroked out.   I seem to be getting more and more angry at things here lately.  I got a little angry earlier at a reply to my license plate post on Facebook.  An old friend and schoolmate wrote "Why would I want a license plate with 'Mike' on it?"  It shouldn't have, but it hit me wrong.  I started to reply "Well, it would be just as well....'smartass' wouldn't fit."  I've been a little snarky on Facebook myself lately, though, and didn't want to be a hypocrite.

To top all that off, the stray cat I've been feeding has been in heat. (I thought she was pregnant, but she is just fat.  I've cut back on her food- all she gets is B's leftovers now) I love cats, but the only thing more disgusting than the smell of cat urine is a female cat in heat.  Thanks to her "condition", there has been a dozen tomcats hanging around.  I've been woken up a dozen times  this week by the caterwauling;  it's either her and a male cat or two males dueling for her affections.  I've discovered one thing about cats;  you can't tell whether they're fightin' or foolin' around by the sounds they're making. 

It would probably help a great deal if I quit frequenting political forums.  If the Republicans nominate Gingrich, then they will have to give up the "party of family values" label they brag about.  If they nominate Santorum, then they'll lose any chance of getting a gay person to vote for them ever again. Both of them are a little...let's say "ethically challenged".  The Republicans definitely need to stop touting that they're for limited govt. and need to quit pretending they're conservative. (and the TEA Party has allowed itself to be hijacked by the neocons) I'm lucky I'm too old for the draft, because we'll need one for the war machine if we take on Iran.

I know I lowered my blood pressure at least fifty points by not reading posts in Dallas Cowboy forums.  The "Tony Homo" posts infuriated me.  Probably Santorum supporters.

June 5, 2010

Free eCookbooks

Free Recipe eCookbooks: The Complete RecipeLion Collection

Some great recipes and craft ideas in pdf format. Among the collection are 4th of July, Halloween and Easter holidays, plus Secret Restaurant Copycat editions, Mexican, Slow Cookers and other recipes collections. (Can't wait to check out one of the newest ones, Meat Loaf!)

Sign up for Recipe Lion's newsletter or subscribe to their feed. Register with the site and you'll be able to save your favorite recipes.

Free Recipe eCookbooks: The Complete RecipeLion Collection



Recipe Lion

March 8, 2010

Free Mystical Monkey Cleaner

The Mystical Monkey's All-Purpose Cleaner Free Sample


Fill out the form and answer a couple of questions to receive a sample of Mystical Monkey cleaner.

To be honest, I'm not overly enthused about the free sample but am rather intrigued about the existence of a mystical monkey.

March 1, 2010

Free Kashi Sample

Choose your great tasting sample

We’ll help you stay on track with your 2010 resolution to eat healthier.
After all, it’s easy to eat right when it actually tastes great.


Free Sample

February 17, 2010

Email Cover



This free service hides your email address in a CAPTCHA image to help prevent spam email being sent to your email address.

The service also provides text and image links to use in forums and msg. boards.



emailcover.com

February 15, 2010

Win Vampire Candy!

at: Recipe Lion



We are excited to give away Necco Twilight Sky Bars to 5 lucky readers. Modeled after the original Sky Bar, the Twilight Sky Bar is a chocolate bar split into three distinct sections, each with its own filling. In each Twilight Sky Bar you will find peanut butter, creme and caramel. The bars are decorated to fit the theme of New Moon, the second film in the popular vampire series, and each wrapped is adorned with one of the title characters from the film.

Enter contest

February 12, 2010

GOP Valentine's Day Cards

Send your favorite right-winger a Valentine e-card with GOP Valentine's Day Cards.

Some are very clever; here's one of my favorites:



(I couldn't use the Al Franken one as an example; it makes me nauseous to think of him or hear him, much less look at his ugly mug)

I suppose the recipient doesn't necessarily have to be a right-winger; you could send one to a liberal you want to infuriate.

GOP Valentine's Day Cards

February 8, 2010

I Need a Date

I get a LOT of free samples because that's one of my online "hobbies". Many of the freebies are subscriptions to various magazines; I get, on average, at least one magazine a day. Granted, many of the magazines that are complimentary are not mainstream magazines, but they're free and it's something to read, two of my favorite things.

A few of the magazine subscriptions are fairly well-known ones, though, and even if I don't do much more than glance through them, I make sure they go to someone who will appreciate the reading material. For example, I get several parenting-type magazines along with some geared to children's activities. I give those to a young lady at a local business and she enjoys reading them when business is slow. I also take many to the people who own a laundry here in town and they put them out for the folks who are waiting on their clothes to get done. Sometimes I take them to the hospital where they'll be distributed through the waiting rooms.

I've also taken magazines down to the Good Samaritan (a charity organization sponsored by several local churches), but I have to "censor" what I take there. Just the other day I had a box full of magazines I had already read, plus quite a few of the type I don't read. I drove to Good Sam's, but when I picked up the box, the magazine on top was a "Cosmo" and there were several sexual references on the cover. (How to please your man in bed!, like that) I took that one out of the box, but the next magazine was a Robb Report; I enjoy the magazine, but it's really targeted at the ultra-rich. (On the cover of this particular issue was a Rolls Royce)It didn't seem right taking something like this to a charity, so I took that one out, too. There were a few more magazines like those two, so they went to the laundromat instead.

Back to "I Need a Date".

Not for sure why I get them, but I also get several agriculture-type magazines. I can recall signing up for one, but not the others. One of the bad things about free stuff is the spam it also brings. I have a special GMail acct. for signing up for freebies and have the mail fwd. to my main email address. With some rules, that usually filters out most of the newsletters. Some manage to get though and earlier today I got an email from Nutrient Management:



They want me to attend the Summer Manure Expo but I'd really hate to go alone. Who knows, it might be interesting and besides all that, it'd be the perfect metaphor for my love life.

January 11, 2010

WebSitePulse Test Tools

From the site:

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