Thursday, January 7, 2010

Top Entrecard Droppers In December, 2009


Well, the time has come for me to let ‘er rip about Entrecard, and I still don’t know what to rightly say. For I feel like we are most definitely being cheated in a number of ways, but since I have not gathered any irrefutable evidence, I can’t really say much.

What I can say is that I wish someone would come up with something similar to Entrecard that would also involve a fairly good revenue sharing plan. For I can see where something like that would literally explode (in a good way).

As it is now with Entrecard, we have went from bad to worse. For before, it was being run by a certified geek, who are, by nature, generally antisocial, but now, it is being run by people on a corporate power-trip.

Alas, does not the Entrecard community have only itself to blame? For this whole mess started with many way-over-the-top overreactions to the introduction of paid ads into the system. Granted, it was handled very poorly (hence, the antisocial thing), but at least we had a promise of getting something back. What do we have now?

Yes, the owners of Entrecard have a right to make some money. In fact, I do not see how they could afford to maintain the system without a fairly substantial source of revenue.

Furthermore, no one has put a gun to my head and made me keep dropping each day, and I have not heard of that happening to anyone else. So, are we not all still here by our own choice, and can we not just leave whenever we have had enough?

No, I have no plans for leaving Entrecard—certainly not anytime soon, and I greatly appreciate the efforts of all who drop on me day after day. The following is a list of the top 25 droppers for last month in alphabetical order. May they be more at peace than I am.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

WhiteHeart Wednesday

Link: [Tales of Wonder]



MP3 Audio From: [BlogDumps Video]

Raging Of The Moon
WhiteHeart
Thank God the world’s been saved
Marx is in his grave
The hammer and sickle lie broken on the ground

If we’re through with history
Then why this misery
All the world was thrilling to the sound
When the wall came crashing down

So tell me what I can’t explain
This howling deep within my veins
Is it the pulling of some secret tide

It’s the raging
The raging of the moon
Oh we must awaken
From the raging of the moon

See the path we take
See the bed we make
Oh let the Spirit open up our eyes
We get comfortable with lies

The magic’s at an end
The line’s been crossed again
The truth keeps getting further from our lives
It’s all been disguised

The moon in full and red as wine
A symbol of our fallen times
When will the stars come crashing down from our eyes

It’s the raging
The raging of the moon
Oh we must awaken
From the raging of the moon
Are we shaken
For the signs are coming true
Oh we must awaken
From the raging of the moon

It’s the raging
The raging of the moon
Oh we must awaken
From the raging of the moon
Oh we must awaken
From the rage

Link: [WhiteHeart]

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

TWO FOR TUESDAY {REDO}

Link: [Foreigner]

Not every song that will be featured here will be what is generally considered as being “Christian” in the eyes of this world. For some will be anguished cries from the pit of despair, and others will be quite obviously ferverent rants of rebellion. Nonetheless, be assured that they will all be of our Heavenly Father (in one way or another) and I hope that you have been given ears to hear the message.

Link: [On YouTube]

I Want To Know What Love Is
Foreigner
I gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I’m older

Now this mountain I must climb
Feels like the world upon my shoulders
Through the clouds I see love shine
It keeps me warm as life grows colder

In my life
There’s been heartache and pain
I don’t know
If I can face it again
Can’t stop now
I’ve traveled so far
To change this lonely life

I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
I want to feel what love is
I know you can show me

I’m gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I’ve got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me

In my life
There’s been heartache and pain
I don’t know
If I can face it again
Can’t stop now
I’ve traveled so far
To change this lonely life

I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
I want to feel what love is
I know you can show me

I want to know what love is
I want you to show me
And I want to feel
I want to feel what love is
And I know
I know you can show me

Let’s talk about love
I want to know what love is
The love that you feel inside
I want you to show me
And I’m feeling so much love
I want to feel what love is
No you just cannot hide
I know you can show me

Yeah
I want to know what love is
Let’s talk about love
I know you can show me
I want to feel it too
I want to feel what love is
I want to feel it too
And I know
And I know
I know you can show me
Show me love is real
Yeah
I want to know what love is
I want to know
I want you to show me
And I want to know
Want to know
Want to know
I want to know


Link: [On YouTube]

Long, Long Way From Home
Foreigner
It was a Monday
A day like any other day
I left the small town
For the apple in decay

It was my destiny
It’s what we needed to
They were telling me
I’m telling you

I was inside
Looking outside
Oh the millions of faces
But still I’m alone

Waiting
I was ever waiting
Paying a penance
I was longing for home

I’m looking out
For the two of us
I hope you’ll be here
When they’re through with us

I was inside
Looking outside
Oh the millions of faces
But still I’m alone

Waiting
I was ever waiting
I could feel the tension
I was longing for home

I’m looking out
For the two of us
And I hope we’ll be here
When they’re through with us

Monday
Sad, sad Monday
Oh she’s waiting for me
I’m a long, long way from home
Sad, sad Monday
Oh she’s waiting for me
I’m a long, long way from home
Sad, sad Monday
Oh she’s waiting for me
I’m a long, long way from home
Sad, sad Monday
She’s waiting for me
But I’m a long, long way from home

Lyrics From: [elyrics.net]

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Monday, January 4, 2010

Come Monday...The Wrestler

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of, or commentary about, websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time. Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.” This is subject to change, however. In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while. For rants promote change, and change can be good—right? Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

A few weeks ago, I watched [The Wrestler], starring [Mickey Rourke], [Marisa Tomei] and [Evan Rachel Wood], when it was being broadcast on [HBO]. Be assured that it was not all that pleasant of an experience for me. For it quickly became all too painfully apparent that I am (by nature) The Wrestler.

No, this is not to say that I was once a professional wrestler, nor anyone who has reached the heights of fame and fortune that Randy “The Ram” Robinson reached. For I have had a few moments in the proverbial sun, but for the most part, I have spent my life sulking in the shadows of obscurity.

Subsequently, I have never been offered the affections of an adoring groupie, which was illustrated in the movie. Although, I was once offered to find out what it was like to be with a lady in her late twenties, who had became a virgin all over again, but I don’t think that counts.

I suppose it doesn’t matter, anyway. For that offer came after our Heavenly Father had begun to change me, and I politely turned her down. Much to my chagrin, that is something that I regret at times.

Hence, an indication of what I mean when I could see myself in The Wrestler. For he was sweet and gentle, while being absolutely pathetic to the very core of his being.

No, this is not to say that you might not truly enjoy this movie. For Marisa Tomei showed…um…”stuff” that I have naturally wanted to see since [My Cousin Vinny], and the behind-the-scenes insights into the world of professional wrestling entertainment were indeed quite intriguing.

It was, however, the part about him falling in love with an exotic dancer, who had sworn to never let anyone break her heart again, that reminded me of just how pathetic I have been in the past, and his attempts to reconnect with the daughter he had abandoned many years before tore my own heart all asunder.

No, it did not really matter that the troubles I have faced with my own estranged children were not the result of my abandonment of them. For they have been led to believe that I have never really cared about them, and all of my own attempts to reconnect have been rejected. So, when his daughter told him that not only did she not want to ever see him again, but that she also never wanted to even hear mention of his name, I wept like baby.

I will not play the spoiler for those who have not seen it yet by revealing the way the movie ends, but it is also much to my chagrin that I have often naturally wanted my own screen to just turn to black. The lyrics to the theme song tell why. Nonetheless, let His will be done—not mine.


Link: [On YouTube]

The Wrestler
Bruce Springsteen

Have you ever seen a one-trick pony
In the field so happy and free
If you’ve ever seen a one-trick pony
Then you’ve seen me
Have you ever seen a one-legged dog
Makin’ his way down the street
If you’ve ever seen a one-legged dog
Then you’ve seen me

Then you’ve seen me
I come and stand at every door
Then you’ve seen me
I always leave with less than I had before
Then you’ve seen me
Bet I can make you smile
When the blood it hits the floor
Tell me friend
Can you ask for anything more
Tell me
Can you ask for anything more

Have you ever seen a scarecrow
Filled with nothing but dust and weeds
If you’ve ever seen that scarecrow
Then you’ve seen me
Have you ever seen a one-armed man
Punchin’ at nothin’ but the breeze
If you’ve ever seen a one-armed man
Then you’ve seen me

Then you’ve seen me
I come and stand at every door
Then you’ve seen me
I always leave with less than I had before
Then you’ve seen me
Bet I can make you smile
When the blood it hits the floor
Tell me friend
Can you ask for anything more
Tell me
Can you ask for anything more

These things that have comforted me
I drive away
Anything more
This place that is my home
I cannot stay
Anything more
My only faith
Is in the broken bones and bruises
I display

Have you ever seen a one-legged man
Tryin’ to dance his way free
If you’ve ever seen a one-legged man
Then you’ve seen me

Link: [Bruce Springsteen]

Lyrics From: [SpringsteenLyrics.com]

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Sunday, January 3, 2010

A Sunday Drive

Back during my childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and I after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived. Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a weekly series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again. The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.


Link: [Art Blog]

Saturday, January 2, 2010

Mar Sin Leat, 2009

It has been brought to my attention that Mike of Rambling Stuff has a much greater faith than my own. For I wanted to post something to say good riddance to 2009, but I wanted to make sure that it was really, FINALLY over before I did so. Whereas, he had enough faith to do so [beforehand].


Thankfully, Mike was gracious enough to give me permission to “borrow” that from him, but I flat-out stole the following from [Mona]. Hopefully, she has a good enough sense-of-humor to not go all jihadist on my tookis. If she doesn’t, I’m afraid that 2009 (and the rest of that miserable decade) will live on in 2010. Woe be it unto us all.


Link: [On YouTube]

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Friday, January 1, 2010

Sites To See

The SOLE purpose of this weekly series is to call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another. The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable. Please, go see for yourself.