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Re: Marketing strategies

arlee...@gmail.com (aj) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:10:06 UT

I emailed a response, but it doesn't appear to have made it. These are
some great ideas, and I thank you! I knew it would be a good idea to
check in with you. :-) How's it been going?

Arleen

Re: Marketing strategies

blurb...@gmail.com (blurbees.com) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:02:15 UT

and don't forget youtube.

if you make a cute and/or clever ad on youtube, it may get spread
around on its own.

we all work for the oil companies now.

we just don't get paid for it.

anyway, if you're gonna spend money on printing flyers, consider
printing your advertisement on post-it notes.

Marketing strategies

arlee...@gmail.com (aj) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:35:14 UT

I'm going to be spreading the word about my online tutoring business
soon. I intend to:

1. put up flyers at all the colleges in the area (we have quite a few,
especially if I go to neighboring counties and across the bay-online
tutoring knows no borders)
2. go to the local high schools and find out what I'm allowed to do as

Re: Why not God?

bkshakespe...@yahoo.com (The Quiet Unknown) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:38:01 UT

It seems odd to see such negativity from someone with a name like Dr.
Zen.
For within Zen and related Taoist/Buddhist/Eastern philosophy, there
is always balance. Good, evil, corruption, honesty, wickedness,
virtue, love, hate, beauty, ugliness. All exist--and all, of course--
depending on time, geography, culture, history, and other factors--are

money (the difference between a penny and a dollar)

blurb...@gmail.com (blurbees.com) — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:03:56 UT

money.
...
the difference between a penny and a dollar.
it's a math thinger.
...
one hundred pennies.
what can you buy for a penny?
a fraction.
...
the difference between a penny and a million dollars.
it's a math thinger with attitude.
...
one hundred million pennies.
twenty million nickels.
ten million dimes.

POLL #0000088 - Is having a writer's block contest amusing?

blurb...@gmail.com (blurbees.com) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:45:35 UT

POLL #0000088
Is having a writer's block contest amusing?
1] definitely!
2] no question about it whatsoever!
3] it's sublimely hilarious just trying
to think up the contest rules
...
banterboy

laughing at the ridiculous

blurb...@gmail.com (blurbees.com) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:36:34 UT

laughing at the ridiculous
the ridiculous
the ridiculousness
laughing at the ridiculousness of
of this
of this essay.
...
laughing at the ridiculousness of this essay.
why?
because.
...
because this essay is ridiculous.
...
well, it WAS ridiculous.
now it's just sad.
...
sad but hopeful.
...
i guess it's not much of an essay, really.

Re: Why not God?

blurb...@gmail.com (blurbees.com) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 16:11:52 UT

i'd imagine that those who really give God credit for their fortunate
circumstances are probably more surprised than anyone that they've
been spared God's wrath.
well, at least you think you're being fair about it.
i'm sure God appreciates that.
anyway...
those who give God credit probably believe they're working on

Re: POLL #0000087 Why aren't actual discussions ever posted?

arlee...@gmail.com (aj) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:55:33 UT

Since my earlier reply didn't appear to make it, let's try this
again.
My theory is that instead of asking one poll question after another,
you ought to put your own toe in the water and see what bites.
The biggest problem for me is time. When I feel like writing something
discussion worthy, which is rare, I do it on my blog. After all, I

Re: Why not God?

arlee...@gmail.com (aj) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:07:40 UT

Not what he's saying. He's not talking about mystery in that sense. If
all of this came from God, how can people separate the good from the
bad? Where would bad come from? It's not enough to say we have free
will. If God is good, if He is love, how could even the whisper of the
thought of bad exist in anything that he created? Even with free will,

Re: POLL #0000087 Why aren't actual discussions ever posted?

arlee...@gmail.com (aj) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:11:28 UT

I answered this early this morning through my digest. Did it end up in
email instead of being posted?

Re: POLL #0000087 Why aren't actual discussions ever posted?

blurb...@gmail.com (blurbees.com) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:13:04 UT

well, nor do i.
hence my constant mockery of same.
duh.
[link]
hello?
why not?
for instance, questions always inspire me to write.
most of the polls i've posted here tend to take a position.
LOL
poor you.
hey, i know, let's throw a pity party!
this is a bickerfest not a cakewalk.
you don't say.

Re: Why not God?

blurb...@gmail.com (blurbees.com) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:49:33 UT

what, the good isn't just as mysterious?
you're judging God by some set of people who believe in "God".
that's a huge mistake.
that would be like judging a musician by some peeps who dance to the
music.
that's like blaming the oceans for Hurricane Katrina.
Global Warming: It's the clouds fault!
who cares what "they" say?

Religion 0 Godless bastids 1 (Williams og)

dr...@bickerfest.com (Dr Zen) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:35:02 UT

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will not take Richard Dawkins'
shizzle lying down. Oh no! He come out swinging, The Observer reports.
[1]
Williams is renowned as an "intellectual". Now there are some who
would argue that an intellectual among Godbotherers is a bit like a
polevaulter among dogs, but I say we have to judge the man by the

Why not God?

dr...@bickerfest.com (Dr Zen) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:29:36 UT

Why would I rather God didn't exist?
It's quite simple. He solves one mystery: why is there something
rather than nothing? But he poses another in answering it: why is
there God rather than nothing? So that's pretty much a tie.
Otherwise, God is just another burden on us, and we have enough.
I was going to explain what I meant by that, but thinking about it, it