Biotene Sensitive Toothpaste Sampling Report
Posted on November 24, 2007 - Filed Under Health Care | Leave a Comment
Despite not seeing a dentist in more than a decade and having poor dental health habits for nearly four decades my teeth have started to hurt on a regular basis of late
So, when Biotene offered to send me a free tube of their new toothpaste for sensitive teeth I jumped at the chance. 
I’m not exactly sure what the problem with my teeth is, and I’m too broke to pay a dentist to find out, but I’m popping way too…
Chugging Along Despite Being GoogleSmacked
Posted on November 24, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging | Leave a Comment
Philaahzophy managed to find its way into another couple of blog carnivals in the last few days. You know, those nice, organic links, that Google claims to prize so much when determining PageRank. 
- The Take Charge of Your Health Care Carnival included my rant giving further evidence that the government should get out of health care - Applied Anarchy - Free Market Health Care
- Like Lambs Leading Lions To The Slaughter found it’s way into
The Guru’s Movie Review Carnival #6
With those minor bumps…
Pondering Life In America’s Oldest City
Posted on November 23, 2007 - Filed Under Travel | Leave a Comment
Although I’ve traveled North America extensively, I’ve actually lived most of my life in the greater San Jose area. There are many times, however, I wish I lived somewhere else. Once a month that somewhere else Florida. That’s because the first Friday of each month St. Augustine, Florida (America’s oldest city) hosts the St. Augustine Artwalk which is an experience I’ve yet to have the pleasure of attending.
For those unfamiliar with the First Friday Weekend Art Walk it’s a pretty sweet…
Another Long Term Goal Takes A Hit
Posted on November 23, 2007 - Filed Under Ride Reports | 3 Comments
Well, the weight loss goal took a small hit as a result of Thanksgiving Turkey (and ham, and stuffing, and potatoes, etc), and another just took a hit thanks to an email I just received from Six Flags Magic Mountain-
The transformation of X into X2 is currently scheduled to begin with the closure of the ride as of December 3, 2007. X will re-open as X2 in Spring of 2007 (exact date to be announced at a later time).
Criminy! Yeah,…
Drive Hard / Die Hard With AAMCO Contest
Posted on November 23, 2007 - Filed Under Contests | Leave a Comment
AAMCO, the transmission repair place, has teamed up with the makers of Live Free Or Die Hard to sponsor a contest with a great grand prize:
Round trip airfare and return Airport Transfers In Los Angeles. Three Nights At The 4* Renaissance Hollywood Hotel For Two People Including Breakfast. ‘Die Hard’ Goody Bag. A Day With The Stunt Coordinator From Die Hard 4.0 For One Person. Return Transfers To Location For Stunt Day. Comprehensive Worldwide Travel Insurance For Two People.
All you…
Izea / PayPerPost Rolls Out RealRank
Posted on November 23, 2007 - Filed Under Blogging, Paid To Write, Technology | Leave a Comment
After Google smacked the bulk of the Posties to a PageRank zero last week PPP announced that they were going to fast track the release of their PR replacement called RealRank. Unlike Google’s PR. RealRank tracks actual traffic based on a snippet of code that you place on your site. The first public rankings came out Wednesday morning at 2am EST, and they’re updated every 24 hours.
Essentially, bloggers will receive their actual ranking out of all the bloggers currently using the…
