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I turned off the word verification on my comments last Saturday, so far I've not seen any spam in my comments.

When you comment on someone's blog do you read all the other comments before you write your comment? Do you read them after you've posted your comment?

A Whimsie by WendyWings: Comment CASTING CALL...(come and audition today) A lot of people are auditioning at her site. The casting call ends soon! UPDATE: The casting call has ended!

Killired nominated my blog and Lazy Daisy's blog in an award contest. Send an email to BestSoFar@RightThinking.net to vote for your favorites! You get three votes in every category. Here is some suggested text for your email:

To: BestSoFar@RightThinking.net

Best linkfest blog: 3 votes for Killired
Best humor blog: 3 votes for Lazy Daisy Log
Best personal blog: 3 votes for Trying to Catch Up

Thank you!

Lazy Daisy wrote a post about how she became a "journalist" for the Blog Olympics. This woman needs an outlet for her brilliance!

I think Jake Silver has the coolest profile picture. I'm going to wear sunglasses and strike that pose for my next profile pic! I also like how he's positioned the Hunger site button right above the Fat Fighter's Club button on his sidebar.

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I Don't Get It

Spike TV is currently airing episodes of the Three Stooges. My 10 year old son is hooked, he laughs hysterically the whole way through an episode. I don't get it, and a Stanford study, Why Men Like the Three Stooges, tells me why.

I find something disturbing about my son watching this show. Yesterday I was doing the dishes when one of the stooges yells "Shut up you stupid idiot!" That type of language isn't allowed to be spoken in our house, so I don't exactly like the TV doing it either. Twenty minutes later my son was using the word idiot, so my fears were confirmed.

Part of me says "Ban the Stooges" and another part says "Don't be a spoilsport, he loves it, it's not going to cause any long term damage."

Which part should I listen too?

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Blog Olympics - Closing Ceremonies

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There are two Olympians who have tied in the medal count.

Running2Ks and Uisce
Drop by their blogs and congratulate them on their Olympic blogging expertise.

Please remember to write exalting posts about them on your blog by the end of January.

Your intrepid and wacky reporter Lazy Daisy is in attendance at these ceremonies. She will have all the news that's fit to print and more over at the Lazy Daisy Log, don't miss it.

There's a big reception tonight for all the Olympians at Carol's place at 10:00 PM EST. She is honoring the bronze medalists who need to up their comments count in preparation for next year's Olympics.

Blog Olympics II will be held in January 2007. Keep training.

In other unrelated news, it looks like David of Sugarloaf Mountain may be innocent. His lawyers, Dewey, Cheatem and Howe, insist that he is a victim of identity theft. They would not allow their client to take a lie detector test, however, David has steadfastly maintained his innocence.

Let the party begin!

I have all your favorite food, beverages and other substances ready for consumption.

Tell me, what's your favorite memory from the blog Olympics?

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Revised Olympic Schedule - Saturday

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There will be a delay in the announcement of a Grand Champion. Planning is in process for a tie-breaker round.

Complete standings listed at 8:00 PM EST.

In other serious matters David of Sugarloaf Mountain has tried to make a mockery of these games. What should be done about him? Go over to Lazy Daisy's and vote.

Lazy Daisy will recap the events at Lazy Daisy Log

Carol of A Revision is hosting a reception honoring the bronze medalists. All Blog Olympians are invited! It will be an all night celebration and the FFMB (Friends of the Friendless Marching Band for those not in the know) will be assisting in honoring these Olympians. Supper will be served. Due to other obligations, the reception will be a late event starting at 10 PM EST, (8 PM MST) on Saturday Jan. 28. Media will be present.

If any other Olympian is interested in hosting an Olympic party or reception, please post the details in the comments and I will add them to this schedule.

Blog Olympics - Round 6 Results

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Thirty-five Olympians entered Round 5 of the Blog Olympics.

There were four gold medalists:

1) 0 - Puremood
2) 3 - Uisce
3) 24 - Amber
4) 34 - Joyce

There were 27 silver medalists.

There were four bronze medalists:

1) 425 - Well Woman
2) 468 - Gabrielle
3) 716 - Killired
4) 722 - Minerva

Congratulations to all the medalists in this round!

Standings:
XSSSXG Amber of I want to be Donna Reed
SSSSSX Carrie of Fresh New Fever
SSSSSS Carol of A Revision
SSSSSS chichimama of A Day in the Life
XXSSSS Chrixean of Unicorn Child
SSSSSS Crazy MomCat from Crazy MomCat
XSXXSX CyberWarlock of The Chronicles of Chaos
SBSXSX Dave of Weezil Breezes
SSSSSS David of Sugarloaf Mountain
SSSSSS drama mama of A Dramaqueen's Guide To Life
SSSSSS Erin of Empty Cerebrations
SSSSBS FRIDAY'S CHILD of Friday's Child
SGSSSB Gabrielle of Fat Skinny Girl
BSBSSX Gnome of a random gnome's random lair
GSSGSX GreenTuna of Tuna News
SGBGSS Jake Silver of The Jake Silver Show
SSSSBG Joyce of ReJoyce in Living
GSSSSS karin of HeartSongs
SSBSBS Isabella Penn of Zeno's Bar & Grill
XGSXXX Kat of Kitty Can Scratch
SSSGSS Kdubs of Reflections of a Not So Ordinary Mom
SSSSSB Killired of Killired
XSGSXX Laurie of Stranded in Suburbia
GSSSSS lazy daisy of Lazy Daisy Log
XSSXXS Mama B of Confessions Of A Busy Mom
BSSSSS Mar of maremagnum
SSSGSX Marie of PractiGal
SSSSGB Minerva of a Woman of Many Parts
XSXXXX MommaK of Petroville
SSGSSS Nancy of Blog Pourri
SSSGSS novaks8 of Fireflies & Frogs
BGSSSS owlhaven (Mary) of Owlhaven
XSGGGG Puremood of Puremood
SXXXXX Pat of The Introverted Exhibitionist
SSSGSX Renee of fefyfomanna
SGGGGS Running2Ks of True Blue Semi-Crunchy Mama
SSSGSS Samantha of Witchy Wonderings
XSXSSX Shannon of Second Starr to the Right
SBSGSS Shelli of Shelli's Sentiments
SSSSSS sister celtic of Lopez Island Life
GBSSSS Stephen of From the Edge to the Center
SSSSBX Stonetree of Deep in the Ground
XSBXSX Su of Susanna's Billinghay Blog
SSXXXX Sugarmama of The Secret Cave of the Sugar Mama
SSSSGS tamara of cybervassals
SSSXSX theyellowwallpaper of The Yellow Wallpaper
SBGSBX Train-Guy of Train-Guys Vote
SSSSSS Trinity13 of dodge this
SXXXXX T_Stormcrowe of The Amazing Shrinking Man!
SSGGGG Uisce of Whiskey Talking
BSSSSS Veronika of A Day In The Life Of Veronika
SXXXXX Vicki of Outside In
SSSXSB Well Woman (Barbara Elle) of Ramble On
SBBSSS Wendy of On the Go Mom

G = Gold, S = Silver, B = Bronze, X = Did not Participate

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Olympic Schedule - Saturday

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The competition ends tomorrow at 10:00 AM EST.

Round 6 winners posted at 1:00 PM EST.

Grand Champion and complete standings listed at 3:00 PM EST.

You may post an entry on your blog exalting the winner's blogging ability after the announcemnets.

The closing ceremonies will commence with an Olympic-sized party right here after the champion is named!

Lazy Daisy will recap the events at Lazy Daisy Log

Carol of A Revision is hosting a reception honoring the bronze medalists. All Blog Olympians are invited! It will be an all night celebration and the FFMB (Friends of the Friendless Marching Band for those not in the know) will be assisting in honoring these Olympians. Supper will be served. Due to other obligations, the reception will be a late event starting at 10 PM EST, (8 PM MST) on Saturday Jan. 28. Media will be present.

If any other Olympian is interested in hosting an Olympic party or reception, please post the details in the comments and I will add them to this schedule.

Blog Olympics - Round 6

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Welcome to Round 6 of the Blog Olympics. This is the final round.

A champion blogger's blog looks good in every browser. Does yours?

Web Browsers:
AOL 6, 7, 8, 9, Firefox 0.x , 1, 1.5, Galeon, Konqueror 3, Mobile Phones, Mozilla 1, MSIE 5, 6, 7, Netscape 3, 4, 7, 8, Opera 7, 8, PDAs, Safari, and WebTV

There are so many browsers, it's impractical to check them all to see how your site looks. What you can do is make sure your site meets World Wide Web Consortiums (W3C) standards. Use this validator to see how many standards your blog fails.

1) Visit your blog and copy the URL for the page. (The whole thing: http://xxxx.xxxx.xxxx)
2) Visit W3c Markup Validation Service and paste the URL into the field labeled Address:
3) Click the little gray box that says check
4) The next page will tell you how many validation errors you have. Before I posted this post here's what I got:

Result: Failed validation, 682 errors

Note: I tried several times and got the same result!!

Post your score in the comments. Use this format:

682 errors

You can post more than once if you manage to lower your score. Save your template before "fixing" any problems.

The lower your number, the better chance you have at winning.

The top 10% of Olympic blogs (those with the least errors) will win a gold medal.

The bottom 10% of Olympic blogs (those with the most errors) will win a bronze medal.

All other Olympic blogs participating in this round will win a silver medal.

Your comment must be posted by 10:00 AM EST, Saturday, January 28, 2006.

Please use the blog that you used in the previous rounds. Good luck!

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Blog Olympics - Round 5 Results

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forty-five Olympians entered Round 5 of the Blog Olympics.

There were five gold medalists:

1) 23,126 - Running2Ks
2) 16,223 - Puremood
3) 15,071 - Minerva
4) 8,498 - Uisce
5 6,196 - Tamara
There were 35 silver medalists.

There were five bronze medalists:

1) 54 - Stonetree
2) 49 - Friday's Child
3) 47 - Train-Guy
4) 14 - Joyce
5) 8 - Isabella

Congratulations to all the medalists in this round!

Standings:
XSSSX Amber of I want to be Donna Reed
SSSSS Carrie of Fresh New Fever
SSSSS Carol of A Revision
SSSSS chichimama of A Day in the Life
XXSSS Chrixean of Unicorn Child
SSSSS Crazy MomCat from Crazy MomCat
XSXXS CyberWarlock of The Chronicles of Chaos
SBSXS Dave of Weezil Breezes
SSSSS David of Sugarloaf Mountain
SSSSS drama mama of A Dramaqueen's Guide To Life
SSSSS Erin of Empty Cerebrations
SSSSB FRIDAY'S CHILD of Friday's Child
SGSSS Gabrielle of Fat Skinny Girl
BSBSS Gnome of a random gnome's random lair
GSSGS GreenTuna of Tuna News
SGBGS Jake Silver of The Jake Silver Show
SSSSB Joyce of ReJoyce in Living
GSSSS karin of HeartSongs
SSBSB Isabella Penn of Zeno's Bar & Grill
XGSXX Kat of Kitty Can Scratch
SSSGS Kdubs of Reflections of a Not So Ordinary Mom
SSSSS Killired of Killired
XSGSX Laurie of Stranded in Suburbia
GSSSS lazy daisy of Lazy Daisy Log
XSSXX Mama B of Confessions Of A Busy Mom
BSSSS Mar of maremagnum
SSSGS Marie of PractiGal
SSSSG Minerva of a Woman of Many Parts
XSXXX MommaK of Petroville
SSGSS Nancy of Blog Pourri
SSSGS novaks8 of Fireflies & Frogs
BGSSS owlhaven (Mary) of Owlhaven
XSGGG Puremood of Puremood
SXXXX Pat of The Introverted Exhibitionist
SSSGS Renee of fefyfomanna
SGGGG Running2Ks of True Blue Semi-Crunchy Mama
SSSGS Samantha of Witchy Wonderings
XSXSS Shannon of Second Starr to the Right
SBSGS Shelli of Shelli's Sentiments
SSSSS sister celtic of Lopez Island Life
GBSSS Stephen of From the Edge to the Center
SSSSB Stonetree of Deep in the Ground
XSBXS Su of Susanna's Billinghay Blog
SSXXX Sugarmama of The Secret Cave of the Sugar Mama
SSSSG tamara of cybervassals
SSSXS theyellowwallpaper of The Yellow Wallpaper
SBGSB Train-Guy of Train-Guys Vote
SSSSS Trinity13 of dodge this
SXXXX T_Stormcrowe of The Amazing Shrinking Man!
SSGGG Uisce of Whiskey Talking
BSSSS Veronika of A Day In The Life Of Veronika
SXXXX Vicki of Outside In
SSSXS Well Woman (Barbara Elle) of Ramble On
SBBSS Wendy of On the Go Mom

G = Gold, S = Silver, B = Bronze, X = Did not Participate

Prepare for Round 6!

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Blog Olympics - Countdown to Round 6

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Hello Olympians! Results will be posted this evening for Round 5.

Round 6 is the final round. Planning is in process for the closing ceremonies tomorrow.

Please visit Lazy Daisy's madcap recaps of the Olympics. See the results, the controversies, the athletes, the behind the scenes happenings, she has it all.

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Blog Olympics - Round 5

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Welcome to Round 5 of the Blog Olympics.

A champion blogger has made their mark on the blogosphere. Do you have presence?

I have above average presence in the blogosphere. How do I know? I looked it up here: MarketLeap

First I typed my URL where it says: Enter your URL here:, I entered bmiers.blogspot.com, no http:// in front of it. Then I typed in the access code shown on the screen, then pressed the orange button that said GENERATE REPORT. On the next page there was a report with my URL listed that said I had 7,054 listings in search engines. What is your presence?

Note: Blogger blogs do not have a www in the URL

Use this format:

7,054

Please check a few times and get your highest score. No need to check the blogger above you.

The higher your number, the better chance you have at winning.

The top 10% of Olympic blogs (those with the most presence) will win a gold medal.

The bottom 10% of Olympic blogs (those with the least presence) will win a bronze medal.

All other Olympic blogs participating in this round will win a silver medal.

Your comment must be posted by 10:00 AM EST, Thursday, January 27, 2006.

Please use the blog that you used in the previous rounds. Good luck!

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Blog Olympics - Round 4 Results

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Forty-two Olympians entered Round 4 of the Blog Olympics.

There were eleven gold medalists:

Thursday Thirteen
1) 81 - Whiskey Talking
2) 60 - Running2KS
3) 51 - Renee
4) 50 - Practigal
5) 34 - KDubs

Non Thursday Thirteen
1) 75 - Pure Mood
2) 32 - Green Tuna
3) 30 - Samantha
4) 27 - Jake
5) 26 - Novaks8
5) 26 - Shelli

There were 31 silver medalists.

No bronze medalists this round.

Congratulations to all the medalists in this round!

Only bloggers who have already participated will be allowed to play in rounds 5 - 6. This will prevent cherry-picking gold medals by bloggers who have not put in the hard work of daily participation.

Standings:
XSSS Amber of I want to be Donna Reed
SSSS Carrie of Fresh New Fever
SSSS Carol of A Revision
SSSS chichimama of A Day in the Life
XXSS Chrixean of Unicorn Child
SSSS Crazy MomCat from Crazy MomCat
XSXX CyberWarlock of The Chronicles of Chaos
SBSX Dave of Weezil Breezes
SSSS David of Sugarloaf Mountain
SSSS drama mama of A Dramaqueen's Guide To Life
SSSS Erin of Empty Cerebrations
SSSS FRIDAY'S CHILD of Friday's Child
SGSS Gabrielle of Fat Skinny Girl
BSBS Gnome of a random gnome's random lair
GSSG GreenTuna of Tuna News
SGBG Jake Silver of The Jake Silver Show
SSSS Joyce of ReJoyce in Living
GSSS karin of HeartSongs
SSBS Isabella Penn of Zeno's Bar & Grill
XGSX Kat of Kitty Can Scratch
SSSG Kdubs of Reflections of a Not So Ordinary Mom
SSSS Killired of Killired
XSGS Laurie of Stranded in Suburbia
GSSS lazy daisy of Lazy Daisy Log
XSSX Mama B of Confessions Of A Busy Mom
BSSS Mar of maremagnum
SSSG Marie of PractiGal
SSSS Minerva of a Woman of Many Parts
XSXX MommaK of Petroville
SSGS Nancy of Blog Pourri
SSSG novaks8 of Fireflies & Frogs
BGSS owlhaven (Mary) of Owlhaven
XSGG Puremood of Puremood
SXXX Pat of The Introverted Exhibitionist
SSSG Renee of fefyfomanna
SGGG Running2Ks of True Blue Semi-Crunchy Mama
SSSG Samantha of Witchy Wonderings
XSXS Shannon of Second Starr to the Right
SBSG Shelli of Shelli's Sentiments
SSSS sister celtic of Lopez Island Life
GBSS Stephen of From the Edge to the Center
SSSS Stonetree of Deep in the Ground
XSBX Su of Susanna's Billinghay Blog
SSXX Sugarmama of The Secret Cave of the Sugar Mama
SSSS tamara of cybervassals
SSSX theyellowwallpaper of The Yellow Wallpaper
SBGS Train-Guy of Train-Guys Vote
SSSS Trinity13 of dodge this
SXXX T_Stormcrowe of The Amazing Shrinking Man!
SSGG Uisce of Whiskey Talking
BSSS Veronika of A Day In The Life Of Veronika
SXXX Vicki of Outside In
SSSX Well Woman of Ramble On
SBBS Wendy of On the Go Mom

G = Gold, S = Silver, B = Bronze, X = Did not Participate

Prepare for Round 4!

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Count Down to Round 5

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Hello Olympians! Results will be posted this evening for Round 4.

Gold Medals will be awarded in two categories: Thursday Thirteen posts and Non Thursday Thirteen Posts. This is a one time change for gold medals only in Round 4.

The Blog Olympics are a lot of fun to host, and fun to play.

There are many who wish they could have been part of this but found out about it too late. I would like some feedback on the future of the Blog Olympics.

Should they be a once a year event? Should they be held more often? How often? Should the Olympics travel around to other venues? Should there be a Blog Olympics Committee to administer these more frequent Olympics?

Not knowing what the next round is until game time brings an element of surprise to the game. The participants are not able to prepare, they must already be good at the skills involved. Any future Olympics will not have this feature.

Should the format change? What can be improved?

There are still two more rounds to play. Round 5 tonight and Round 6 tomorrow night. Planning is in process for the closing ceremonies.

Please visit Lazy Daisy's madcap recaps of the Olympics. See the results, the controversies, the athletes, the behind the scenes happenings, she has it all.

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Blog Olympics - Round 4

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Welcome to Round 4 of the Blog Olympics.

A champion blogger is generous with links. Show me the post with the most out-links from your blog.

This recent post from my blog has 55 out-links.

Post the link from your blog that contains the post with the most out-links in the comment area of this post. Indicate how many outlinks it has. Posts made after this Olympic round opens do not count.

Use this format:

Trying to Catch Up: Blog Olympics - Round 3 Results 55 out-links

Tip: If you have a Blogger blog here is an easy way to create your link. Click on the permalink to the post you want to link (usually it is the date field at the bottom of your post), then go to your Blogger NavBar (top of your blog) and click "BlogThis!". In the little square that pops up (you may need to log in first) you will see the link to your post, make sure it is showing in HTML format. If it isn't then click inside the box where it says HTML. Now, copy the HTML link from the little BlogThis! box and paste it into my comments area. Voila - your link.

Please check the answer of the person who comments ahead of you. Leave me an email at blmiers2@yahoo.com if there is a problem.

The higher your number, the better chance you have at winning.

The top 10% of Olympic blogs (those with the posts with the most out-links) will win a gold medal.

The bottom 10% of Olympic blogs (those with the posts with the least out-links) will win a bronze medal.

All other Olympic blogs participating in this round will win a silver medal.

Your comment must be posted by 10:00 AM EST, Thursday, January 26, 2006.

Please use the blog that you used in the previous rounds. Good luck!

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Blog Olympics - Round 3 Results

New logo courtesy of Carrie of Cze-Johnson Fever - Isn't it great?

Forty-seven Olympians entered Round 3 of the Blog Olympics.

There were six gold medalists:

1) 268 - Nancy
2) 81 - Laurie
3) 78 - Uisce
4) 69 - Running2Ks
5) 59 - Train-Guy
5) 59 - puremood

There were 35 silver medalists.

There were five bronze medalists:

1) 4 - Wendy
1) 4 - Gnome
3) 3 - Jake Silver
4) 2 - Isabella
5) 0 - Su

Congratulations to all the medalists in this round!

Only bloggers who have already participated will be allowed to play in rounds 4 - 6. This will prevent cherry-picking gold medals by bloggers who have not put in the hard work of daily participation.

Standings:
XSS Amber of I want to be Donna Reed
SSS Carrie of Fresh New Fever
SSS Carol of A Revision
SSS chichimama of A Day in the Life
XXS Chrixean of Unicorn Child
SSS Crazy MomCat from Crazy MomCat
XSX CyberWarlock of The Chronicles of Chaos
SBS Dave of Weezil Breezes
SSS David of Sugarloaf Mountain
SSS drama mama of A Dramaqueen's Guide To Life
SSS Erin of Empty Cerebrations
SSS FRIDAY'S CHILD of Friday's Child
SGS Gabrielle of Fat Skinny Girl
BSB Gnome of a random gnome's random lair
GSS GreenTuna of Tuna News
SGB Jake Silver of The Jake Silver Show
SSS Joyce of ReJoyce in Living
GSS karin of HeartSongs
SSB Isabella Penn of Zeno's Bar & Grill
XGS Kat of Kitty Can Scratch
SSS Kdubs of Reflections of a Not So Ordinary Mom
SSS Killired of Killired
XSG Laurie of Stranded in Suburbia
GSS lazy daisy of Lazy Daisy Log
XSS Mama B of Confessions Of A Busy Mom
BSS Mar of maremagnum
SSS Marie of PractiGal
SSS Minerva of a Woman of Many Parts
XSX MommaK of Petroville
SSG Nancy of Blog Pourri
SSS novaks8 of Fireflies & Frogs
BGS owlhaven (Mary) of Owlhaven
XSG Puremood of Puremood
SXX Pat of The Introverted Exhibitionist
SSS Renee of fefyfomanna
SGG Running2Ks of True Blue Semi-Crunchy Mama
SSS Samantha of Witchy Wonderings
XSX Shannon of Second Starr to the Right
SBS Shelli of Shelli's Sentiments
SSS sister celtic of Lopez Island Life
GBS Stephen of From the Edge to the Center
SSS Stonetree of Deep in the Ground
XSB Su of Susanna's Billinghay Blog
SSX Sugarmama of The Secret Cave of the Sugar Mama
SSS tamara of cybervassals
SSS theyellowwallpaper of The Yellow Wallpaper
SBG Train-Guy of Train-Guys Vote
SSS Trinity13 of dodge this
SXX T_Stormcrowe of The Amazing Shrinking Man!
SSG Uisce of Whiskey Talking
BSS Veronika of A Day In The Life Of Veronika
SXX Vicki of Outside In
SSS Well Woman of Ramble On
SBB Wendy of On the Go Mom

G = Gold, S = Silver, B = Bronze, X = Did not Participate

Prepare for Round 4!

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Countdown to Round 4

Hello Olympians! Results will be posted this evening for Round 3. In the mean time please enjoy Lazy Daisy's madcap recaps of the Olympics. See the results, the controversies, the athletes, the behind the scenes happenings, she has it all.

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Blog Olympics - Round 3

Welcome to Round 3 of the Blog Olympics.

A champion blogger can create a buzz. Show me the post with the most comments from your blog.

This recent post from my blog generated 64 comments. None of the comments were my own, so they all count.

Post the link from your blog that contains the post with the most comments in the comment area of this post. Indicate how many comments it has, the number of those comments that were from you and the total number of comments that count. Comments made after this Olympic round opens do not count.

Use this format:

Trying to Catch Up: Blog Olympics - Round 1, 64 comments - 0 comments from myself = 64 comments that count.

Tip: If you have a Blogger blog here is an easy way to create your link. Click on the permalink to the post you want to link (usually it is the date field at the bottom of your post), then go to your Blogger NavBar (top of your blog) and click "BlogThis!". In the little square that pops up (you may need to log in first) you will see the link to your post, make sure it is showing in HTML format. If it isn't then click inside the box where it says HTML. Now, copy the HTML link from the little BlogThis! box and paste it into my comments area. Voila - your link.

Please check the answer of the person who comments ahead of you. Leave me an email at blmiers2@yahoo.com if there is a problem.

The higher your number, the better chance you have at winning.

The top 10% of Olympic blogs (those with the posts with the most comments) will win a gold medal.

The bottom 10% of Olympic blogs (those with the posts with the least comments) will win a bronze medal.

All other Olympic blogs participating in this round will win a silver medal.

Your comment must be posted by 10:00 AM EST, Wednesday, January 25, 2006.

Please use the blog that you used in the previous rounds. Good luck!

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Blogger Warning

Olympians - Blogger will be down tomorrow (Wednesday) at 1:00 PM EST for 15 minutes. If this time extends a little longer (say past 10:00 PM EST) I will double up the challenges on Thursday night. In all likelihood Blogger will be available tomorrow night and the Olympics will proceed as planned.

Can you tell that I work in systems support?

Here is the message from Blogger:

Tuesday, January 24, 2006

We'll be taking Blogger down on Wednesday the 25th at 4pm PST to fix a bit of a switch that's gone wonky on us. The outage should last about 15 minutes. Blogger.com and Blog*Spot blogs will be inaccessible during this time.

This repair will fix the problem that caused the brief outage last Friday night. We're also using this down time as an opportunity to tune our databases for more efficient spam catching and deletion.

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Blog Olympics - Round 2 Results

Fifty Olympians entered Round 2 of the Blog Olympics.

There were five gold medalists:

1) 0.247 - Gabrielle
2) 0.334 - Running2Ks
3) 0.389 - Jake Silver
4) 0.468 - Kat
5) 0.531 - Owlhaven

There were 40 silver medalists.

There were five bronze medalists:

1) 4.291 - Shelli
2) 5.205 - Wendy
3) 5.258 - Dave
4) 5.280 - Stephen
5) 160 - Train-Guy {{{hugs}}}

Congratulations to all the medalists in this round!

Registration for the Blog Olympics is now closed. Only bloggers who
have already participated or registered to participate will be allowed to
play in rounds 3 - 6. This will prevent cherry-picking gold medals by
bloggers who have not put in the hard work of daily participation.

Standings:
XS Amber of I want to be Donna Reed
SS Carrie of Fresh New Fever
SS Carol of A Revision
SS chichimama of A Day in the Life
XX Chrixean of Unicorn Child
SS Crazy MomCat from Crazy MomCat
XS CyberWarlock of The Chronicles of Chaos
SB Dave of Weezil Breezes
SS David of Sugarloaf Mountain
SS drama mama of A Dramaqueen's Guide To Life
SS Erin of Empty Cerebrations
SS FRIDAY'S CHILD of Friday's Child
SG Gabrielle of Fat Skinny Girl
BS Gnome of a random gnome's random lair
GS GreenTuna of Tuna News
SG Jake Silver of The Jake Silver Show
XX JeepGirl of MY JOURNEY . . . . . . JEEPMOM
SS Joyce of ReJoyce in Living
GS karin of HeartSongs
SS Isabella Penn of Zeno's Bar & Grill
XG Kat of Kitty Can Scratch
SS Kdubs of Reflections of a Not So Ordinary Mom
SS Killired of Killired
XS Laurie of Stranded in Suburbia
GS lazy daisy of Lazy Daisy Log
XX liz of MysteryMommy
XS Mama B of Confessions Of A Busy Mom
BS Mar of maremagnum
SS Marie of PractiGal
SS Minerva of a Woman of Many Parts
XX Minimum of Bringing up Baobao etc.
XS MommaK of Petroville
SS Nancy of Blog Pourri
SS novaks8 of Fireflies & Frogs
BG owlhaven (Mary) of Owlhaven
XS Puremood of Puremood
SX Pat of The Introverted Exhibitionist
SS Renee of fefyfomanna
SG Running2Ks of True Blue Semi-Crunchy Mama
SS Samantha of Witchy Wonderings
XS Shannon of Second Starr to the Right
SB Shelli of Shelli's Sentiments
SS sister celtic of Lopez Island Life
GB Stephen of From the Edge to the Center
SS Stonetree of Deep in the Ground
XS Su of Susanna's Billinghay Blog
SS Sugarmama of The Secret Cave of the Sugar Mama
XX Suldog of Suldog-O-Rama
SS tamara of cybervassals
SS theyellowwallpaper of The Yellow Wallpaper
SB Train-Guy of Train-Guys Vote
SS Trinity13 of dodge this
SX T_Stormcrowe of The Amazing Shrinking Man!
SS Uisce of Whiskey Talking
BS Veronika of A Day In The Life Of Veronika
SX Vicki of Outside In
SS Well Woman of Ramble On
SB Wendy of On the Go Mom

G = Gold, S = Silver, B = Bronze, X = Did not Participate

Prepare for Round 3!

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Get Your Blog Olympics Medal Here

Here's how to get these medals on your blog:

1) Copy and paste the code below on your blog post where you want the medal to be.
2) Delete all three asterisks (*) from the code or the image will not appear.

3) Add < / a > to the end without the spaces.

Copy this for a Gold medal:

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Copy this for a Bronze medal:

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Copy this for the Blog Olympics button:

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Count Down to Round 3

Hello Olympians! Results will be posted this evening for Round 2. In the mean time please enjoy Lazy Daisy's madcap recaps of the Olympics. See the results, the controversies, the athletes, the behind the scenes happenings, she has it all.

Blogging the Olympics

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Blog Olympics - Round 2

Welcome to Round 2 of the Blog Olympics.

A champion blogger makes frequent updates to their blog. How often do you update your blog?

My blog is 191 days old and has 115 posts.

191 days / 115 posts = 1.661 days between posts.

Please figure out how many days between posts you have, use just 3 decimal points. Post the answer in the comments section of this post. Do not count posts written after 10:00 PM EST today.

Tip: A Blogger blog will show the number of posts on the dashboard page.

Use this format:

191 days / 115 posts = 1.661 days between posts.

Here’s a calculator. Please check the answer of the person who comments ahead of you. Leave me an email at blmiers2@yahoo.com if there is a problem.

The smaller your number, the better chance you have at winning.

The top 10% of Olympic blogs (those that post most often) will win a gold medal.

The bottom 10% of Olympic blogs (those that post least often) will win a bronze medal.

All other Olympic blogs participating in this round will win a silver medal.

Your comment must be posted by 10:00 AM EST, Tuesday, January 24, 2006.

Please use the same blog as yesterday.

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Blog Olympics - Round 1 Results

Forty-four Olympians entered Round 1 of the Blog Olympics.

There were four gold medalists:

1) 1395 - Karin
2) 855 - greentuna
3) 850 - Stephen
4) 757 - Lazy Daisy

There were 36 silver medalists.

There were four bronze medalists:

1) 23 - veronika
2) 16 - owlhaven
3) 16 - gnome
4) 12 - Mar

Congratulations to all the medalists in this round!

Standings:
S Carrie
S Carol of A Revision
S chichimama of A Day in the Life
X Chrixean of Unicorn Child
S Crazy MomCat from Crazy MomCat
S Dave
S David of Sugarloaf Mountain
S drama mama of A Dramaqueen's Guide To Life
S Erin of Empty Cerebrations
S FRIDAY'S CHILD of Friday's Child
S Gabrielle of Fat Skinny Girl
B Gnome of a random gnome's random lair
G GreenTuna of Tuna News
S Jake Silver of The Jake Silver Show
X JeepGirl of MY JOURNEY . . . . . . JEEPMOM
S Joyce
G karin of HeartSongs
X Kat of Kitty Can Scratch
S Kdubs of Reflections of a Not So Ordinary Mom
S Killired of Killired
X Laurie of Stranded in Suburbia
G lazy daisy of Lazy Daisy Log
X liz of MysteryMommy
X Mama B of Confessions Of A Busy Mom
B Mar
S Marie of PractiGal
S Minerva
X Minimum of Bringing up Baobao etc.
S Nancy of Blog Pourri
S novaks8 of Fireflies & Frogs
B owlhaven (Mary) of Owlhaven
S Pat
S Renee of fefyfomanna
S Running2Ks of True Blue Semi-Crunchy Mama
S Samantha of Witchy Wonderings
S Shelli of Shelli's Sentiments
S sister celtic of Lopez Island Life
G Stephen of From the Edge to the Center
S Stonetree of Deep in the Ground
X Su of Susanna's Billinghay Blog
S Sugarmama of The Secret Cave of the Sugar Mama
X Suldog of Suldog-O-Rama
S tamara of cybervassals
S theyellowwallpaper of The Yellow Wallpaper
S Train-Guy
S Trinity13 of dodge this
S Tstormcrowe
S Uisce of Whiskey Talking
B Veronika of A Day In The Life Of Veronika
S Vicki
S Well Woman of Ramble On
S Wendy of On the Go Mom

Prepare for round 2!

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Count Down to Round 2

Hello Olympians! Sorry for the delay in posting the results, they will be up soon. In the mean time please enjoy Lazy Daisy's madcap recap of last night's ceremonies.

Blog Olympics Anyone?"

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Blog Olympics - Round 1

A champion blogger is in it for the long haul, and can prove it. How old is your blog?

1) Go find the oldest post on your blog. Note the date it was written.

2) Go to Days since... and enter that date in the input fields. My oldest post is from July 15, 2005. So I will enter 15, 7, 2005 in the three input fields. After I hit enter the site tells me that it has been 191 days since then, so my blog is 191 days old.

3) Enter the age of your blog (in days),the date of the oldest post, and a link to your oldest post in the comments section of this post.

Your comment should be formatted like this:

191 days, July 15, 2005, Trying to Catch Up: First Day Jitters

4) Check the blog in the comment directly above yours for accuracy, I don't want to erroneously award a gold medal. If it's not accurate, please let me know at blmiers2@yahoo.com

The older your blog is, the better chance you have at winning.

The oldest 10% of the Olympian blogs entering this round will receive gold medals.

The youngest 10% of the Olympian blogs entering this round will receive bronze medals.

All other Olympian blogs entering this round will recieve silver medals.

Have your comment posted by 10:00 AM EST tomorrow!

Remember to use the blog you've entered in the Olympics.

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Blog Olympics - Are You Signed Up?

Olympian

Carol of A Revision

chichimama of A Day in the Life

Chrixean of Unicorn Child

Crazy MomCat from Crazy MomCat

Dave of Weezil Breezes

David of Sugarloaf Mountain

drama mama of A Dramaqueen's Guide To Life

Erin of Empty Cerebrations

FRIDAY'S CHILD of Friday's Child

Gabrielle of Fat Skinny Girl

Gnome of a random gnome's random lair

GreenTuna of Tuna News

Jake Silver of The Jake Silver Show

JeepGirl of MY JOURNEY . . . . . . JEEPMOM

karin of HeartSongs

Kat of Kitty Can Scratch

Kdubs of Reflections of a Not So Ordinary Mom

Killired of Killired

Laurie of Stranded in Suburbia

lazy daisy of Lazy Daisy Log

liz of MysteryMommy

Mama B of Confessions Of A Busy Mom

Marie of PractiGal

Minerva of A Woman of Many Parts

Minimum of Bringing up Baobao etc.

Nancy of Blog Pourri

novaks8 of Fireflies & Frogs

owlhaven (Mary) of Owlhaven

Renee of fefyfomanna

Running2Ks of True Blue Semi-Crunchy Mama

Samantha of Witchy Wonderings

Shelli of Shelli's Sentiments

sister celtic of Lopez Island Life

Stephen of From the Edge to the Center

Stonetree of Deep in the Ground

Su of Susanna's Billinghay Blog

Sugarmama of The Secret Cave of the Sugar Mama

Suldog of Suldog-O-Rama

tamara of cybervassals

theyellowwallpaper of The Yellow Wallpaper

Train-guy of Train-Guys Vote

Trinity13 of dodge this

Uisce of Whiskey Talking

Veronika of A Day In The Life Of Veronika

Well Woman of Ramble On

Wendy of On the Go Mom

Watching and Cheering
Lois of Home Fires
Anita of Fighting Inertia
DwayneinBonanza of My life in Bonanza
Suzy of See Suzy Spin
Imran of Passionate About Life
Susan of Ranma & Akane
foxxy of Foxxy's Den
jk:) of Portal of my Mind

Sleeping
Jean-Luc Picard of Captain Picard's Journal

Next Time
kristarella of This and that
Chele In {dot} LA of chelein.la Girls Rule

Here are the fabulous prizes the first place blogger will win:

• All the other Olympians will post a blog entry that exalts the overall winner's blogging abilities at the end of the Olympics.
• Two jars of home made preserves from David of Sugarloaf Mountain
• $25 gift certificate to Amazon.com
• DramaMama of A Dramaqueen's Guide To Life and Dave of Weezil Breezes are donating something nice from Dave's website.