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Since moving into our home in 2000, we have been hosting an annual 4th of July party and had another great time this year.
This year the party started early down at a neighbors house with a round of WIFFLE ball for the kids and then a little ladder ball for the dads. The ladies [...]

After a taking a few steps forward the last few months, June was a disappointing step backwards in terms of blogging for money.
There were two primary reasons for the drop in income this past month.
The first reason was that one of my blogs was victim to a WordPress hack that was stealing the search traffic [...]

We are already half-way through the year - can you believe that?
The first six months of the year have gone by in a flash and it is time to shine the spotlight on the top ten blogs that referred the most traffic - where did you come from - and the top ten most visited [...]

Have you ever wanted to add an AdSense ad block above your first post? Or maybe you have been trying to figure out how to display an ad block before your first three posts?
That was the question that a reader recently asked:
I want to place a 468×60 banner on my blog, in between the [...]

With gas prices denting our pockets more and more (although recently it has leveled off a bit) people are pulling out all the stops to try and reduce their driving and/or improve their mileage.
Surely you have read the tips about how your driving habits can improve your mileage - drive slower, consolidate trips, maintain proper [...]