The Author of this post is Solomon Dejesus

I have a small bakery on the town square in my hometown in rural Tennessee. It’s a lot of work and getting up early in the morning to have goodies ready for the breakfast crowd is tough. But I love seeing everyone enjoy the fruits of my labor and I also get to catch up on all the gossip from my customers. My husband suggested it would be a good idea to get a security system installed, as I have wound up investing a tidy sum of my profits in equipment and supplies. I researched it on home-alarm-systems.com to find a simple system that would meet my needs. I am thinking of expanding to do a light fare at lunchtime also but I know that will just mean that much more work for me. I love that I’ve been able to fulfill my dream of owning this bakery and it is satisfying to see people enjoy my food. I guess I’d better get back to work as I have three birthday cakes due today—the fun never ends!

Some of my coworkers have events coming up, like anniversaries with the company or birthdays, and I'm not sure what to get them.  My job isn't like "regular" jobs; I haven't met one person from the company face-to-face.  Since it's an online community I know a bit about their personalities, but not a lot about them personally, if that makes sense.

I'm thinking something like mugs would be a good gift.  You can't really go wrong with a mug (especially since a lot of our conversations are about coffee!), and they have a lot of cute ones out there. 

Then I found some really creative mug designs that would be perfect!  I mean, usually a mug is a mug, but there are some that go beyond and are really original.  If you can't get someone something that you know is really "them," then I think the next best thing is something that's wildly creative and something that they can't help but enjoy.

Thanks for the guest post by Ron Faulkner

Tom and Jerry is by far my favorite cartoon ever. I remember when I first started cheering for Jerry mouse when I was a kid. I always wanted him to get the best of that no good Tom. Now I am a parent with children of my own and I still watch Tom and Jerry on my satellite TV from www.tvbydirect.com.

My kids enjoy the cartoon also. My son like Tom. I don't know why, he just always wants to see Tom catch Jerry. My daughter has different favorite than either one of us, she like Spike. Spike is the dog that makes appearances on the show. He usually helps Jerry and chases Tom.

Tom usually is trying to eat Jerry. Jerry in turn is usually trying to steal food from the! fridge. Jerry mouse lives in a hole in the wall and often times is interrupted while he is sleeping by something Tom is doing. If this is the case, Jerry usually tries to go after Tom the cat to make him stop whatever it is he is doing. One episode Tom kept Jerry up with his playing of music while he was trying to get a female cat to be his lady.

Tom and Jerry is a fun cartoon that can be enjoyed by children and parents alike, it is well worth watching.

I found it! I have been looking all over for a site that would compare prices on product and I finally found it! I've been trying to get a site that would give me information and price comparison with an easy-to-use format, and I found ShopWiki. Thank goodness, because I have shopping to do!

Everyone who knows me knows that I have a love/hate relationship with my laptop. Lately it's more hate than love, especially since my browser will freeze with very little provoking, and now the cord hardly charges it anymore. I'm going to have to seriously look into getting a new laptop if I want to use it for any MT jobs in the future, and with this site I'm hoping I can learn enough to make the right pick and to get the best price!

I found a Dell Latitude E4200 that looks really, really nice. I'd love something small, ultralight, and easy to use, especially if I hope to make my new jobs portable!

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How funny!

I was remarking to a friend the other day how much I dislike Ebay now. It isn't like it was in the beginning, with your everyday people selling their things online to make a buck. In fact, I have a TON of baby girl clothes that are in perfect condition, but I'm not even going to bother trying to sell them on Ebay because people don't seem to use the site the same way they used to. Now, it seems to be geared more toward businesses selling products without a storefront. Which is fine, but I don't find their products to be discounted at all, and it just seems like "big business" as usual.

As I was looking around on the web, I stumbled upon Bidazzled . What a cool site! It's relatively new; launched in November, but already taking the auctioning world by storm. What I like about this is bids are purchased prior to bidding. This way, the price increases on a few cents rather then by what your actual full bid is. After you bid a few seconds are added to the clock, and if no one else bids the product is yours. So, if there's some high-ticket item and your bid is $1.20 with no bids after you, when the time runs out the item is yours. Fun! And, if you don't win, you receive up to 50 "bonus bids" as a thank you for participating in the bidding. So, no losing!