tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149945082024-09-20T09:06:04.787-04:00Ramblings of a mad writer is a blog about current events, daily life, design, writing and anything else that Rose DesRochers wishes to ramble on about.Rose DesRochershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15758803804821592690noreply@blogger.comBlogger211125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14994508.post-15652978483304207922009-10-14T18:16:00.000-04:002009-10-14T18:16:53.557-04:00

Rose DesRochers and Shawn DesRochers launch todayswriting.com, a new online writing community that caters to writers, authors and poets. Read the full press release at prlog.org.

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Everyone and their dog is Twittering nowadays. Director of "New Moon" Chris Weitz, joined Twitter on Monday. If you're a fan of Twilight, be sure to follow Chris here. http://twitter.com/twilight Twilight already has 62,780  followers.

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What's your Personality Type? Take the Personality Questionnaire

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Lulu Enterprises lulu.com [lulu.com] ) announced that it has filed suit against N-F Newsite LLC ("Hulu") for trademark infringement, unfair and deceptive trade practices and for federal cyberpiracy.Lulu Enterprises Files Suit Against Hulu for Trademark Infringement

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Mashable brings you a list of 5000 resources to do anything online.5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online

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Blogging Fusion Blog Directory a fast growing site that offers bloggers a way to gain more exposure to their blogs is thrilled to announce the launch of their new website bloggingfusion.com.

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Crime victim advocates are upset that at least 30 Texas death row inmates have had pages on the popular Internet site MySpace created for them.read more | digg story

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Google is being accused of refusing to remove racist blogs targeting minority groups in Australia.read more | digg story

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"Following 3 hours of heated debate on Monday, October 30, Bill C-22 passed second reading and was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, despite opposition from the NDP. "To send off your 1 click letter, go tohttp://www.1clicklobbyist.ca/index.php?affid=216 "All it takes is 5 minutes to make a difference!"Rose DesRochers

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"After getting hacked this past weekend, Google's Blogger publishing service suffered an outage on Thursday morning that kept both Blogger.com and the Blogspot hosting service offline for two hours."read more | digg story

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Investigators believe botulism toxin from bottled carrot juice paralyzed a woman, the fourth person thought to be poisoned by bacteria in the drink. Botulism poisoning symptoms include double vision, droopy eyelids, trouble speaking or swallowing and paralysis on both sides of the body that progresses from the neck down.read more | digg story

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There's a new site out, that combines the power of Google and Yahoo search engines, and its called Gahooyoogle. You enter your search at www.gahooyoogle.com, and it actually splits the screen in two, showing results from Google on one side, and Yahoo on the other. Check it out.read more | digg story

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They are decorated with the finest Austrian Swarovski crystal. Each roach takes about an hour of painstaking work to achieve his final magical glory. All roaches are male to ensure sterility, and come complete with a leash set that clasps to the cockraoch's carapace to keep him from running amokread more | digg story

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants Six Flags Great America to scrap its Halloween-themed cockroach-eating promotion.A spokeswoman for the animal rights organization says the contest at the amusement park's FrightFest is "gratuitously cruel."read more | digg story

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Since Google provides no (or little) support, frustrated users have been flocking to Bloggerforum for advice and technical help. But now apparently even the people at blogger-forum have had it with blogspot and have endorsed Wordpress as their platform of choice.read more | digg story

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NEW YORK - An unpublished Robert Frost poem, a tribute to a friend killed during World War I, has been rediscovered and will appear next week in the fall issue of the Virginia Quarterly Review, the University of Virginia announced Wednesdayread more | digg story

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Home of the strangest, the most humorous, bizarre, extreme, weird, and off-beat news stories. News from top news sources, updated throughout the day. Start your day the Bizarre way!http://www.rosedesrochers.net Rose DesRochers

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Canadians- We need your helpPlease take a moment to sign this on-line petition which calls for the declaration of February 7th as “Safer Internet Day”. We hope the Canadian Parliament will make this declaration and dedicate that day’s government business to finding ways to make the internet safer for kids. So far, 37 countries and over 100 not-for-profit organizations and corporations endorse “

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My husband and I have launched Blogger Talk Blog Community. Blogger Talk is a friendly fast growing blogging portal, offering bloggers support, advice, tools, tips and information about blogs and blogging. Blogger Talk is a community that is made up of those who blog for personal pleasure and those that blog professionally. At this time we have an interactive blog forum, blogging articles, blog

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I can't access my blog "Rose DesRochers - World Outside my Window" from the new host for todays-woman.net as my ISP has not updated its DNS records. It's frustrating the heck out of me. So what my ISP is doing is pointing my blog to the old server. I think I'll scream as I'm having blogging withdrawals here.Rose DesRochers

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Blogger Juha Saarinen has found out that ‘Windows Live Spaces’ censorships your thoughts. According to the blogger, apparently the word porn is prohibited on Windows Live Spaces.(more…)

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On September 16, 2006, Blogger Erin Monahan will join others on a three mile course through Charlotte to raise money for cardiac research. Erin hopes to raise $3,000.00. Please join her fight against Congenital Heart Defects.read more | digg story

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Paul Youngson has undertaken an 18 month quest to trade a piece of old rope for something better. At the end of 18 months he plans to auction of the final item and give all of the proceeds to a charity that supports adults with congenital heart disorders.read more | digg story

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A man arrested in Thailand is being held in connection with the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, U.S. officials said Wednesday.read more | digg story

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Apparently one blogger is appalled at the topics that I blog about. Her comment reads “In reguards to her recent posts, I’m appalled by the amount of sex she has on there. You find less sex on porn sites!” (more…)

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