Ryan Fields

ENGOBI’s Guitar Hero video contest

ENGOBI, the company that produces snacks that combined flavored chips with caffeine has announced a cool contest called “Don’t Be a Piano Hero” showdown.  The contestants compete to win a variety of prizes, including an Xbox 360™-enabled, customized Fender® Stratocaster, ENGOBI gear and other prizes.

The contestants have to make an energy-packed video of themselves and their friends “rocking out” and then upload the video ENGOBI.com. 

As part of the launch promotion, the ENGOBI van will be touring the east coast and southern cities with the ENOGBI girls, who will be handing out ENGOBI gear, bringing samples of the snacks, and giving people the opportunity to play the Guitar Hero game van-side with their friends.

Looking for car loans

I find that it is time for me to buy a new vehicle and I’ve been trying to find a really nice vehicle, but I don’t want to pay a lot of money to buy it and I’m going to have to finance it.  This means that I am going to have to get a Car Loan.  I was researching this on the Internet the other day and found that there were several New Car Loans available.

I know that what I buy cannot be very expensive because I cannot afford a huge car loan.  While I was looking, I came across this website by Complete Loan Source that showed me how easy it was to get this loan.  They also explained the interest rate was very low and they accept almost anybody with any kind of credit.  I found the application was very easy to fill out and it took very little time to approve.  The people seemed to be very eager and anxious to accommodate my needs.  They also told me that I should consider a used vehicle if I wanted something nicer for less money.

Cher fans

My friends and I have been longtime Cher fans.  We’ve been mesmerized by her ever since her debut in 1965 as the talented half of Sonny and Cher.  I’m pretty sure the first time I saw her was on the Ed Sullivan Show, but I really couldn’t swear to it.

I bought lots of the Sonny & Cher albums, and then when they split up and went their separate ways I bought a lot of Cher albums.  Eventually I bought a lot of Cher CDs.  I have enjoyed watching her in several of her movies, including Mermaids, Moonstruck, and Mask.  I think that she is one of the most talented women of our times!

Yesterday I was shooting pool with some of my friends, listening to one of my Cher CDs.  One of my friends was talking about how Cher’s farewell tour had turned into her “never can say goodbye tour” and that now Cher is performing at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas!  I thought she wanted to retire!  I guess I was wrong!  Anyway, my friends were suggesting that we go to Las Vegas for a weekend this summer and try to see Cher perform.  I’ve never actually seen her perform live, that sounds like a great weekend!  I’m going to go online and buy Tickets to see Cher in Las Vegas as soon as I can figure out my upcoming vacation schedule.

My neighbor’s new bed

My neighbors were so proud that they got a new bed from the thrift store for only $10!  They were bragging about what a great deal it was, a nice queen size mattress and box springs, big name brand - a Serta Perfect Sleeper.  It didn’t seem stained, was in perfect condition.  Until they got it home and discovered it was infested with bed bugs!  Boy were they upset!

I told them to go to the Internet for information about how to kill bed bugs. There is a good website there by www.bedbugsguide.com that talks about what bedbugs are and how to deal with them without having to throw away the bed.  I hope it helps them!

Identity theft

Bryce was quite shocked to discover that when he was buying his new 4-wheeler that someone had tried to open a loan in his name!  He was almost the victim of identity theft.  Fortunately it was caught in time and his credit is ok for now.  But it has upset him enough that he has decided to look into buying the lifelock service that we have been seeing advertised on television every day!  Using the lifelock service will protect him from any future attempts at identity theft being successful.  This was one close call he does not want to experience again!

Laser Printer

Picked up a little laser printer about a year ago and since it’s doing such a good job I thought I should try to get a second one. I’ve been searching on Ebay today but haven’t found the same one yet. The HP1020 Laserjet prints fast and cheap and it never jams. It’s a real workhorse for under $100, and the toner cartridges, which cost about $60 each retail, can be picked up at the recycling store for only $45.

The recycled cartridges don’t print as dark a black, but that doesn’t matter for the reports and letters that I crank out. I’ve been using 2 recycled cartridges every month for a year and have not had any issues at all - knock on wood. And I’ve saved about $30 per month, so if you need a cheap reliable printer that uses recycled cartridges well, try to grab this one up.

New Browser

Some of my buddies were talking about using a browser different from Internet Explorer. I’ve never given it that much thought, but the way they were raving about it, I thought I should check it out. They gave me the link to download Mozilla’s Firefox. It has a lot of add-ons that you can pick and choose to make the browser work best for your own needs instead of the cookie cutter IE.

I want to learn more about the features before removing the Explorer browser, but maybe I can run both for a few weeks and see which one I like better.