Daily Archives: April 7, 2012

Blogging, Food, Photo-A-Day

Newest Addition to the Johnsonville Grill Greats Blogger Panel

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A Little over a week ago I got an e-mail asking me to be part of the Johnsonville Grill Greats Blogger Panel. I’ll be part of a group of roughly 10 other bloggers/online ambassadors who will get to sample Johnsonville products, participate in some fun contests (many that you can participate in including giveaways) and I’ll have some great grilling tips. The panel will be starting soon as grilling season begins.

I received a welcome packet including a grilling mitt, apron, cooler (that will be great for work or transporting Johnsonville Brats to other BBQs). I also got some coupons for Brats and Johnsonville Bratwurst patties. I may also get to attend some food events on Johnsonville’s behalf which may include the Beer Bloggers Conference in Indianapolis in July 2012 or National Bratwurst Day in Sheboygan, Wisconsin in August. Personally I think that Brat Days would be more my sort of thing. Don’t get me wrong I like beer, I just don’t drink it much these days.

So look for some videos, interviews, contests and more to be found on BenSpark.com in the coming year.

Here are some of the other members of the Grill Greats Blogger Panel:

Oh and the Johnsonville Brats I grilled up tonight were a big hit. They were the original flavor. Eva saw that I had two and Allison had two and promptly asked where her second one was. And she would have eaten a second too.

Review, Skylanders

Skylanders in Your Pocket! Skylanders: Cloud Patrol

Skylanders: Cloud Patrol Screenshot

The wildly popular console game, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure has now expanded onto iOS devices with the release of Skylanders: Cloud Patrol. I constantly look at the new updates to the Skylanders Facebook page and Thursday I saw an update for a Skylanders game for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. I wasn’t sure what to expect but it was just $0.99 so I decided to download it.

I was not at all disappointed. The game is so much fun. You pick your favorite Skylander and take to a flying gunship in order to take out a bunch of nasty trolls that have escaped from a prison. You can tap each troll to shoot it or swipe your finger across the screen to select multiple targets at once. The more you shoot the higher a bonus you will accumulate.

The game comes with Trigger Happy but you can add more characters. The nice thing about the game is that you can use the online codes for your existing Skylanders and pull them into the game. Why would you want to do this if the game play is the same for every character? There is a daily elemental bonus. So, if the daily bonus is for characters of the fire element you can use Eruptor and gain additional coins with each level you complete. Also, you get accomplishments when you unlock more Skylanders. You can also use the web codes for the magical items from the Adventure Packs. Continue reading Skylanders in Your Pocket! Skylanders: Cloud Patrol →