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And, I hope it feels good

“You hope what feels good?”

“I hope it feels so good to be right. There’s nothing more exhilarating than pointing out the shortcomings of others, is there?” – Randal from Clerks

Caution: This is my blog and I will bitch if I want to, even if it is petty and pointless.

You ever have one of those, “I wish I had said that” moments? I had one today and this is what set me off.

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In case you can’t read the image here is what it says

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One of those buttons that sets me off is when someone who has no business telling what I should or should not do goes ahead and “shoulds” me. I mean what did it matter that I hit SEND to all (not Reply to all (If you are going to “Should” me at least get it absolutely correct.). The message itself was sent to everyone so why not the reply? I got frustrated wrote something back and decided to let cooler heads prevail and not send it. (Although blogging about it is fair game). So, here are a few after the fact replies that I came up with but would not send.

“Thank you for pointing out my mistake, I hope you sent that correction to all as well.”

“Well, thanks for showing me the error of my ways, do you also tell the cops to ticket your friends when they get pulled over and you are in the passenger seat and have no business telling anyone what they should or should not do anyway.”

“Gee thanks, did you also tell the teacher that she didn’t assign homework right before the bell rang?”

“And the simple answer to that would have been to hit delete and move on with your life.”

“And so I did, you get a Gold Star in feeling superior to others for pointing out their mistakes, way to go you!”

“Actually the button said Send to All but that is okay honey, we all make mistakes.”

“I meant to send to all, deal with it, delete it, move on.”

“Um, No I meant to do that but you probably should just shut up.”

I am tempted to add her as a friend and add the personal message.

“Please be my friend I need all the help I can get seeing as I obviously can’t handle simple Facebook messages. Can you also let me know that if I breathe in what I should do next. How I’ve functioned without your guidance up to this point is beyond me.”

What would you have said? Please keep it clean.

Contest

Ten Bills.com T-Shirt Giveaway

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About a month ago a company called TenBills.com approached me about their site. The sell $10 T-Shirts. A great price but what really makes them unique is that the T-Shirts are all created by T-Shirt lovers that are passionate about not only T-Shirts but they are art lovers, music lovers and just plain lovers.

This team has decided to create high quality shirts that they would love to wear and they think that others would love to wear them as well. Their online marketing so far is small. When they contacted me they said that they were introducing themselves to me because my blog didn’t specialize in clothing for men. Sure I’ve talked about T-Shirts before and I’ve even made a one myself with Zazzle.

When they contacted me I decided to engage them with a trade. I looked through their catalog of T-shirts and picked out two that I really liked and that I would wear on a regular basis.

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I then sent an e-mail back asking for those two shirts and some prizes for a contest for my readers. They not only accepted the offer but are supplying me with 12 T-Shirts to give to you. I’ve been receiving e-mails from them since then and a brand new T-Shirt caught my eye so I bought it right away. I love it!

Seize a Memory

Now for the giveaway. The best part is, this is open to ALL my readers. That’s right, everyone regardless of location.

Because of TenBills.com generosity I want to do something special for these guys. They are high quality and they are passionate about what they do so I want to show them that my readers are also passionate people. If you are passionate enough then you might win one or a couple of these T-Shirts.

Prizes

  • 1st Prize – 4 Shirts from TenBills.com
  • 2nd Prize – 3 Shirts from TenBills.com
  • 3rd Prize – 2 T-Shirts from TenBills.com
  • 4th Prize – 1 T-Shirt from TenBills.com
  • 5th Prize – 1 T-Shirt from TenBills.com
  • 6th Prize – 1 T-Shirt from TenBills.com

Official Rules
So here’s how you could win a T-Shirt from TenBills.com

Mandatory to Participate

  • 2 Entries – – Venture to the TenBills.com site pick out the shirt that you would most want to win and tell me the name of the artist of that shirt and why you want to win the shirt. – Leave this in a comment – if this is not done nothing else will count.

Let’s get TenBills.com some friends.

  • 1 Entry – Friend TenBills.com on Facebook
  • 1 Entry – Follow TenBills.com on Twitter
  • 1 Entry Friend TenBills on Shuttercal – My new favorite Photo-A-Day tool so while you are at it friend me there too!
  • Bonus Entries – 2 Entries – Create some social network buzz. Talk this contest up on your Social Media Outlets, leave a comment on this post for each place you talk about the contest (for instance post the link to this contest on Facebook -2 entries)

Super Bonus entries

  • 10 Entries – Write a blog post about what you are most passionate about, mention TenBills.com (give em a link if you are so inclined, too) and a T-Shirt of theirs that you really like or suggest a T-Shirt that you would like to see made. Link to this contest post as well. – Leave a Comment on this post with the link to your post.

This giveaway will run through midnight on January 19, with winners being announced the morning of January 20. Winners will be chosen using Random.org from all valid entries. Winner will have 48 hours to contact me before another winner is chosen. The winners have to pick out the shirts that they want. They will receive that shirt as long as TenBills.com has it in stock. I will work with the winners and TenBills.com to make sure you get a shirt you love. Giveaway is open to anyone regardless of location.