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This awesome mini hard drive works just like a flash drive- only it doesn’t cost as much money!!!

All you have to do is plug it into a USB port on your computer and it will show up as an external drive under My Computer. From there, simply drag and drop your files!

Better yet- it Works on any XP or Vista computer!!! And there are no drivers required! WOW!

These are fantastic for any kind of files! Office documents, spreadsheets, music, photos, backup - whatever!  You can even install programs on it if you like!

The really fantastic thing about these is that you’re getting a TON of storage space for a LOT less than the price of a comparable flash drive! You can spend over $30.00 for an 4 Gig flash drive - this gives you the more storage for just $22.97! WOW!

PLUS these are super-fast USB 2.0 drives! You’ll be amazed at the file transfer speed! Wait till you try it!

Want one too? I don’t blame ya! Head to the link below and get in on this deal before they’re gone! For just $22.97 (free US shipping), you can’t go wrong! Only a limited number available!

http://store.worldstart.com/product.php?productid=4612

PS - Don’t miss out! These are just GREAT! Built to last, quick, and extremely portable (they even come with their own travel bag)! Not really much bigger than a flash drive, but not nearly as expensive! Get ‘em before they’re sold out!

Yesterday I found 3 great domains that were available to register. Now this was after I told myself I would never buy domains again. As these were good sounding domains, with great keywords, I said what the heck and registered them. Here they are, what do you think of them?

diverselinks.com - Might be good for a directory. Have yet to decide what niche or to make it a bidding directory. Or find a good script for some sort of advertising site.

amassingwealth.com - Might be good for a blog about making money. What niche though? Affiliate marketing, stocks and bonds, buying and selling domains and/or websites? Some thought must go into this one.

positionyour.com - The possibilities for developing this one! From a good niche directory, a niche bid directory, a link sales site, or what? Again, some more thought about this one.

Of course, I may not develop them and just sell the domain names if I can find a buyer for each or all. Right now, the market for domains is down quite a bit and not too many buyers out there.

Today is rain day, cool and raining right now. Started about noon time, when we got back from Des Moines. Went there to visit our Aunt Louise (96 years young and as spry and alert as any youngster) then take the apnea machine our daughter left here to her. Stopped in and filled the van up with gas, at $2.62 a gallon! Wow…when did we cross the threshold of thinking gas at that price is a bargain?

Hey, want some super advertising for your business? I offer all the time free advertsing on my free advertising site and quite a few people take advantage of it and continue to do so day by day. Now when you add your ad to the site for free, your ad is only on the site for 7 days. One reason you want to come back often and reenter your ad. But what if you could have your ad on the board above all those free ads and have your ad stay on top for not a week or a month, but for over 14 months? That’s right, you can have a premium ad on Featured Domain Sites for not only the rest of 2008, but ALL of 2009! And for a low one-time fee of $12.99! Check out the site now, and you will see where the premium ads at above the free ads, plus how to contact me to get your ad as a premium ad. Get your ad now before the price goes up!

It might be a rough halloween for the kiddies in a lot of neighborhoods. Those poor kids may have to range far and wide to get a lot of candy with the meltdown in the housing industry. As this cartoon points out:

Candy may be sparse

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new trading week dawning, U.S. lawmakers urged quick action by the Bush administration on measures to make direct purchases of bank stock to help unlock lending.

Democrats also are lining up behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to bring lawmakers back to Capitol Hill after the Nov. 4 election to work on a second economic relief plan. The idea is “give the middle-class and the average citizen the same kind of relief that we try to give the financial sector,” said Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee.

Top Democrats are suggesting a $150 billion measure that would extend jobless benefits, provide more money for food stamps and finance and some construction projects such as rebuilding bridges and roads. Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, the second-ranking House Republican, said he would help on a plan “that makes sense” but is not laden with huge public works projects or bailouts for states that overspent on social programs.

And how has your weekend gone?

How I feel

Saw the above cartoon and that is how I feel about both candidates. One talks a good game but has not one idea as to what to do. The other basically ignores the entire mess.

Face it, the current candidates are throwing mud at each other, talking about what they have done good, what the other candidate has done bad, and in essence just telling the voters what they think will get them the votes.

Neither candidate really has a plan as to what to do once elected! All I know, going from past experience, is that I will have to hang on to my wallet, no matter who is elected!

And the latest is Pelosi wanting to give 150 billion more dollars, but to taxpayers, welfare recipients and small businesses. I have seen no figures or plan on how she wants this done. For sure, we taxpayers will come out on the losing end of this latest boondoggle to spend money the government does not have. And remember, whatever money the government actually gives to us poor taxpayers, it is our own money we are getting back!

Saw the Sooners lose to the Longhorns yesterday. Both teams played super, but Texas just flat out played better than the Sooners. For sure, too many times in the game, the Sooners were not playing like the number one team! And the polls came out today and guess what? Texas is now number one! Oklahoma dropped to number four. But we were heartened quite a bit yesterday when the Iowa Hawkeyes won!

Enjoying today, as it seems to be the last nice day we will have for some time. Tonight rain and cool weather will move in to Iowa and keep up in the 40-60’s for the next week. Still no official word of just when we will get our first freeze of the season. For sure, the farmers are out in force statewide to harvest their crops of corn and soy beans.

Over this weekend, the 3 grandkids from Des Moines were down here, along with their mother. They stayed at our daughters place as we have no room. Was great to visit and interact with the three of them (2 granddaughters, one grandson) as we only get to see them once a month.

Here are some of the forums I hang out in, not in any order or of any importance, but I am usually at one or the other at any given time. If you don’t belong to any of them, join soon. And yes, I am iowadawg at all the forums.

http://www.bzimage.org

http://www.devhunters.com

http://www.webtalkforums.com/

http://www.namepros.com

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/