Check Out My Swagger.

Let me begin by saying that no individual or company is paying me in any way, shape or form to say this. I am just so overly excited about it, I can't keep it to myself any longer!
 
Months back, I signed up to receive daily emails from Freebies2Deals so that I could stay up to date on free products being offered and awesome sales going on. I'm kind of a coupon freak, truth be told. I just love how it feels to get a good deal! 'Da twinneh' understands.
 
Anyways, the author/owner kept mentioning something called 'Swagbucks' and encouraging others to sign up, saying that she's earned countless gift cards for free. You read that right, FREE.

 

I was pretty skeptical at first, but it seemed pretty straightforward, and she'd never led me wrong before, so I decided to check it out. And that was the day that I became completely and utterly addicted.

Their main premise is that you can earn things called 'swagbucks' when you search online through their toolbar or search engine. Each buck is more or less equivalent to a penny, which doesn't seem like much but certainly adds up. Especially when you're rewarded 10-50 swagbucks per average search. And let's face it, you're going to be searching regularly, so why not be rewarded for it!?

There is no rhyme or reason as to when you win, but you'll certainly know it when you do. I'm not ashamed to say that I get a little thrill any time a picture like this appears at the top of my search results.

It is estimated that you can earn upwards of $100 per year, just by simply searching through Swagbucks. And if you are even more dedicated to building up your virtual dollar stockpile, you can earn above and beyond that! I've been using the site for a little over a month now and have already earned around $40 worth of gift cards.

And there's a wide variety of restaurants and businesses to choose from. You could be earning all year, redeem your bucks for Amazon gift cards and buy Christmas presents with no out-of-pocket! CAN YOU TELL I'M SLIGHTY OBSESSIVE ABOUT THIS?..

Dan and I log-in to their site whenever we have a slow moment at work to earn swagbucks through voting in the daily poll, clicking through the no obligation special offers and completing 10-15 minute surveys. We try to meet the daily goal (which changes daily and ranges anywhere from 50-150 SBs) so that we get the daily bonus and call it good.

You can also win free bucks by 'liking' SBCodez on Facebook. They notify you whenever there is a 'swagcode' available, which is basically just a word you enter on the homepage for free bucks.

There are so many different ways to earn, through couponing, special offers, watching videos, playing games, etc. And while it would be ridiculous to believe that you could earn any semblance of a living by joining, it is just as ridiculous not to be earning free stuff doing things that you do everyday anyways. Especially if you have free time to spare while working at an office job.

I guess what I'm saying is that there really is no reason why you shouldn't sign-up for Swagbucks. And when you do, you might as well be my referral. For every person you refer, Swagbucks awards you up to a thousand matching bucks for every search buck your referral earns.

Please click HERE if you are interested.
(And I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have if you're fuzzy on the details.)

So, in a way, it'd be like you're giving me a Christmas present.
Because really, this post is my gift to you.

Phantom Vibrations.

Have you ever heard of amputees who are able to feel their limb even after it has been removed?

ABC News discussed the matter back in 2007.

"It's like wearing a tight sock all day," they explain. "When you take it off, you still feel it there on your foot."

Interesting analogy...

Apparently having your arm chopped off feels like you're not wearing socks. Who'd've known?

Likewise, have you ever felt your cellphone buzz in your pocket only to pull it out and realize that it actually never had?..

These two problems may seem entirely different almost to the point of no comparison, right? But at the same time, phantom limbs and phantom cell phone sensations are both very real problems.

"It's an interesting technological statement about society that our machines are becoming part of us.", it states.

I, for one, freely admit I suffer from 'Phantom Cell Phone Syndrome'.
Quite frequently I feel my smartphone vibrate in my pocket when in all actuality, it isn't even in my pocket.

Spooky...

Apparently I've trained my brain to respond to external stimuli through repeated over-usage of electronics devices. They know this because rats do the same thing. (Anyone else just imagine rodents carrying around small cellphones?...)

Their solution?
Stop carrying your cell phone around in your pocket.

BRILLIANT.

Except for, now that I'm so attached to it and all, I don't know if I can.
Easier said than done, ABC News. Easier said than done.

On an semi-related topic, my cell phone sounds like a goose when it vibrates. And when I receive a call, the person on the other end can hear the final 'honk' when I pick up.

So when my mom called yesterday and all I heard was quacking on the other end, I wasn't especially amused. She was.

The point being: I don't mind living with imaginary honking.

The real question is:
Would you still love me if I had a smartphone as a hand?..

Speak Up Man!

Is it just me or are guys notoriously bad texters?

Okay, maybe that's a bit of a generalization.
And I hate generalizing.

But when every text response contains an average 1-3 words, I begin to wonder...

The way I figure it, either they are getting tired of the conversation and don't want to text anymore, they are upset about something or they're just plain stupid.

I most often assume that they just don't want to talk to me anymore. But then I see them in person two seconds later and they're a regular chatty-Kathy! Explain this to me!?

Girl's never have this problem. In fact, I think girls tend to be on the opposite end of the spectrum. Meaning, they often write four-page-long sagas documenting every feeling they've experienced in the past five minutes.

Nothin' wrong with that, my friend. Nothin' wrong with that.

Has anyone else noticed this disturbing trend?
Is it really too much to ask that they at least form a full sentence? I don't think that is unreasonable. They could practice their spelling and grammar while they're at it.

Until then, I am going on strike. From now on, any one word answers that are completely unjustified will not be responded to.

That's right. I'm gonna give 'em the textical cold shoulder.
(How do you like that word? Textical. My roomie Lacy-Hacy made it up. Figures, eh?)

In other news, are you way impressed by how many posts I've written this week Katerina Cupcake??

I do it all for you.