Dismantle My Bed

Christmas has come and gone. Now you are left with a bunch of new stuff to play with, an extra five pounds, a small does of after Christmas depression, and the pictures. The pictures! Maybe Christmas isn’t gone after all. Especially if you are a parent, chances are you took so many pictures, your index finger is calloused and your memory card is groaning at near capacity. So what to do?

Well, you could always display those great Christmas snaps, in a Ceiva Digital Photo Frame.

With Ceiva’s Digital Photo Frame and Ceiva PicturePlan, you don’t have to be hooked up to your computer to put new picutres in your frame. You can send photos directly to your Ceiva frame from your camera phone or your email.  All you have to do is upload photos from a memory card to the unlimited online photo storage and connect via phone line or Wi-Fi, giving you a limitless supply of images to be displayed in slideshow format on your Ceiva frame. It’s just that simple.

Digital photo frames can be pricey, but it’s worth it if you get the digital photo frame with the most to offer. Find out what makes a Ceiva Digital Photo Frame so special at the website, and display your Christmas memories in the best.

Okay, I get that online rhyming dictionaries use software, and software, in general, isn’t great with nuance. For instance, I know that, if you have desire enough, you can rhyme the words fair and slayer. Rhyming dictionaries, however, don’t seem to understand this concept. Which is fine. It’s not like I want to be dependent on the rhyming dictionary. I am very content to seek my own rhyme, thank you. But I do wish there were at least one out there that included, say, extremely well-known proper nouns. Is there any rhyming dictionary online that’s worth bookmarking?

Need a last minute gift for that writer friend? When I was talking to my Mom the other day on the phone, she mentioned buying something for my nephew that seemed kind of cool to me. It is a dictionary bookmark. Apparently my sister makes him look up words in the dictionary whenever he doesn’t know a meaning (good for her!), and my Mom figured this way he could have one readily available. Well, being the particular type of nerd that I am, I thought it was a pretty sweet gift, and the perfect encouragement for that young writer in your life. So, if you have one, check it out. Of course, this one appears to have pretty bad reviews, so you might want to seek another brand, but still… kind of cool.

If you aren’t done with your holiday shopping yet, it’s not too late to get some fine deals on great gifts for the writer or business person in your life. Pexagon is selling four incredible personalized holiday gifts at a discount of 20% off from now until the end of 2008. Don’t just get that person on your list any old thing. Get him or her something that you know will be useful.

Pexagon has personalized Thumb Drives. Not only do they come in a wide variety of colors, but with the free custom laser engraving, you can give a gift with a message. There are thirty-two different themes for engraving, such as #1 Teacher or Congratulations, and on the opposite side, you get two lines of personalized text. Personally engraved Thumb Drives start at $7.99 after the discount.

Business Card Flash Drives have the look of a business card, but has a built in USB cable. The front side gets three free lines of personalized text. Starting at $15.99.

If a simple Flash Drive is more what you’re looking for, Pexagon is selling wooden flash drives, with either 2 or 4 GB and two sides of custom engraving for free. Also starts at $15.99.

If you’ve got someone a little more old-fashioned, or maybe a little less tech savvy, you can stick with the basics. With three styles of personalized pens in multiple colors and with one free line of personalized text staring at only $1.59 after the discount, you can stuff everyone’s stocking.

The age old question.

I spend some of my time writing my heart’s desire. I spend most of my time writing for, what I hope will one day be, profit. Sometimes I feel like it’s a question of being a starving artist or a wealthy sellout. I naturally lean more toward one than toward the other, but the older I get, the harder it becomes to stay passionate and mean when the earnings are lean. There are moments when it feels like a matter of time before I throw on a sandwich board and give into my future career as a corporate advertising monkey.