A Peculiar Blog

A while back Simply Stating The Obvious held a contest. I entered on May 20th because, well, who wouldn’t want a prize package that included prizes like
a The Andromeda Strain t-shirt
The Andromeda Strain DVD Collection featuring both the 2008 A&E miniseries
and the Oscar-nominated 1971 film
The Andromeda Strain novel by Michael Crichton
Then on May [...]

Just a few short days ago I posted an entry in an Andromeda Strain contest held by Simply Stating.
The cool news is that I actually won one of the prize packs:
# The Andromeda Strain t-shirt,
# The Andromeda Strain DVD Collection featuring both the 2008 A&E miniseries and the Oscar-nominated 1971 film
# The Andromeda Strain novel [...]

Simply Stating The Obvious is having it’s first contest and it’s a good one. Read on…
Serious Science fiction fans of all ages are no doubt familiar with the Michael Crichton novel, The Andromeda Strain. It was destined to become one of the great classics in Science fiction writing. Then in 1971 it [...]

The Renuzit TriScents Transform Your Home with Tanya Memme contest entries are in and now they want people to take a look at the semi-finalist gallery and view the 10 entries and vote for the one you think most deserves to win the grand prize: A $20,000 home makeover.
After looking over the entries, a mixture [...]

How would you like to get Charter High-Speed® Internet for Life? How about a Nintendo Wii? Well, Charter has an auction style contest going that gives you a chance to win Both.
About the Wii. It’s a Nintendo Wii Console and includes the Wii Stand a remote controller, a Nunchuck controller and a [...]

One of the holiday traditions in our house is to watch one or more of the many football games. This year we sat down to watch the Sugar Bowl because one of the teams, Hawaii, was one that we hadn’t actually heard of before and I don’t think they’d ever shown up in a [...]

First up, I’ve got a contest to tell about. It’s an iPod Nano giveaway by Trusted Tours and Attractions. Everyone who signs up to receive their Trusted Travel eNewsletter automatically gets an entry into a drawing to win an iPod Nano. This offer ends on December 31st so you shouldn’t waste any [...]

Like a lot of people, I’ve played a bit of online poker…just for fun of course. I stick strictly to the free games that are for entertainment only. (besides, I’m not very good) I’ve also had computers and operating systems in the past that weren’t compatible with most stuff out there.
Given [...]

Everybody loves a contest. It’s a chance to win something cool for the pretty minimal effort required to enter it. David Airey writes a graphic design blog and this contest is part of the celebration of it’s one year anniversary.
This contest has a bunch of pretty cool prizes including gems like these:
Professional logo [...]

It’s back in the news again, this thing with the really high level of violence. Seems that they faced the chance of having it rated Adults Only. Since that would have killed the game’s sales, they’re working on a “toned down” version.
Controversial Game Gets New Rating
The makers of “Manhunt 2″ - a violent [...]