The NFR Experience

On it's day, nothing is better than the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo also known as the NFR. The National Finals Rodeo is organized by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and is the premier championship rodeo event in the United States. Wrangler Jeans is the title sponsor of this event which normally spans for 10 days. I always wish that I go for this special event where a lot of things happen. So what exactly happens there? Lots of events! Bareback riding, steer wrestling, team roping, saddle bronc riding, tie down roping, bull riding and barrel racing are the events that usually take place at the NFR. Barrel racing is the only event exclusive to women. The NFR has been going good from the time it was established in 1958. Now, enough of explaining about the National Finals Rodeo. I feel bad not to have been on at least one occasion of the NFR. And I am going to make it a point that I go at least this time when it happens. This is going to very exciting for me as I have been waiting to go for such an event. Don't take me granted, I'm really going to get the NFR Tickets and half my friends who mocked that I would never go will feel uncomfortable now. Anyway it's very good fun. If you are a NFR follower like me, then maybe you should come along too. See you at the NFR this time!

Personality Development and Tweaking Your Life

For many years, I have been following self improvement and personality development books and blogs and I must say that they have greatly influenced my life and the way I live my life. Recently I have found a new website that deals with personality development and it's called LifeTweak. The site mainly features interesting articles that aims to help you tweak your life for the better. It's like enhancing and tweaking your computer. A friend of mine does not believe in reading self improvement books. But I believe that these books and blogs will help me stay happy and effective.

Rant-here.com, The Lighter Side of Life

Many live their lives like it's a very serious thing. But actually, Life is funny. When you look at it deeply, you will find that life has a lot of positive things to offer you. We are just too immersed in our daily problems. A good way to lead a happy life is be funny and to laugh out loud.
Maybe a Funny blog is all you need.

Rant-here.com is a blog that looks at the lighter side of life. Like the tagline says, 'Poking life with a big stick', this blog has very good content; the kind of content that you might find relaxing to read after a hard day's work. The blog covers random topics such as funny pictures, funny videos, general humour, modern architecture, politics, bizarre and simply funny articles. Rant-here.com in a nutshell is a website designed to let off some steam, have some fun, or offer opinion on various subjects that get people annoyed. It constantly makes observations that life's little difficulties have a funny side. The website is simple and easily navigable and loads up faster. Posts like the picture quiz, Comic Architecture, hull's big day and the near miss video are my top favorites among others.

I will list down the top points of this blog.

• You can relax and have fun.
• Interesting facts, pictures and videos are posted frequently.
• Simple, easily navigable web pages.
• An option to submit your rants.
• Very good articles and news worth reading.

I'm going to subscribe to this blog and I'm pretty sure that this blog will get big in the near future. Don't miss out on the chance to be an early bird! So Join the Rant Man everyday and start ranting!

Kolkata Knight Riders Win

Kolkata Knight Riders won against the Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League today. It was definitely a fantastic match. The KKR batted first and they managed to score only 133/6 in 20 overs with Salman Butt scoring 48 and David Hussey scoring 31. From what we know of the IPL, 133 is not a very good score but the KKR had something to bowl at when the Delhi Daredevils came out to bat. Shoaib Akthar bowled superbly to pick up four impotant top order wickets in his first spell of three overs and Lakshmi Ratan Shukla took three wickets in five balls to wrap up the match for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The KKR skipper Sourav Ganguly was visually excited and pleased by the result and by the spirit showed by his boys on the field. It was low scoring match but it was really competitive and good to watch. This is good for cricket as well.

Chennai Super Kings Turn It Around

The Chennai Super Kings have turned around their bad fortunes in the Indian Premier League. They have played really hard to clinch some narrow and convincing victories and are again at the top four tables of the IPL. After losing three matches in a row, the Chennai Super Kings have managed to win two matches in a row and that is something that needs special mentioning. They were down and out and low on confidence after their three successive losses but they have recovered well enough mentally to win the last two matches. Good work CSK! Hope they continue playing well. Also I heard that the Aussies, Matthew Hayden and Michael Hussey are retuning to the team in the semi-finals. So if the Chennai Super Kings can make it to the semi-finals, I think they have a very good chance of winning the tournament. There are still some matches to go. We'll see what happens.

Santa Claus on Santa Letters, Naughty Kids and Christmas

Noel Sommers is well known for her interviews with classic figures such as the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and more. Now she's got the prolific Mr. Claus who is quite definitely is most awaited person by children all around the world during Christmas. Noel meets up with Santa Claus in his North Pole Cabin and has a friendly chat about Santa Letters, naughty children and Christmas.

Often, Santa is troubled by questions from everyone. They doubt whether he exists, where he lives, how many letters he receives and how he manages to deliver all the gifts in just one night. But surprisingly, Santa was feeling cheerful and was in a rare talking mood. Maybe he had eaten too much many of Mrs. Claus' chocolate chip cookies on this particular night or maybe it was the three glasses of eggnog he casually sipped during the interview. Whatever it is, he was in a mood to answer questions.

They chat for a few minutes and then when Noel asks for Santa's views on Christmas in modern times, Santa says that he has mixed feelings about it. The good thing about Christmas in modern times, as Santa explains, is that, he is able to use technology to his advantage as his job has become a bit easy. In his own words,

I’ll be honest with you, I have mixed feelings. On one hand my job has gotten a whole lot easier. Santa tracker GPS makes global navigation a snap; my blackberry gives me instant updates on toy assembly, Naughty & Nice list names, and my cocoa bean stocks. And my laptop allows me to type up personalized Santa letters much more efficiently...

But one the other hand Santa feels that kids being smart in modern times almost ruined Christmas. He explains that some naughty kids who were not on his 'nice list', somehow hacked into his systems and changed the records so that their names came up in the list that will receive gifts and a Letter from Santa. But luckily, the lead Elf, Arthur Honeytree has pointed out that something is fishy when he found Timmy Warchickles in the list. Timmy had once posted Santa's personal phone number on his myspace.com account to over 73 million people.

So Santa has come up with a new system that will ensure that only good kids get personalized Letters from Santa. And with that Santa says that this is all he can discuss about the secret 'Package from Santa' program right now.

At the end, a very curious Noel cannot stop herself from asking how he manages to deliver all the gifts in only one night. Santa winks and asks her to save this question for her next interview.

My love for Photography

I'm really interested in becoming a good photographer. I have been using my camera for quite a while now and I believe that I have learned so many techniques and still there is much that needs to studied in photography. Photography is a really good hobby for me. And I should learn how to use Photoshop as well. I have liking for edited images that look way better than what the real photograph is. There are many websites where you can find wonderful photographs from many people like flickr, webshots and more. There are also many stock photography websites where you can buy photos for your business purposes. And there are many blogs and websites with useful tutorials on digital photography like digital photography school and others. I better make use of all the tools available on the web and become a better photographer. One day I would be a professional in photography.

The Power of Online Business

Having a business online is really hassle free and less stressful than a lot of other businesses. Just an idea could transform your business from an ordinary state to a world class one. Of course a lot of marketing strategies are involved. But if you love being online and doing things on the web, online business just might be the best thing that you can do. People earn money online through blogging, affiliate marketing, drop shipping, domain auctions and by making websites and providing services. All of them are really good means to make large sums of money. As we all know, the internet is worth many hundred billion dollars and even a little pie of it would make us millionaires. That's the power of doing business online.

On Traveling and Wisdom

I would like to travel the world and visit many places around the world. Travelers say that there is nothing like traveling to a place that you have never been to. There are so many good things that you will learn from a journey abroad and it will help you widen your mental horizons as you would come across different kind of people and different kind of cultures. I have seen travelers become very wise as traveling will surely help you learn about life and teach you some wisdom. Well, there ae many places that I would like to go and visit. Among them would be the United Kingdom, the whole of Europe and the United States.

Reality Bug - The Ultimate Reality News Site

Nowadays reality shows have gone to a different level with the number of viewers of reality shows and news increasing every month. So what about a website that covers all that happens in Reality Shows? Yeah, I have been thinking about it as well. And if you have not heard, Reality Bug is a really good website for Reality TV News. The site has a very good design and it looks like they are the experts when it comes to Reality Shows. I'm surfing through their site now. And I can assure you that it's fun if you love reality shows.

5 Tips to Become a Famous Blogger

Many of us want to be among the top bloggers in the world. We see a lot of bloggers become popular in their niche and they are called the experts. So we begin to wonder...what would turn ordinary bloggers into popular ones? Well, this cannot be answered in one point or something like that. But I'm listing a few points on this. These points are what I think would make a blog and the blogger famous.

• Social networking - A blogger needs to be a social networking addict when he starts out. Find new friends all the time.
• Emailing popular bloggers - Keep emailing popular bloggers with questions, suggestions and thankful notes. Most of them will get back. It's good to have popular friends.
• Guest writing - Writing guest posts for other blogs will help you develop a friendship with the bloggers for whom you write. And what's more, you gain a bigger audience as many of the readers of their blog might like your content.
• Advertising - Use advertising well. It will have positive effects on your blog. PPC Advertising is highly recommended for targeted traffic.
• Be different - Grab attention and make sure people pause for a moment and read what you've got to say. Most people decide what to do in the first few seconds of their visit to your blog. Keep that in mind.

Bonus tip! Always use the same image on all social networking sites with the same username. You can also use your blog's name as your username. This is to make sure that your face becomes familiar and recognizable in your niche.

Do you have any more ideas on making a blog and a blogger famous? If so, please leave your comments.

Direct Descendant of India's First Family

They've found the direct descendant of the bunch of people who migrated from Africa to form India's first family. They've been hunting for the M130 gene for more than five years it seems. A little trace of the gene was found in many people across the south eastern countries like Malaysia and Singapore. Why M130? Well, that is believed to be the gene that was carried by the first settlers of India. What exactly is M130? Honestly I have no idea except that it's some gene. Why worry, M130 sounds a lot better than heirohyperglycemia doesn't it? Back to the first family thing. What happened was, the bunch of scientists who were hunting for the DNA ended up in a little village near Madurai in South India where all inhabitants of the closely knit community seemed to have something very close to the actual gene that these guys were looking for. And thus they cornered Virumandi, a systems engineer, and conducted a research for the next five years. The guy cooperated well with the scientists and they finally came to the conclusion that Virumandi is the direct descendant of India's first settlers. This news created waves in local newspapers and media and the guy became a little popular. Now that's pretty cool. But what's cooler than being the direct descendant of the country's first family? He would be really proud of his lineage. The articles about this were quite interesting to read but I got mad when a group of guys at work mistook Virumandi to be the world's first man. There was this guy who asked whether Adam was an Indian! Another one wondered why the bible didn't mention this. Oh my..they took the fun out of it. Anyway, it's pretty good that they've actually successfully found the descendant among of billions of people out there. Must have been real hard. I hope they're right.

Calvin, Hobbes and Me

I owe a lot to Bill Watterson, the creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. Every morning I read it and it's a lot of fun. We all know how good the comic strip is. For those who don't know who Calvin and Hobbes are, I'll give a little explanation. Calvin is genius kid and Hobbes is his imaginary friend. They both hang out together and question all conventional ideas and come up with revolutionary thoughts. Some of the things that Calvin says are extraordinary. I really must Bill Watterson for the kind of person he is. He thinks and explores life in a brilliant fashion in the name of Calvin. Each and every comic strip has a funny side to it and a enlightening one too. Every single day I learn something from Calvin or I just smile and nod in agreement. It's a really good feeling. So I feel good to have started reading Calvin and Hobbes. I have a lot of those comics stored in my computer. I will post some of the best ones once in a while. So keep checking ActionZoneMagazine for regular updates.