Ultimate Online Forums - Blogs http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/ Ultimate Online Forums for Ultima Online, World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings Online, Age of Conan. en Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:43:16 GMT vBulletin 5 http://www.uoforums.com/images/misc/rss.jpg Ultimate Online Forums - Blogs http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/ Remains of cemetery found in Sahara http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/remains-cemetery-found-sahara-37/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:44:02 GMT I found news of this after clicking a link re a Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found *A thousand years ago, the now-barren desert was moist and green* Image:... I found news of this after clicking a link re a Portal to mythical Mayan underworld found

A thousand years ago, the now-barren desert was moist and green


This undated photo provided by the National Geographic Society shows a triple burial containing a woman and two children, their limbs entwined, discovered at the Gobero site during the 2006 field season.

WASHINGTON - A tiny woman and two children were laid to rest on a bed of flowers 5,000 years ago in what is now the barren Sahara Desert.

The slender arms of the youngsters were still extended to the woman in perpetual embrace when researchers discovered their skeletons in a remarkable cemetery that is providing clues to two civilizations who lived there, a thousand years apart, when the region was moist and green.

Paul Sereno of the University of Chicago and colleagues were searching for the remains of dinosaurs in the African country of Niger when they came across the startling find, detailed at a news conference Thursday at the National Geographic Society.

read more ]]> Tabbitha http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/remains-cemetery-found-sahara-37/ Busy couple of weeks! http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/merth/busy-couple-weeks-36/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:47:39 GMT Wow never did I think at this stage of my life would I feel like there is never enough time to get stuff done. Between managing our websites, my wife working part time (I get to babysit while she is... Wow never did I think at this stage of my life would I feel like there is never enough time to get stuff done. Between managing our websites, my wife working part time (I get to babysit while she is at work) my full time job, and the kids going back to school...wow. My conan site is averaging about 20 unique hits a day, not bad but better than I expected considering I have done very little advertising and paid for none at this point. My posting has been non-existent since the kids have gone back to school and life has been total chaos.

My fourteen year old daughter came back to live with my wife and I after her mother couldn't deal with her any longer. She has some behavioral problems and after the 7th visit by the police it was time for daddy to get her back in line. Well the chaos this caused as she moved back in (sharing a room with her 15 yr old sister) and the impact on her 2yr old brother was pretty extreme to say the least. Of course she has been diagnosed with ADHD and bipolar (as all kids that dont behave are I've come to believe) so now it has become an excuse for her to not behave. Well to say the least she no longer has the fear of dad's wrath and tries to do whatever she wants with no care of the consequences. Just a for instance she has a cell phone provided to her by my parents (aaaarrrrggggh grandparents ftw!) and after losing those privelages for 8 days of the month still managed to talk and text over 13,000 minutes. Not to mention sending pictures of herself nude to some14 yr old boy.

Well that was the final straw and after much soul searching and exploring the few options available we decided to put her in a group home. Talk about heart wrenching! The utter feeling of knowing your child must feel like they have been abandoned just tears you apart. This home she is in is sponsored by Church of Christ and is more like a home setting than a jail like facility. She currently is with 4 other girls about the same age with a max of 8 spots total. They attend school everyday and have a tutor 5 days a week to help with school work. They attend church every Sunday. She does get to come home on friday nights and all day saturday so its not as if we wont get to see her but it still hurts to know she isn't home. The lady who runs the home was shocked that both sets of parents showed up as well as the step-parents and even remarked that in 18 yrs she had never seen that much love and support for a child. Now we just have to hope it makes a difference in her life before she becomes an adult and gets in serious trouble. ]]> merth http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/merth/busy-couple-weeks-36/ Chiefs admit Brum skyline mix-up http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/chiefs-admit-brum-skyline-mix-up-35/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:56:11 GMT Birmingham City Council has admitted sending out leaflets which showed its US namesake's skyline instead.




About 720,000 pamphlets praising Brummies for their recycling were sent around the city at a cost of £15,000.

But instead of showing landmarks such as the Rotunda and the new Selfridges building, it showed downtown Birmingham, Alabama, instead.




Numpties !!!! ]]> Tabbitha http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/chiefs-admit-brum-skyline-mix-up-35/ I LOVE Cats http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/i-love-cats-31/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:29:30 GMT YouTube - Funny Cats ]]> Tabbitha http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/i-love-cats-31/ <![CDATA[Where's the money!]]> http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/merth/wheres-money-30/ Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:47:03 GMT So three days into running our websites my wife greets me with the question "How much money have we made?" My reply is of course "not much". "well why not?" I then begain to tell her this isn't something you start and instantly begin rolling in the cash, it is a business and as such it takes alot of work to get it running and then there still are no guarantees it will make money. My cloud at least in her eyes seems to be breaking apart. Just to give a little background for anyone contemplating starting their own website to make money, here is what you are looking at. First you must either buy a ready made site (cheap on ebay in some cases) or purchase a domain name (usually around $10 per year) and build your own site. Building your own site can be daunting unless you have web design experience and especially html exp. Then you have to add on all your advertisers (these are free to get most popular ones are ebay, adsense from google, amazon, clickbank) finding ads that are relevant to your site. word of caution when buying a ready made site I have found that the sellers tho helpful in getting you set up range from very trustworthy and helpful to not so much. One seller I had to keep getting on to about ad codes being wrong. Its very easy for them to say oops I forgot to change that one in which case any money you may be making on that ad is going to them instead of you. So be careful and learn as fast as you can. My advice is get your own hosting package and password protect it once site is set up. On the up side once you are set up the only costs you incur are your yearly domain registrations and any advertising costs if you choose to pay for advertising. And it was nice to be able to tell the wife we have made almost $30 less than a week into this. At least if we continue at this rate we will have paid 2 years of hosting off in less than a month :) ]]> merth http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/merth/wheres-money-30/ Website mania! http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/merth/website-mania-29/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:13:02 GMT So in keeping with my fantasy and my wife seeing how happy it made me to have something new to spend time on that could potentially make some money she whole heartedly jumped on my cloud. Thus not... So in keeping with my fantasy and my wife seeing how happy it made me to have something new to spend time on that could potentially make some money she whole heartedly jumped on my cloud. Thus not only was conan site born, but so were her cell phone site and her baby site. Thus began a new saga that we could both share and work on together. ]]> merth http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/merth/website-mania-29/ Hobby turned business! http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/merth/hobby-turned-business-28/ Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:06:57 GMT So when does a hobby turn into a business? For me it started with the constant questions being asked...what do you get out of playing these games? You don't make any money, you don't free up any time for family, you are so involved you dont even see what is happening under your nose and it costs money every month, not to mention the initial cost of buying the game and frequent updates to computer to be able to play the latest and greatest. So when presented with an opportunity to own a website which potentially can make some money I jumped at it. Now all the naysayers will say you can't make money with a website, its a waste of time. To them I say maybe so, but it's my fantasy so either join in or get off my cloud. ]]> merth http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/merth/hobby-turned-business-28/ <![CDATA[It's a brave new world]]> http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/silverfoot/its-brave-new-world-27/ Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:58:34 GMT Basically the last year and a half have been a minor nightmare, heading to a major nightmare, for Trish and I. In a nutshell credit card rates spiralled to hell on us. The mortgage moved to 11.125%.... Basically the last year and a half have been a minor nightmare, heading to a major nightmare, for Trish and I. In a nutshell credit card rates spiralled to hell on us. The mortgage moved to 11.125%. OCP went down the tubes, with the new owners giving me the shaft basically. :shots:

Slowly but surely we’ve been pulling our butts from the fire. And not without some help! I managed to get hired for as a manager at a retail store back in March, at the same time my best friend also hired me on as a computer tech. With that help we got the credit card disaster in order. Slowly but surely we’ll be “retiring” those cards to the drawer in very short order. (As advised, we won’t cancel them as it hurts your credit score). Most importantly on August 1st, we FINALLY closed on a mortgage with M&T bank. Yeah!! It drop our mortgage to 6.62%. I can’t even describe the relief, we’re just really hung up on our house!

Sean is still on the road with Slipknot. Heather & Russ will get to see him and the show on August 16th in Hartford. We’ll be watching Ethan. I think we got the better deal! Russ & Heather’s move to the condo got done last week. How much nicer for them! Heather also heard from the Catholic school in the Bronx, so it’s back to work for her in Sept. I know it’s bittersweet. While the paycheck is uber important to them and improving thier lifestyle, leaving Ethan is tough. But at least he’ll be with Gammie a few days a week.
Spoke with Rob and gave him all his signin info. Hopefully we’ll see some posts from him soon.
The house renovations are coming along. we’re into the replace the moulding stage. It’s looking just great. The wallpaper for the behind the kitchen counter should be in this week. Then we can pick out the paper for the other walls and finish that room up. House is looking great and fresh, which makes Trish happy. And we all know if Trish is happy, I’m happy! :beer1: ]]> Silverfoot http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/silverfoot/its-brave-new-world-27/ Easy Link to EA Customer Support for UO http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/queen-mum/easy-link-ea-customer-support-uo-26/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:03:15 GMT _EA Customer Support for Ultima Online... EA Customer Support for Ultima Online ]]> Queen Mum http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/queen-mum/easy-link-ea-customer-support-uo-26/ Anime Love http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/anime-love-25/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:39:30 GMT Anime put to some of my favourite songs.

YouTube - Shakugan no Shana - Bring me to Life

YouTube - Anime mix - Unfaithful

YouTube - Aishiteru ze Baby - Bryan Adams - Have You Ever Really Loved

YouTube - Shakugan no Shana- Angel of Darkness

YouTube - Anime mix - My immortal

YouTube - Let me love you ]]> Tabbitha http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/anime-love-25/ How to RP an Orc http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/how-rp-orc-24/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:36:23 GMT The vid clip says it all



YouTube - Lurtz - Trouble ]]> Tabbitha http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/how-rp-orc-24/ All things Tolkien http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/tabbitha/all-things-tolkien-23/ Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:34:41 GMT My first blog on the new site goes to one of my passions....MIDDLE EARTH. Christopher Lee says while he wants to return to Middle Earth, but he doesn’t want to travel all the way to New Zealand to... My first blog on the new site goes to one of my passions....MIDDLE EARTH.

Christopher Lee says while he wants to return to Middle Earth, but he doesn’t want to travel all the way to New Zealand to do it. He almost sounds tired talking about the long trip from his home in London.

He would like to get the part of the voice of Smaug though. He talks about this and other things Middle Earth in this very enlightening video. Lee is one of the most knowledgable men alive on the subject of Middle Earth and was the only person involved in The Lord Of The Rings who actually new JRR Tolkien.

A short video of what he had to say

YouTube - Christopher Lee about possibly returning to Middle Earth
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed ...


--- Celebrating 232 Years of American Independence, 4 July 2008 ---


(It) will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.

-- A letter from John Adams to wife Abigail - July 3, 1776 in anticipation of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.




Independence Day honors the birthday of the United States of America and the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It’s a day of picnics and patriotic parades, a night of concerts and fireworks, and a reason to fly the American flag. It is a celebration of our proclamation for freedom, the actual achievement of which took raising an army of 217,000 and seven long years of hard fighting and war, resulting in 4,435 dead and another 6,188 wounded, in a fledgling country of approximately 3 million people in the 13 colonies.


IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. Read more
Fireworks Safety Tips Virtual Visits ]]> Queen Mum http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/queen-mum/happy-birthday-america-22/ <![CDATA[YAY It's here ... the *double edge day!]]> http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/queen-mum/yay-its-here-double-edge-day-21/ Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:35:22 GMT Summer starts at 6:59pm Central .... :dance: Image: http://www.uoforums.com/members/queen-mum/albums/greetings/338-firstdayofsummer.jpg *We look forward to this day all year through except... ... Summer starts at 6:59pm Central .... :dance:


*We look forward to this day all year through except...
now we are closer to days of winter blues! :icon_eek: ]]> Queen Mum http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/queen-mum/yay-its-here-double-edge-day-21/ Fire Pit Reward Pic ... http://www.uoforums.com/blogs/queen-mum/fire-pit-reward-pic-20/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:47:19 GMT Hope the picture helps a few folks when deciding on what to get ...
it flickers and doesn't appear to be blockage :)
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