Laura on Jan 23rd 2009
The Iron Cactus in Austin, Texas has been rated as the 6th best tequila bar in the country. Having visited over the weekend (my wife and I love Mexican food and made a special trip to Austin for our anniversary) I can honestly say that I think it should be a little higher than 6th. The range and quality of tequila served in the rooftop bar (great atmosphere up there, and almost worth the trip alone. Certainly we’d be going there for drinks regularly if we lived closer) is mind blowing. And it’s reasonable too: a simple Margarita weighs in at just $4.
The dining area is full of people who must have heard this Mexican restaurant’s excellent reputation, and we had a short wait before being show to our table. The Mexican food on offer here was definitely worth the short wait, however.
I had heard great things about the fish tacos and tortilla soup, so that is what I ordered. The reviews didn’t do it justice! My wife enjoyed her dishes, too.
This is a great Mexican restaurant with great food, fantastic drinks, and very friendly and helpful staff. Credit to the team there: we had a fantastic time.
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Laura on Dec 16th 2008
People who are dieting will often try anything to help them with weight loss. These people will be interested to hear that a small fruit native to the Brazilian rain forest has been identified as having helped some people with weight loss. Acai is the fruit, and it is the world’s most potent super food.
Super food acai may be, but it’s not much cop if all it does is help people with weight loss. Organic Acai has many more benefits, however, and whatever your outlook on dieting and weight loss acai can definitely provide huge benefits.
Not only is acai one of the most antioxidant fruits known — twice as packed with antioxidants as a red grape — it also offers the consumer a lot amino acids and essential omega fatty acids. All of this is good stuff as far as your delicate body is concerned. Eat it up!
When you consider all the goodness that this berry offers, there is little wonder why its popularity has simply sky rocketed over the past few years. And now you add that acai helps weight loss? Are you kidding? Does anyone think that it’s going to be possible just to survive on Acai Products alone?
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Laura on Nov 3rd 2008
Some people have it all. I would describe Mark and Stacy Davidson as having it all and, frankly, I’m jealous. The married couple live in a gorgeous, large and well kept house in the country, they have three wonderful, healthy children running around, and they have a lot of spare time to spend with their family.
Yet, and here’s the interesting bit, Mark and Stacy run a very successful business that takes up a lot of time. This is a home based business that has been done in the right way. This is a home based business that manages to employ 6 very happy, very productive part time staff that enjoy the same work from home benefits that Mark and Stacy afford themselves. The team meet virtually and utilize a whole array of technical equipment that allows them to stay in touch even though they are miles apart. “It works for us”, says Stacy. And it evidently does, this is a successful home based business by any measure.
The husband and wife team quite their day jobs 4 years ago and have never looked back; of course there is no reason to look back when you have worked so hard to be so successful. Their home based business is their life and yet their life is so full of meaning.
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Laura on Oct 31st 2008
I had heard some things about Ares Destiny and it was only a matter of time before my browser found its way to the related site. I am a bit of a file sharing nut, you see, and I really love trying out the latest versions of Ares. I especially love to try them out when they are free. There’s no harm in that, is there? Well yes, actually, it appears there is.
Off I went to the site and had a look around. It’s nice, and I was instantly ferried towards the conclusions that this was a good piece of software. The file was soon on my computer and, shock and awe, the thing installed first time with no problems. So far so good. I was impressed.
The Ares Destiny software is kind of new looking and while it isn’t a world beater there are some good features. Some bits are mediocre but you have to take the rough with the smooth!
The reality of the situation hit home when I got 12 popups over a five minute period. I knew I had some adware on my system and on further investigation I found that it was Dealio, a piece of electronic vermin that I had heard of before. Deeper investigation led me to the conclusion that the Ares Destiny installation had introduced it to the system.
Keep away from Ares Destiny!
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Laura on Oct 26th 2008
Nobu just released a new inwall touchscreen computer that will be shipping by mid-December. The unit features a 1.0GHz fanless Intel processor, a revolutionary 4GB solid state disk drive.
Here is an excerp from the folks from Nobu:
The new 8″ panel is a fully functional inwall touchscreen PC with all necessary input/output ports to control any subsystem or automation hardware in your home or office. Our goal with the new design is to satisfy a large demand for a smaller inwall touchpanel as well as to create the most robust, powerful, and visually appealing touchscreen computer on the planet. We designed the N8 without a fan because we wanted to eliminate noise and also to eliminate possible points of failure which is also why we will offer the high performance industrial Embedded Disk Card (iEDC) hard drive as an alternative to a standard 5400RMP hard drive. The N8 touchscreen PC will have a fanless 1.0 GHz Intel Celeron M processor. The N8 will be available with Windows XP Professional. We can also sell the N8 without an operating system for special applications.
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Laura on Oct 25th 2008
It was not very long since that I would have referred to myself as Ares Vista download virgin: for whatever reason I had never felt the need to download Ares Vista. Now, I am pleased to say, I am a paid up member of the non-virgin club.
Because I didn’t know a thing about filesharing, and indeed I didn’t know where to start to download Ares Vista, I did a search on the trusty old Internet. I came up trumps when I discovered the Official Ares Vista site.
The Official Ares Vista site actually provided me with all the information I could conceivably want from their excellent news section – forthright and entertaining to a fault! – to their FAQs and tutorials section. Their FAQs instantly answered a question I had about making Ares Vista play nicely with Windows Vista, so that’s a bonus point right there! The reviews of the different versions of Ares Vista available are the gold standard of the industry. Definitely required reading if you want to download Ares Vista.
Whether you’re looking to download Ares Vista or just to pass some of your very valuable time doing something interesting and important, there is always something there for you to take a look at on Official Ares Vista.
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Laura on Oct 20th 2008
It could easily be said that Sarah Palin is too conservative to become the Vice President of the United States. It could also be said that in standing behind her convictions with the energy that she does is a rare quality that should be celebrated and harnessed.
Sarah Palin’s views on some subject will certainly not gain her friends from certain areas of the community. She is against same-sex marriage, for instance. Her faith is strong, she is an active member of her local church, and she believes that creationism should be taught in schools.
Sarah Palin is a self confessed bible holding hockey mom but is also definitely a pragmatist. In today’s world of energy crises Palin’s support of the exploration of her native Alaska for natural resources seems like a breath of fresh air.
Abortion is a topic that has stirred plenty of animosity towards Sarah Palin but she maintains that it should not be allowed except in cases where the mother’s life is in danger.
Sarah Palin is an amazing woman with rock solid convictions. She will not be moved from her position. Take the Bridge to Nowhere episode: in those situations her dogged determination have certainly won her support from many corners.
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Laura on Oct 20th 2008
The internet is a great place on which to find information. Search engines like Google, Yahoo! and Altavista really make finding what you want really easy. What they can also do, unfortunately, is give unlimited platforms to unlimited numbers of people who want to write absolute rubbish. There is no regulation on the Internet and you have no idea as to the veracity of what you are reading and anyone with an agenda can spread lies and rumors.
When you’re looking for unbiased information on a viable home business opportunity like Wealth Masters International, for instance, you might type the Wealth Masters International key phrase into Google. Google will then give you thousands – if not millions – of pages all about Wealth Masters International. How do you know which is genuine?
You can’t, I’m afraid. But you can trust your gut feeling. If something seems just too positive or just too negative then you might be onto a fake; there’s simply no way of knowing.
The only way to be sure that you won’t be ripped off is to i) take everything that you read with a huge pinch of salt; and ii) do a lot of research: there is some reliable information out there regarding Wealth Masters International! Find it!
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Laura on Oct 16th 2008
A friend of mine and I decided that the time was right try Salvia. We’d heard enough about it on various radio shows, TV programs and in loads of newspapers and magazines. The simple fact that it was an unknown quantity made it all the more attractive to us. We found a decent supplier of Salvia on the Web and bought a modestly sized portion.
I tried smoking the Salvia first as I have a little more experience in hallucinogenic drugs than my friend. Plus she was, I think, a little scared.
I went into a daydream almost instantly. A strange calm feeling entered me. I thought of the lines from the poem Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep:
“I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn’s rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush”
And all of these feelings came to me at once. The morning hush, the gentle rain, sunlight on ripened grain. Then, inexplicable, an almighty swift uplifting rush. Uplifting really is the right word, as I felt my self falling quickly upwards.
My friend was sober through all of this and she managed to stop me from doing too much damage to myself as I flailed around on the floor. Strange stuff, this Salvia. Well worth the a try, though!
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Laura on Oct 14th 2008
Sex isn’t a subject that normally springs to mind when I’m thinking about self help books, so when I heard the two subjects mentioned together during a meal I was fortunate enough to attend, I sat up and listened. Apparently, said the voice (I’m not sure who it was), Chapter 11 of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich is all about sex.
You can imagine my interest as I rushed home to pick up my (very dusty) copy of Think and Grow Rich (completely unread, I’m afraid to say) and flicked through the chapters. There it was: “The Mystery of Sex Transmutation: The Tenth Step Towards Riches”. Wow. I had had Think and Grow Rich for nearly a year and I didn’t notice that chapter.
I believe it takes a particular mindset to read this type of book and I don’t mind admitting that I hadn’t had it before. Upon flicking through the “sex” chapter (actually, it’s not that focused on sex!) I noticed that Think and Grow Rich had some really interesting things to say. I managed to finish the remainder of the book in an two afternoon’s readings. I’ve re-read it a few times since and every time it gets me somewhere new.
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