Blog merger news: Real Jamaican Recipes merging with Mykals Report

Thank you very much for following Court and I on our Real Jamaican Cooking blog http://realjamaicancooking.blogspot.com/. We have enjoyed the past few months of posting recipes, getting suggestions and hearing comments.

However, it is time for a change. Managing 3 blogs has become too time consuming so we are merging 'Real Jamaican Cooking' into 'Mykals Report'. Don't worry, all the recipes and posts have been imported and are now posted under the heading, 'Real Jamaican Cooking' (you will find them under the heading at the top right side of the blog home page called, 'Morales Topics').

We hope our followers will 'follow' us here.

And look out for the Rice & Peas recipe coming soon.

A golf joke for your Saturday morning chuckle

This joke struck me the right way this morning. Thanks to my sister-in-law, DV.

Happy 2nd day of Spring :)

On a golf tour in Newfoundland , a famous Canadian golf pro drives his new Ford Fusion into a gas station in a remote part of town. The pump attendant, obviously knows nothing about golf, greets him in a typical Newfoundland manner completely unaware of who the golfing pro is.'

'How's she cuttin' bye'' says the attendant. The Pro nods a quick 'hello' and bends forward to pick up the nozzle. As he does so, two tees fall out of his shirt pocket onto the ground.

''What are dose?'' asks the attendant. ''They're called tees'' replies the Pro.'

'Well, what on earth are dey for?'' inquires the attendant.

''They're for resting my balls on when I'm driving'', says the Pro.

"Lard tunderin", says the Newfoundlander, ''Ford tinks of everyting!''

MSTRKRFT was awesome on Jimmy Kimmel!

We stayed up until 1 am Thursday morning to catch MSTRKRFT on Jimmy Kimmel. This was well past my usual bedtime, but it was worth it. It was the first time we had seen MSTRKRFT perform http://www.mstrkrft.com/. We were blown away: it was really cool to see our nephew, Al P doing his thing on a national late night talk show.

And surprise...we enjoyed the Jimmy Kimmel Show! http://abc.go.com/latenight/jimmykimmel/index. He had a great opening monologue and excellent guests. Jimmy's interaction with them was right on. Even though we tuned specifically in to catch MSTRKRFT, we ended up becoming fans. Since we rarely see 12 midnight during the work week, a PVR is suddenly in our future.

Great show...great performance...early to bed tonight :)

My blogging experience continued...

Over the months of my blogging, I have occasionally posted articles documenting my experience as a newbie blogger. I did this as a way to share my learning. This post continues the story and and at the suggestion of Blogger.com, asks for something as well: please follow my blogs. Here is my experience since my last update:

• About a month ago I decided to stop the emails to friends and family telling them to check out the blog posts. Now I only promote online. I am sure they are relieved :). It was a scary day for me however. And a surprising thing happened: visits to my blogs increased.
• Promote on facebook (http://www.facebook.com/) in a couple of places: on my 'Status' and in relevant groups. This is a great social network site with more emphasis on the social.
• Promote on Linkedin (http://www.linkedin.com/) in my 'Status' area and in relevant groups as well. Linkedin is a more business-oriented network. I have received the most response here. The comments on the blogs and the direct communication is generally more well thought out. Plus, I have expanded my network because of the email exchanges. I strongly recommend linkedin.
• Twitter of course (http://twitter.com/). This is a bit of a 'Push' network, but I always see an increase in blog visits when I tweet a new post.
• And most recently, I have found Ping (http://ping.fm/). This site is still in beta, but it allows you to update all your networks with one post. I currently use it to post to twitter, facebook and linkedin. I like the one-stop approach and heartily recommend this.
• I stumbleupon as well (http://www.stumbleupon.com/). This is in my browser toolbar and is an easy way to say 'I like it'.
• I submit my articles to digg (http://digg.com/). Gives me additional exposure.
• I submit my posts to Zimbio as well (http://www.zimbio.com/). I used to publish to my own ezines, but now I submit to various others. This seems more effective.
• I have increased my blog roll on each of my blogs. I ask for a reciprocal link as well.
• I post comments on various blogs that interest me. I post with my name and blog URL.

All of that sounds like a lot of work. It is but it actually takes about 15 minutes after I post new material. And with ping.fm, I can update twitter, linkedin and facebook with one post. This is much more efficient.

And now the next step, working to increase my followers. Please check out my three blogs and if you see something you enjoy, follow me. Here are the blogs:

• http://mykalsreport.blogspot.com/
• http://giraffemarketing.blogspot.com/
• http://realjamaicancooking.blogspot.com/
  

Thanks for your support