Thursday, November 10, 2011

Three Things Thursday

First things first

If you didn't read Running Ricigs post Yes I Strap Laser Pointers on my dog   then you need to.  I was laughing so hard about it yesterday I was nearly crying, then I would think about it again and just crack up.  Did anyone else read that and just love it?  Worth a read. 

Happy Birthday to my baby sister Jessica today.  Less than a month until you are here!
Okay now the three :)

1. I tried the vanilla latte flavored Click yesterday...YUM!  If you are a coffee lover this is really yummy.  Much better than some of the other kinds and flavors I have tried.  Doesn't have an after taste, maybe a little strong on the coffee flavor so I will try to water it down a little more next time. I think I may order some more.  I like it! 

2. I got in a 6.6 mile run yesterday.  I hate point anything runs unless it is a 5k or 10k or half marathon.  I like them to be neat little 5 mile, 7 mile etc runs.  Now looking at that number I am once again irked.  Really I couldn't do .4 more.  I think I had some rational for it at the time, like I needed to get home and make the kids some lunch.  Priorities!

3. Has anyone else graded their blog?  There is a website blog.grader.com that grades your blog.  I am kind of embarrased to say it gave me a 59.  A fifty-freaking-nine. I got an "F"?   This drives me a little crazy.  I was an "A" student kind of girl in school.  I got my first B in 5th grade and was so embarrassed.  It was in science.  Biology.  Ugh.  I didn't get all A's in school but mostly and graduated third in my class.  Almost 2nd.  I am a little competitive.  I can't help it, I like to win.  I get that from my Dad. My husband hates playing cards with me, he says I gloat too much.  (Is it my fault I am so good at cribbage?)

It did say my  blog was ranked 266,709 out of the approximately 911,895 other blogs that they have graded. That isn't too bad I figure for only being around since April.  They also said my posts could be a little wordier.  and here I was worrying about writing too much all the time and boring people.  An average of 489 words a post is too short.  Great now I want a work counter on here when I type.  It was fun info to look at but this is supposed to be a blog for fun so I have decided that "F" they gave me is one for fun.   I have a fun blog.  This isn't school after all!

Can you read it, I know it is a little blurry. Sorry

 EDIT:  I checked again this morning before I posted this, I am obsessive like that, and suddenly I have an "A".  What?  So overnight I went from a 59 to a 96? I'll take it!  Now I have an A for awesome!  Not sure what the difference overnight was and now I am a little skeptical.  Unless it had something to do with my recent domain name change and it was just catching up?  Now I am 23,942 out of 911,893 blogs that they have graded.

Am I gloating..oops.  I feel like I whined about nothing now. Who are they to grade people's blogs anyway?

Have you graded your blog? Want to? go HERE, check it out I dare you :)
What is your favorite protein powder?
Do you like your runs to be nice even numbers too?

31 comments:

  1. blog grader? Do I really want to know!!! ACk!

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  2. Man, I'm already addicted to my grades with my grad courses, and now you throw that at me?! Totally gonna check that out later, but if I fail and end up in tears, I'm coming back to you! ;)

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  3. Whoa, my blog got a terrible grade! How depressing, lol.

    Thanks for the tag! I feel so important (and funny, which is my main goal in life).

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  4. I was an A student and borderline obsessive about it. So, do I really want my blog graded? Maybe not.

    Yes. I like even number runs. I will always go the extra distance to make it even but wouldn't consider cutting a run short to make it even. OCD much?

    Happy Thursday!

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  5. I had done the blog grader awhile ago and I had a failing grade then all of a sudden I am a 92. Who knows?

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  6. hmmm, I curious over what my grade is, but at the same time, I don't want to know : )

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  7. Ha! I got a 27 for my grade. I like it that way :p

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  8. I give your blog an A! I just tried it, but it was weird - I didn't get a score like that! Just an analysis....apparently I need to try harder too. Whoops.
    I always like my runs to be even numbers whenever possible, definitely.

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  9. I don't think I want to know my blog's grade :-) But, I'd give yours an A for sure :-)

    I hate ending runs in point anything. Yesterday I was planning a 15 minute run and I tried so hard to at least make it to a .25.

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  10. I'm not sure I WANT to know my blog's grade :) It might give me a complex, hehe...

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  11. Your blog is awesome, definitely an A :) I just tried it…I think I have to wait for a report, nothing happened?

    I always want my runs to end on a whole number and I like my runs to be even numbers or multiples of 5….nothing that ends in a 1, 3, 7, 9….I'm not sure why.

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  12. I got a 24...ah well...Guess it can only go up from there :)

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  13. 1. How do you get readers? Im still struggling to get my name out there.

    2. I want to put my blog under its own domain. Where did you start?

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  14. Hahaha! You are exactly like me. I really like my runs to be an even distance too. Don't know why it matters, but it does!

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  15. ha ha that is hilarious about the blog grade. I do not even dare check mine.

    And yes I used to be OCD about running even numbers but the more that I run the more I really don't care. :)

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  16. I don't think I want to grade my blog - I'd totally obsess about it! Good for you going from an F student to A in one day! You should be proud! hehe...

    I hate point anything runs AND if I am doing an out and back I HAVE to run and touch the post, the mile marker, or whatever I am running to before I can turn around and go back....maybe I should see someone about this...

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  17. I'm pretty sure I don't want to know my blog grade!! I don't know if I can resist checking it out, though.
    I can stop at a point-something distance as long as it is equivalent to a race distance- such as 6.2, 13.1, etc. Otherwise I have to end on the mile.

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  18. I don't even want to know what grade my blog would get :P lol and I love that dog laser post

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  19. I got a 27! Glad to see some of your followers are similarly "low"! Maybe that's why I have 59 followers... Alas...

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  20. Ok, so my blog fails too. Not sure that I am terribly shocked by it. My pictures, links, and word count, as well as titles all seemed to be OK, but I don't have my own domain since I use blogger. I don't have twitter or email subscriptions. Those were two big downfalls.

    I am scared do my personal site. It will probably fair even worse since no one but me and my MIL read it.

    I hate running portions of miles too, with the exception of one of my standard routes that was 3.4 miles long. It had another loop within it that if I doubled/tripled ect, it would turn into whole numbers. My friend Cristina has the same problem, only worse. Especially when biking. She can only end on a factor of 10, but not 90, she will have to go 10 more to get to 100.

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  21. im not going to grade my blog because im pretty sure I would get like a 10. and ignorance is bliss when knowing how lame my blog is. I hate not finishing on a full mile too, it drives me crazy. I'll either stop the Garmin early because I'm actually home or keep going...sometimes around the parking lot just to finish it off

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  22. Oh you ARE so competitive! Funny Girl.

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  23. I'm super competitive as well. Like a freak at board games. I have actually cried from being so happy about getting a yahtzee!

    I think it's hard to grade a blog because everyone likes different things.

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  24. i'm OCD about grades so i probably don't need to go see a big F for my blog!

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  25. Well, at least you're above Julie Arts, huh?!?!? :)

    I think it depends on if you link a billion social media websites to your blog...but I am too manic to deal with that many sites. Glad you're now an A - yay!

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  26. oh I did this once and I dont remember my score but it sent an email with everything I needed to fix...just reading it gave me a headache!!!

    I like my runs to be a pretty perfect number I will run up and down my driveway to make it even if I have to!!!

    type A personality over here

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  27. I don't know if this is right!! It told me my average post was 43 words...lol. That's just a LITTLE OFF! It also told me I don't have a Facebook link on my blog! So random!

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  28. I don't think I could face it! I'm bad enough about checking my visitor stats regularly!

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  29. I also like to run in even numbers. I was an A student in school. I also did poorly on my blog grade, a 49. I doubt it will go up. Your blog deserves an A+!!!

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  30. seems crazy it would change over night, that is a little crazy but either way good job!! Funny that website even exists!

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