Painted Lovers

Love ink? Think that the body painted is the perfect canvas? Single? Then this is the site for you.

Tattoo Lovers.com is an online tattoo personals site for people who have, or are interested in meeting people with tattoos. You can browse through photos and profiles of people with similar interests. The site is one of the better designed ones I've seen and the people on it look truly interesting, unlike many dating sites online.

Before you join, you can browse through some photos of members to get an idea of who might be on the site. Many are unable to be viewed without a membership. Private photos maybe? I would have liked to have seen more pics, but the ones I did get to look at were pretty intersting.

Check out tattoo dating now, at TattooLovers.com

My God... It's Full of Tards...

I do surveys every once in a while. Not because I'm desperate to talk to people or have them know my opinion. Or care. Or believe they really care what my opinion is beyond their ability to milk the last penny from me, but because I can get some pennies from them for a change.

In my travels through the tardosphere, I've noticed some things.

First, they usually want to know some standard profile stuff about you. Normal enough but in the last few years a trend has developed. We've all heard how hispanics are the fastest growing segment of society. Hooraaay. You got to wonder at the irony of being hispanic and finally being "noticed" by the man. Comes with some ironic twists I would say. On the one hand, companies and entertainment groups are now focused on pleasing you so your culture and heritage are on display and such. More TV shows, more products directed at you, more entertainment directed at you in general, but as the African Americans in this country found, this isn't always well-done, or well-intended. It's simply to try to get at your money. Most are slow to notice this in their pride and pleasure at being noticed.

So, back to my survey.

The form asks for my "ethnicity". From a very limited group of choices, I put white.

Then they ask for my "race".

My only choices are:

Hispanic/Latino (what's the difference?)
Other
Prefer Not to Say

How freakin blatant is that?!

Are you hispanic?! Yeah?! Woohoooo!! Here's a bunch of stuff we want to market to you in order to capitalize and monetize this, the most rapidly growing market in the US right now. The blacks let us down because we didn't realize that they don't all drink Malt Liquor and eat fried chicken (though we still try both avenues), but you guys totally eat up the hispanic thing as long as we pander to you.

Then...

I click through to the page that asks that you be truthful:

Before you begin, please make sure that you check off the appropriate option below:


- I agree to provide honest and thoughtful responses to all questions within this survey and to
take the time to read and respond accurately to all questions within this survey.


- I do not agree to provide honest and thoughtful responses to all questions within this survey or to
take the time to read and respond accurately to all questions within this survey.


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Huh? I'm going to really click the one that says I'm going to be dishonest? Why would you even offer that option?! If I click "I do not..." does that mean I'm lying about that too and WILL be honest?

Furniture From Home

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If you're like most people, the idea of shopping for furniture in a furniture store is not particularly appealing. My experiences with them have been nearly as bad as shopping for cars. In fact it's almost identical! As soon as you walk in, you notice the sales sharks hanging by the front door, waiting for vict... I mean customers to walk in, and then they pounce! They offer to help and then they follow you around as you browse, asking annoying questions. "What are you looking for?" Ummm...furniture? "Can I help you find something?" Why? Is the furniture hard to find? Ah, no, there it is, all around me...

Now you can shop for furniture online from the company. Furniture From Home.com has a great selection of furniture in many different styles and price ranges. You can shop by room or color. You can even shop by style!

Furniture From Home offers everything for the home office to the bedroom. They even have a decent selection of backless bar stool

I really like the Queen Espresso bedroom set. I'm a sucker for the dark contemporary wood.

The site itself is attractive and easy to navigate. I had no trouble finding anything, though I would have liked a more detailed listing of styles and furniture item links. The good thing is they have an onsite search engine to solve that problem. It seemed to work pretty good for most things, but there were some issues. For example, the word "dresser" turned up nothing. I suppose that's not what they call that item, but what would they call it? I found some by simply searching "bedroom".

Overall it's a nice site and I could see myself using it if I was looking for furniture.

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Single Moms and Dads Dating Site

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As a formerly single dad, I can certainly attest to how difficult it is to find someone to date. There are so many issues to consider, but the main thing is how the potential date will react to the news you have a child or how they will interact with them if and when you introduce them.

SingleMomsAndDads.com is a dating site specifically for Single Parents. Joining is free and you can immediately search for singles. The site itself is laid out fairly nicely, though the designer in me dislikes the color scheme. Just an asthetic thing for me. Not a fan of the baby blue. Other than that, it's not bad. Navigation is easy and the search function is a piece of cake.
This post sponsored by SingleMomsAndDads.com

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Online Florist For New Yorkers

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If you live in New York, there is a florist online that can take your order and deliver beautiful flowers and gifts to anyone you like in the city. Digital Flowers is a New York flower shop that can handle all of your floral needs. They also carry many other gifts such as chocolates, teddies, ballons and gift baskets.
The good news is they also deliver just about anywhere else in the United States too. The site itself is laid out pretty well and is easy to navigate too. Everything you need to find is right on the front page, so there's no digging around to find something. From a graphic design point of view, the site is fairly easy on the eyes, though I myself have a pet peeve about sites that insist on being 800 x 600. I know this is the standard, but the idea that comapnies cannot take advantage of the internet and offer nice, large graphics because some old guy in Wisconsin still has a commadore 64 is annoying.
This post sponsored by DigitalFlowers.com

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