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Guess what, you can get out of it. No seriously, I kid you not. You can get out of the contract before the set time and without having to pay their ridiculous early termination fees either. How? By swapping out with Cellswapper, that’s how. Cellswapper allows you to “get out” of your wireless contract by having someone else take over it for you. This allows you to get a short term plan for your cell that has no activation fee (and should you wish) a free phone. How cool is that? I swear if I had known about this before my contract expired I would have done this!

Let’s say you have a network of customers, associates, or perhaps a list of other interested people that you desperately want to inform of a new product or promotion that is going on. You could always send them an email. But not everyone has an email address (odd I know), or they didn’t wish to provide an email account to be contacted at. In which case, what do you do then? Even if the email goes through you’ve probably got about a 50-50 chance it might wind up in the spam box or they don’t see it in enough time, if it’s time sensitive.

So email isn’t very reliable, what about doing it the old fashioned way? Well, to be frank, that’s an even riskier option. Sadly enough, the United States Postal Service is not the most reliable. Your mail might get there on time, it might not. It might make it in one piece, and it might not even make it at all. Your odds are probably less than 50-50 here. That’s not even taking into consideration the cost of packaging and mailing your information either. So how does one get their information delivered to interested parties in a manner that conveys the message accurately and will actually reach the intended?

If you’ve found yourself puzzling over these questions you might want to give Vontoo voice messaging a shot. Have no fear, this isn’t a tele-marketing scam. Vonto is a permission-based, voice messaging system that allows you to send audio messages to any home or cell phone number in the United States.

Does this work? Well just ask the Steve and Lisa Roberts of the weekly Plan B Sundays at Belvedere night club in Houston, TX who partnered with the sixth season American Idol Finalist LaKisha Jones to promote their event. Jones, who had quite the Gospel and R&B fanbase in Houston, recorded a voice message for them that was sent out to interested persons. Needless to say, it was a hit. You can read more about this success and others on their site.

School is back in session and the summer is all but finished, so now might be the time to soak in the last remaining warms days by putting in a few more hours outdoors while you can. Likewise, it’s a good idea to soak up some of those End-of-the-Summer savings as well. OnlineDiscountMart.com has some great deals for you to peruse. From Garden Hose Reels to bird baths and other garden accessories.

Of course, if you’re like me, then you’re rejoicing that Fall is on its merry way, in which case you might want to check out their Halloween decorations. They’re all fairly reasonably priced, and very cute. Like the Witch Parking sign. I actually have the bumper sticker for that, but I’d like to get that little sign and hang it over the carport. If it wasn’t for the fact that people like to vandalize mailboxes around here you can bet I would get the skeleton mailbox cover, despite it being a little out of my price range.

Tequila, it’s that nasty-strong alcohol that you and your friends in college always knocked back, shot after shot, on dares to see who could keep a straight face the longest right? Then again, maybe it’s just the drink you’ve never liked straight but can tolerate in mixed drinks, or perhaps it’s just the chaser to your beer? Not necessarily so. There are literally hundreds of different kinds of tequila, and as you have probably already surmised, they all differ in alcohol content, taste, and quality. If you’ve ever knocked back a shot of of generic Jose Cuevo and been fortunate enough to linger over a shot of Corazon Anejo then you know that’s not the entire truth of it, in fact, you’re doing the liquor a grave injustice.

Like all drinks there are your standard bar fare and then there are your top-shelf brands. What, you didn’t know there was such a thing as top-shelf tequila? Then you really need to check out The Tequila Guy. Not only will you learn more about this drink, but you can also find some great recipes. Got a question that isn’t addressed on the site? Just ask, they’ll be happy to answer it!

Ok, so I know that you’re probably already familiar with Wilmer Valderrama’s show on MTV, “Yo Momma,” but what you might not know is that MTV just recently started an online part to the show - it’s basically an enormous online bank of yo momma jokes and slams. Check it out at yomomma.tv and you can start battling other users around the world, or come check out their yomomma myspace page to meet other people that are just as interested in Yo Momma as you are.

Have you watched Yo Momma yet? If yes, what did you think of it? If you haven’t, why not?