MyLot Rules!

What have I been doing with my tiny portion of spare time? I've been on MyLot, mostly. It's a bboard that pays you per post, per photo, and per referral. From what I can see, you're teaching their search engine to find articles about anything you like to write about. From there, the search engine generates ads from eBay, Amazon, and so forth and displays the ads every time your use their search function to find a discussion. Then you might click on...say...a movie that you've wanted to buy on DVD, or a book that's being sold dirt cheap. MyLot gets paid for the click, and they pass it in to their "bboarders", writers, and bloggers. Oh, and you never have to purchase anything. You never have to click on an ad. This place is different.

Usually on a good day I'm making a buck or two, and that's pretty good compared to some of the kids who think they're good writers over there. Most appear to want to write a chapter on a subject, ask a question, and try to be the most popular posting by getting the most responses. My most popular post was "Does Your Husband Change The Toilet Roll?!"
I got over 30 gals and two guys writing me about how they'd been agonizing about that very subject for years. ;)

But it's not the popularity of a post that earns you money. It's the very quality and quantity of words in a first posting, as well as the reply to someone else's posting. Threads containing web page shortcut referrals (you must put the web page address in your post) pay more. Adding a photo to your post adds a cent to your total. And finally, there's the all-important "500th" post, when you get access to copy and paste (they stop you from doing it until then because of the temptation to plagiarize, I suppose.) I"m working my way towards it with friendly banter about such subjects as CSI: Las Vegas - there's a huge crowd of fans for the show there, "Deadliest Catch"(ditto), movie reviews, music discussions - really - if you have a desire in life, there are people with whom you can share a common interest at MyLot. I'm making friends, just like I did here in MySpace, the only thing is - they are much friendlier. Really! It's like all the floodgates open, and you can talk about just about anything. I've found my niche there with a few gals, (guys, there seem to be packs you discussing wresting, sex, and uh...action movies). So I'm quite content. It's not every bboard that will tolerate you posting about LEXX. acting, Jeff Goldblum's new series: Raines, Star Search, Star Trek, CSI, and Deadliest Catch, The Gong Show, The Addams Family, and Men all on the same web-board!
:)
If you're interested and want to try it out, why not stop by and do some searches in the "Discussions" section, see if anything piques your interest, and discover yet another outlet for your talents! I've guesstimated that even before my cut and paste abilities are awarded that I'll make about and extra $300 dollars this year just for doing what I do at a zillion other bboards. Seems fair to me - that's a LIPA (electricity) bill and a half! I could use getting that paid...;)

Be sure to use my address as posted here, so that I'll get a little cut for referring you. Read my stuff! Post your own, and get paid. I'll be looking for you.

http://www.mylot.com/?ref=DarlingGirl

Star Trek In MY Life

Real life has hit me in the noggin.
I'm working like a maniac trying to get an eBay business started, but in the midst of it all is that nagging feeling - that voice in the back of my brain that calls out, "You haven't gotten any Star Trek today!"
Dang, it's a rude little insessant peep of a voice that tortures me day and night.
I know that Voyager is on TV right now, and I'm struggling to finish up this blog and get my work done so that I can turn on the boob-tube to get my dose.

It's not just any Star Trek, no! It's Voyager, the series that I still haven't seen completely.
That means there's a remote chance of enjoying an new episode!
How can I not run for the remote and turn it on?

For you to understand my addiction, you'd have to picture me toddling at three years old n diapers with a bottle hanging halfway out of my mouth, screaming: "I wanna watch Mr. Big Ears! I wanna watch him, NOW!"
Little did my poor parents know, but the series was about to get canned, causing all sorts of trouble when that friendly, Vulcan face wasn't up on the screen in front of me. I can recall crying, screaming fits of misery. Why would it end, when it was part of my life from age one to age four?

Fortunately, The Monkees Mike Nesmith was nearly as good as Len Nimoy, and the crying fits stopped. Ithink I thought that Nesmith was actually Nimoy. He's got the same build, anyway.

So that's why Star Trek will always be a part of my everyday life. It's like eating and drinking -- I need it to calm me and sustain me.

Oh! Let it be known that I'm a nutter about Star Trek, and that from time to time you'll see crazy articles about Captain Kirk and Jean-Luc Picard.
Allrighty?! ;)

Return of The Writer

Hi, Honey, I'm home!
I wish that was the way I felt. Coming to Blogger.com has taken me a journey of ten years of learning computer technology, waiting 30 years for computer technology to get to this point, and the sheer will to make some money in a passive way.

Not to say that this is entirely passive, for we writers know just how frustrating an article can get if we need to do research for sources and information.



On the other hand, I adore research. That's why I've titled my blog "Punk Librarian".

It was a nickname that I was given when I was working in the publishing field. I was a librarian, and I got my hair cut ala' Ziggy Stardust. It was comfortable, but I looked like Joan of Arc! Named by a coworker, "PunkLibrarian" stuck to me and has been my motto for years. I'm a librarian, but I'm a researcher in many fields. I tend to be the "attack and take no prisoners!" sort of researcher, diving in where others fear to tread. I've no idea why or how my passion for research came from. When I was a kid I wouldn't do research past my set of encyclopaedias, if I even went that far. I absolutely hated research.

Somewhere along the line I developed and insatiable curiosity for how things work -- and that led to my current state -- always wanting more.

So as I said on my profile, don't be surprised if you see lots and lots of different subjects in my blogs. My interests range far and wide!



So wish me luck here in my new home. It's obvious that I've got a lot of work ahead of me.

I hope it will be as fun for me to write as it will be for you to read.

*ahem*

Looks like we need a decorator around here.... ;)