Black Belt Mama has posted the most recent edition of Carnival of Martial Arts Blogs on her blog. You'll want to go check it out because it links to several good reviews for interesting martial arts books.
This evening, the kids and I had the good fortune of being in the right place at the right time. Since Carnival was postponed this year because of the local elections, there has been some confusion about when and if Playa del Carmen would hold this much anticipated festival. While Playa is notorious for its inability to properly deseminate information, this year really took the cake. No posters, no painted banners, no floats lining the streets letting us know that the festival was approaching. In years past, the whole Municipal Plaza has been a whir with activity: vendors hawking their wares, travelling carnies setting up death trap thrill rides, churro carts filling the air with the smell of warm sugar and fun!! Sadly, we seem to have missed out on all that this year. What we did see was a short but enthusiastic parade down 5th Avenue. The kids were thrilled !! This year's parade was a much abbreviated version of Carnival that once stretched from the zocalo nea
I am breaking from my typical Saturday postings today. I sat here trying to work on them but they were just not coming together. This post has been sitting in draft form for a while and was staring me down. So today must be the day to post it. Please visit the links, leave comments, and be blessed by the testimonies given. Hopefully, you will leave a comment here too.Here is our second Quiverful Carnival.Lisa from Me & My House writes: "How can children be so controversial, especially in Christian circles? It doesn’t seem to be so in Muslim circles, or Mormon circles, and it wasn’t in Christian circles prior to the mid-1900’s either. But it is today. So this post will no doubt be controversial."Read more of her article, Children~ A Heritage.Jennifer Posted an article written by Jewish Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on The Blessings of Children. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is the recipient of the American Jewish Press Association’s Award for Excellence in Commentary, and the inter
Go see this week's Catholic Carnival here. It's a Valentine's Carnival that you'll love (pun intended).
And we're at Catholic Carnival 159, which is over three years of Carnivals (they come out once a week). Wow! Can you believe it? If you haven't seen a Carnival, start this week with this Carnival.
God bless,
Jay
I'm a little late on this, but you can still check out this week's Catholic Carnival here. So check it out. It's chock full of Catholic goodness.
God bless,
Jay
February is looking like a good month for the Carnival of Rock ‘n’ Roll as there were lots of interesting entries. It’s good to see a lot of other bloggers saying something about rock and roll or music and that the carnival is growing as the most it grows the more everyone who [...]
There is a little of everything in this Catholic Carnival - from great information about Saints and Cardinals to incisive looks at our political culture today. I started to organize it more, but it just felt more like life when I left it a little messy. Without any other jibber-jabber, here's the Catholic Carnival:
Spending a Year in Good Company at Just Another Day of Catholic Pondering reflects on Sarah's patron Saints for this year: Sts. Paul and Barnabas. She also includes links to find your patron Saint for this year.
Things I'm Learning from Saint Catherine of Siena at Postscripts from the Catholic Spitfire Grill does just what the title suggests and explores judgmentalism and personal holiness.
What's Intent Got to Do With It? at We Belong to the Lord answers the question with a few examples that perfectly explain. Relativism is everywhere.
Cardinal Arinze: "Stop Ad-Libbing the Mass!" at Contrariwise reflects on a speech about the language in the liturgy by Cardinal Arinze
A couple of months ago, I began a blogroll for those who are actively living out the Quiverfull Lifestlye.The Quiverfull lifestyle is a movement among conservative evangelical Protestant Christians. Roman Catholics and some others might refer to the Quiverfull position as Providentialism. Those who hold this position do so not in an attempt to simply have large families but to leave in the hands of the Lord God Almighty His sovereignty and authority over the womb. The distinguishing viewpoint is to eagerly receive children as blessings from God, abandoning all forms of contraception, including natural family planning and sterilization. This post will seem "carnival-like." It's purpose is to highlight the testimonies of those who have joined thus far. There is some amazing, encouraging, heartbreaking, and hopeful reading contained within these links. Whether you hold this position or not, live it out or not, there is no doubt that if you read the testimonies you will see God at wor
Welcome to the second edition of my MMORPG Blog Carnival.
This post will be short and sweet since I have to rush for a very important meeting. Without further ado…
Danogo presents Discover the Fascinating History of Online Games With a Big Featured Gallery posted at Danogo.com - Discover. Inspiring . Media, saying, “A fun and cool [...]
This week's Catholic Carnival seems to be all about the pieces of our lives that make up our national culture. It seems appropriate to discuss our culture at the start of a new year - we even have posts challenging us to improve it (through learning and teaching our Faith). So without further adieu, here's the Catholic Carnival:
Faith: that sustains us and our culture.
As a first time religious ed teacher (I have first graders), I can attest to the truth of Catholic Matriarch in My Domestic Church's submission. But it's more than that! She offers A Catechetical Challenge for 2008. Are you up to the task?
Father V at Adam's Ale throws a little humor, a lot of truth, and some thoughtful opinion in a post on eulogizing called Not Such A Dead Topic. Think a eulogy should be done at Mass? Read this post first . . .
My Domestic Church gives us a little More on Saint Columba. It all starts with an email - and I would be surprised if you don't learn something new.
And with more to learn,
Why not start a new year with a great new Catholic Carnival here. It's full of great articles and dedicated to Our Lady (on her feast day).
God bless,
Jay
Here are some posts from my MMORPG Blog Carnival.
As promised, this will be the first issue and I will be posting other issues as I get more carnival submissions. If you want to be featured and be included in succeeding carnival issues, just head on over to my carnival and submit an article. The only [...]
Throughout 2007, there were some excellent pieces submitted to the Carnival of Rock ‘n’ Roll. I’m continuing the carnival into the new year and the trend is continuing as there were some great contributions this month.
Some people have all the luck and JD of I Do Things so You Don’t Have to seems [...]
Why Homeschool is having a contest for Carnival of Homeschooling graphics. Henry and Janine Cate from Why Homeschool write: Over the last two years several people have suggested we have a graphic or two for the carnival. I haven’t followed up on these suggestions. I’m not a very artsy person, so I didn’t feel confident in my ability to generate a cool graphic for the carnival.Here are some great carnival graphics. I’ve really enjoyed the graphic for the Homeschool Blog Awards. It recently occurred to me that one way to get some cool graphics for the Carnival of Homeschool was to invite others to generate candidates for a contest. This is taking advantage of the The Wisdom of Crowds. What we are going to do is have a two stage contest.For the first stage people can generate and submit icons for the carnival. They can post the icon on their blog and use Mister Linky to generate a link back. Or they can leave a comment telling us how to get the icon. We want to make sure people
I have decided to host a blog carnival as I had great results with submitting my articles and blog posts to other blog carnivals.
It's called the carnival of blogging tips & fresh perspectives. The first edition will be a free for all on whatever blogging tip you have to offer. If you've got an article you would like to share, feel fre9 Zoom(s)
Sorry for the light posting. We've been spending some great time with our families during the Christmas season (some vacation was in order!). However, we do have a great new Catholic Carnival here. It's the Christmas version, which makes it pretty special in itself.
Hope you are having a blessed, holy Christmas season. And remember: don't take down the decorations just yet. Christmas has only just begun!
God bless,
Jay
The Happy New Year Edition of the Carnival of Family Life will be hosted at Mixed Metaphor.net on Monday, July 31, 2007. Submit a post by December 29, 2007 at midnight to have it included. This is my first time hosting a blog carnival, so please help me make it a great success! We will ring in 2008 with a festive theme and wonderful Carniv5 Zoom(s)
Welcome to the first edition of Carnival of weight loss bloggers. This is my first Carnival and I’m feeling really happy and proud to have started it. People who aren’t aware about blog carnival, a blog carnival is that when someone finds some good posts on a particular topic and then put all of those good posts in a single post called a “Carnival”. I’ll be covering some of the best recent post
Go take a look at this week's Catholic Carnival here. It is titled "For Life" and looks at the different phases of our lives through the entries from various Catholic blogs. It's another great Carnival and everyone is likely to find something of interest. Go see it! God bless,Jay
Apparently last month carnival was successful in drumming up interest, as this month there was quite a turn out of new people and regulars, all with interesting posts. As I’ve said before, I’m quite happy with how this carnival has turned out and hope that people enjoy seeing a few of the other [...]
We try to focus on the giving aspects of Advent and Christmas with our children and this Carnival just seemed to go along those lines (maybe it's just the way I was thinking!), so I carved it up in terms of Giving thanks, love, learning and even humor. Enjoy:
Giving Thanks
We Belong to the Lord celebrates Thanksgiving with her grandmother's recipes. And while cooking, why not reflect grandmother's life, love, and wisdom handed down over the years.
The Buckeyes are third, but Sarah is second in this Carnival. At just another day of Catholic pondering she brings us An Unexpected Gift from God. She explains how choosing a godparent became a special gift to her through the wisdom the godparent shared with his goddaughter.
Giving Love
luminousmiseries offers a great penitential devotion in On the Road to Purgatory. It recommends a book exploring how to devote 30 days of prayer for the souls in purgatory - a great devotion particularly during Advent.
Streams of Mercy brings us a wonde
Our newest installment of articles submitted by real webmasters relating to social media, and how to access and network with the various social networks. Published on November 19th 2007, this edition goes into MyBlogLog, BlogRush, how to meet people, the effects of submitting written articles to social bookmarking sites, how to get your article noticed on Digg, an article about Bedo, the effects of social media, and the effects of using a Technorati link exchange.
The Carnival of Modesty is up at MInTheGap. I have an article listed but there are several other great articles to visit. So pop over and spend some time at the carnival.
Welcome to the November 12, 2007 edition of social network marketing carnival.
Ianternet presents Facebook Flyer Pro: Cost Per Click that Hates Me posted at Ian Fernando.
Carol Bentley presents Spreading the word? posted at Carol Bentley.
Amy S Quinn presents 17 Specialty Search Engines Every Web Developer Should Bookmark posted at Virtual Hosting.
Sagar Satapathy presents The Del.icio.us [...]
Go see this week's Catholic Carnival here. It has a great Saintly theme and tons of interesting posts from Catholic blogs all over.
And will only take a minute to check out . . .
God bless,
Jay
It seems like after Kelly Clarkson, there hasn’t really been anyone from American idol to match the singing prowess and popularity of Miss Independent. I’m not the biggest fan of country music, with the exception of Alison Krauss (who btw has the #1 best selling album on Amazon.com right now) because no matter the genre, [...]
Welcome to the 1st edition of the Social Network Marketing Carnival for November 5th 2007.
y528s presents Save an Alien, with Facebook posted at Just Mo. y528s remarks: Reviewing a new facebook app.
Sagar Satapathy presents The Digg Toolbox: 70+ Digg-related Scripts, Tools, and Tutorials posted at Virtual Hosting.
Barry Welford presents Sound Will Drive Mobile Web Growth [...]
Here’s 12 excellent articles, combined in our Carnival of Credit Report Stories. Have fun reading!
Karen Halls presents Bankruptcy Vs Bankruptcy Alternatives posted at
A Bankruptcy Lawyer’s Blog, saying, “When you’re beginning to find it difficult to pay off your debts you might consider filing for bankruptcy as your ultimate debt solution. But have [...]
While doing my research for one of my classes, I found the following study by Ashley Dawn Johnston of Liberty University. The study addresses Douglas McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y management paradigm as applied toward carnival executives’ (CEs) communication to employees. Fifteen CEs were interviewed and elicited narratives that held either Theory X or Theory Y [...]
My post on moderation in diet and exercise as the true path to weight loss and health has been featured in yet another blog carnival.This time I have Weight Master to thank for featuring me in their 4th Weight Management & Fitness Forum. Another great collection of blog articles! Tags: Blog Carnivals, weight loss, blogs, fitness, lynda lippin
Quite another interesting carnival. I say that every month, but it’s true. Apparently I’m not the only one on the Internet who has lots to say about rock and roll, music and the music industry, even if it’s not necessarily as direct as some others.
A regular of the Carnival of Rock [...]
Thank you to Cindy of the Go Workout Mom blog for hosting the 3rd Fitness For Moms Carnival featuring my article on Moderation as the key to weight loss and health.There are a bunch of great articles, including information on acupuncture for acne, beauty through breathing (pranayama), and why diets don't work.I support blog carnivals as they give all of us a chance to see other's work, visit some new blogs, and get some new visitors and readers. All good.Enjoy!Tags: Blog Carnivals, weight loss, diet, fitness for moms, lynda lippin
All weekend, I had three words ringing through my head:
Social Network Marketing
With everyone down on Google and search engines in general, I was brainstorming on how to get around search and getting to a wider audience. Go to MySpace right now. Millions of people see that same entry page, the videos, the music, everything. Millions of [...]
Alright, I have to admit… the first title that came to mind was “If You Don’t Join My Blog Carnival Now, You’ll Hate Yourself Later”. Whew. That would have been a rather long perma-link URL so I opted to the more prudent and direct call to action title above.
Ok. I joined blogcarnival.com a few months [...]
USAinDebt is hosting the next edition of Carnival of Credit Report Stories - November 5th!
Submit your blog article to the next edition of credit report stories using our carnival submission form.
Thanks!
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This week's Catholic Carnival is now up here. As always, it's an excellent roundup of Catholic thought from blogs everwhere. So go enjoy!
And, congratulations to Sarah on the newest member of her family!
God bless,
Jay
Christine over at "The Thinking Mother" is hosting this week's Carnival of Homeschooling, 94th edition. I have another featured article plus there are many, many more to keep you interested. Please go check out the great listings.
Here we have 40(!) great articles on everything Finance. Welcome to the Blog Carnival of Twentysomething Finances! Thanks to everybody who participated!
Steve Faber presents - How to Avoid Foreclosure posted at DebtBlog.
ChristianPF presents How to budget with ING direct posted at Money in the Bible | Christian Personal Finance Blog, saying, “ING Direct is my [...]
The 93rd Carnival of Homeschooling is up! I have an article featured in this edition and there are a ton of other great links. Why not check it out?93rd Carnival of Homeschooling
I really like how this carnival is turning out. Every month there’s a whole bunch of music and rock and roll articles submitted from such a wide variety of sources, cultural backgrounds and opinions, making for a great mix and this month is no exception.
Sidhusaaheb from I, Me, Myself sent a long an [...]
THE BEST FIGHTING GAME EVER Info: Guilty Gear X2 is a simple, fun 2-D fighting game with quirky characters and a variety of options that allow for a customized gaming experience. A perfect blend of old-school 2-D gameplay (think Street Fighter) and responsive controls makes it very easy to get started. You get to control a host of oddball characters (20 different fighters are unlocked at the start) who all have detailed profiles and continually animate during the game. Some characters come with guest characters that make appearances during or after the fight. Backgrounds contain detailed animations and changes in weather. A decent selection of generic fighting-game music rounds out the title.GGX2 offers nine different game modes: arcade, Medal Gauge, vs. 2P, vs. CPU, training, survival, mission, story, and gallery. All modes are available at the beginning of the game. Story mode adds anime-style background and unlockable cinemas that can be saved to a memory card. Mission mode offer
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