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Dante’s Opinion: What Is Your Favourite Song?

Another round of questions answered! Our first one is from Savannah:

What is your favourite song? what is the one song that u ca listen to over and over and never get tired of hearng it

I am going to go with Fred Hammond “He’s God”.

This one is from Jim:

Hello I am 21 years old and I just started a job at a theme park and it is pretty simple. However, I am a very serious loyal worker. Whatever the rules are I follow them. Even if it is a simple job I am strict and will follow rules. My supervisor is a bit laid back. He always lets people in for free and makes fun of me how I am serious. Also, when I have to leave a 10 pm when my shift is over. I tell him I have to go home and study. He yells at me really loud and said KID YOUR YOUNG!. I feel like he wants me to stay because he knows that I am hardworking and he leaves all the work to me and he walks around and just text all day. He also makes fun of me and tells me I ask too many questions and that I am person who thinks to much. I finally got tired after three weeks and went to go talk to the ceo which is my friend. My supervisor got in my trouble for treating me this way. I felt so bad afterword but my other manager loves me and they want to promote me. The only one that doesn’t like me is my supervisor. Did I do something bad?

Nope. It sounds like he’s a bad supervisor. Okay, not bad, but he wasn’t treating you right.. Rules are rules. And when your shift is over; it’s over.And good for you that your hard work is paying off. Maybe he was kidding around but still. Letting people in for free? No-no.

Last question is from Doug:

Shouldn’t “T-Mac” be “T-Mc” since his last name is “Mc”grady? Doesn’t sound nearly as cool lol, but that’s what it should be

You know what? You’re right. I missed this one big time.

That’s it. Remember, if you have a question for me to give an opinion on, go to the Ask Dante page and follow what it says.

-DALANEL

Daily Good Stuff 187: Behind the scenes, sources, and thoughts

This isn’t going to be a typical DGS post. I’m giving you the inside look at how I’m able to pull this off. It requires more research than anything.

For one thing, like I said, it takes a lot of research to find these things. In all, it probably takes ten minutes total to actually paste my findings onto the post, set my tags and schedule the post for the next day. The other hour? I’m out looking for high quality stuff. For the most part, I put in stuff that I would personally enjoy. But, not everybody has the same taste as I, so it’s important to go out of the comfort zone. As you can tell by the many posts, I try to keep things PG or PG-13.

I always have more than one source to turn to. I’m going to list my sources right now for each feature:

Scripture: Christ Notes, The Daily Bible Verse

Quote: Brainy Quote, Quote Garden

Funny image: Google, Bing, a few I make from time to time

Video: (currently inactive but a feature for DGS) Youtube

Joke: Jokes Warehouse, Cool Funny Jokes, Aha! Jokes, Clean Jokes

Good News: Good News Network, Happy News

Weird/Funny News: MSNBC Weird News, Weird News Universe, Reuters

That way, if one source falls through, I can turn to another. Scriptures and quotes are normally easy. Jokes are probably the hardest. Sometimes, good news and weird news are just stale. I have to admit, Huff Post used to be a source but they have too many animal stories. Animals wearing a cute outfit or dancing to a song, or a neat trick. That’s not good news to me. I’m looking for a hero or a miracle type thing.

I’ve actually grown as a person from doing these posts. I get some benefit from doing this. Like the quotes and scriptures help change my perspective on my situation. I need a good laugh? looking at the jokes and funny videos cheer me up. I’ve seen some disturbing images but most of them are great.

I like to mention the latest news I find. It always surprises people because they simply o not hear about it. TV barely shows that. You gotta be on the computer to find most of the news you see here at DALANEL.

I’m glad I started doing this. I really think it can make a difference. A positive difference. It truly is the backbone of this blog’s goal. I’ve had to slow down (like taking a week off of posting and no longer posting DGS 7 days a week), but this feature is not going anywhere any time soon. I’m thinking about making a video of me actually creating a DGS post so you can really get a feel for how this all works.

At the end of the month, I’ll review how well the blog did in September. A few records were broken. A lot happened this month even though viewing declined from August. And Daily Good Stuff is leading the way.

Thanks and make sure you tell your friends/family how awesome this blog is!

-DALANEL

 

 

Weekly Funnies 18

Eino and Toivo, two upper Michigan handymen were hired to paint a flag pole and were going to be paid by the inch. As they were  standing at the base of the flagpole looking up, trying as they may to figure how much to charge, a young woman walked by and  asked what they were doing.

“We are supposed to find the height of this flag pole” said Toivo, “But we don’t have a ladder. The woman took a wrench from her  purse, loosened a few bolts and laid the pole down. She then took a tape measure from her pocket, took a measurement and  announced, “Eighteen feet, six inches” and walked away.

Eino shook his head and laughed, “Ain’t that just like a woman! We asked for the height and she gives us the length!!”

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A resident in a seaside hotel breakfast room called over the head waiter one morning.
“I want two boiled eggs, one of them so undercooked it’s runny, and the other so over cooked, it’s tough and hard to eat. Also, grilled bacon that has been left on the plate to get cold; burnt toast that crumbles away as soon as you touch it with a knife; butter straight from the deep freeze, so that it’s impossible to spread; and a pot of very weak coffee, lukewarm.”
“That’s a complicated order, sir,” said the bewildered waiter. “It might be quite difficult.”
The guest replied, “Oh, but that’s what you gave me yesterday!”

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A new business was opening and one of the owner’s friends wanted to send him flowers for the occasion.  They arrived at the new business site and the owner read the card,…. “Rest in Peace.”
The owner was angry and called the florist to complain.
After he had told the florist of the obvious mistake and how angry he was, the florist replied, “Sir, I’m really sorry for the mistake, but rather than getting angry, you should imagine this: somewhere, there is a funeral taking place today, and they have flowers with a note saying,… ‘Congratulations on your new location!'”

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At a restaurant, one of the customers noticed that all of the waiters had two spoons in their vest pocket. Upon being asked, the waiter said, “We see that the most frequently dropped silverware are spoons, therefore we keep them for replacement.”

Then the customer noticed that a string was hanging out of all the waiters’ flies and asked what the string was for. “The string is for us to go to the bathroom,” explained the waiter, “that way, when we pull it, it shoots and aims right away. Then we don’t have to stop to wash our hands.”

The customer asked, “Well, that’s how you get it out, but how do you get it back in?” The waiter whispered confidentially, “I don’t know about the others, but I use the two spoons.”

-DALANEL

A New DALANEL Goal: Be A Part of A Blogging Network

I have finally called it. I was thinking about this for quite some time but I think this blog and I are ready. I’m putting it out there: I think DALANEL can be a part of a blog network. I would love to join other bloggers to make this happen.

So, let’s talk about how this would happen.

For one, each blog in the network will have a specialty/genre. One blog will be about sports. Another is a blog that follows a lot of the entertainment industry. One will have beauty tips. One will be about financial stuff. You see where I’m going? All of these blogs would be under one umbrella; and don’t worry, it’s not called the “DALANEL Network”. We’re an equal team. I of course would handle the “good news” part of the network and perhaps even spiritual.

Are you interested?

Well, each blog will retain their work and such. It’s a support system really. We’ll all link each other and do collaborative pieces. But we’ll all be under that umbrella and we’ll be a blogging family. On a technical scale, perhaps create a main page for the network and all the feeds from the blogs all show up there. I think this could really be fun. It’ll produce more exposure for our blogs and perhaps even crate friendships.

Requirements? Well, the blog obviously has to be active. Hey, we have lives outside of the blog. I just don’t want to see too many weeks go by with no content. Also, I guess blog performance doesn’t really matter. I can understand if a powerful blog would kinda stay away from a weak blog. And I really don’t want things to be: the better the blog, the more ownership of the network. Everybody has an equal say. If we, as a network decide we want to do something, we put in a vote. Perhaps there should be some universal guidelines for the network.

One cool feature could be each week/month/quarter we run a newsletter type thing or a latest posts from the various blogs. We post that on the main page as I mentioned earlier. So that’s a collaborative thing right there. We’ll talk; I’m just brainstorming.

On a financial basis, as I said before, each blog would be run by their owners. If you have ads on your blog, great. I can’t say DALANEL is going down that road though (WordPress does put ads on sites. This is not me, that’s them). I would imagine, in that case, there would be no revenue sharing or anything like that.

Again, we’re just a team of bloggers uniting to bring quality content to your screen. That’s the goal of this network.

If you like this idea or if you want DALANEL to join your already existing network, let me know and we’ll iron out the details. I am really excited about this idea. I want DALANEL to be a part of a family.

-DALANEL

Weekly News 7

I got some news for ya!

I’ll let you decide if this is weird or good news but doctors were able to grow another nose for a man…on his forehead:

After a Chinese man’s nose was irreparably damaged from infection, his doctors decided to “grow” a second nose on the man’s forehead to replace the original nose.

If you’re lazy and don’t want to hit the link, here’s a picture. I bet that’ll spark your interest:

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The medical field is making progress. My only issue is…well…look at him…he’s my age and I can’t imagine living like that.

For good news, we have a dog that saved a baby from crawling into the ocean. First of all, I’m glad the dog saved the kid. Second, the parents might want to keep an eye on him. Just my opinion.
For weird news, termites are so hard to get rid of because apparently, their poop helps resist poisons. Wait, I’m not done yet. So, scientists say the poop forms a “force field” that protects the little guys from harm. Well ain’t that story full of…

10 Facts You May Not Know About Me

I have revealed a little of myself. And while I’ve built a presence with a  certain identity, there are a few things you may not know about me. Welp, I guess it’s time you learned a little more about who is behind this voice. There’s some good, bad, funny, weird, and…I guess that’s it.

Number 1: My origin is West African

I found out about this during the summer. Thanks to an injury to one of my sisters in her wrist, she got it x-rayed. The doctor noticed that a bone in her wrist was “not normal” but there was nothing wrong with it and that same form is typically found in West Africans. Yay for me. I’ll have to get to know my roots. I don’t know what part of West Africa we’re from and I don’t know if it’s mom or dad’s side. It just so happens my god-siblings are West African (born here but their mother is born in West Africa). So, we’re a little more related I guess.

Number 2: I would describe my life as “organized chaos”

I’m very messy. My room is messy. And yet, I happen to know where everything is. All my important paper work is accounted for. I seem to thrive in clutter and chaos. I have a lot of stuff going on and yet it’s comfortable. When I do clean my room, it feels awkward and empty and boring. For instance, the next few months are gonna be wild. I’m lighting director for the Christmas Cantata, ALPHA Facilitator, News Desk Writer as well as blogger for FanSided, school, teaching Sunday church and running this blog. And I’m not feeling pressured at all.

Number 3: I can’t stand my voice

That video series I did? I haven’t actually listened to it. I hate hearing my voice. You know how sometimes we don’t notice things until they are pointed out to us? Then we’ll go, “Hey, you’re right!”. So, to try to prevent you from hating my voice the way I do, I won’t tell you what I hate about it.

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