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HOW TO GET FREE SPECIAL EDITION ARTICLES FROM ME

You will notice that I deleted article "My Green, String Less Celtics' Hoody."

This article is now available at http://www.scribd.com/doc/45889870/My-Green-String-Less-Celtics-Hoody.


Other special edition articles on a variety of topics, both those that relate to one of my blogs and those that do not, will be available at scribd and not elsewhere.

This will give you the opportunity to get a free subscription to my special editions articles without having to get constant e-mail updates from one of my blogs. (I know, I know, so much content at ridicilous times, such as 5:46 A.M. the Sunday Morning after Christmas.)

I am also working on a number of ebooks that will be available for purchase. I have no idea when they will be available or for how much, but, god-willing, I will be able to come up with a plan soon.

Hope all is well and you are enjoying your vacations!


NEW JUDGE FOR F.A.B.B.A. AND PICTURES/VIDEOS

Blind Side Screen has secured its second judge for "The First Annual Basketball Bloggers' Awards." Yippy! Scippity doo da, scippity day, my oh my what a wonderful day!About this blog, you will notice I have deleted a great number of pictures and videos. This is for two reasons:

1.most of the pictures I had were copyrighted, and I plan to use a web service where you pay for pictures that extends the copyright to you. Although this would have only been a concern once I tried to receive compensation for my effots (which I plan to do shortly after the awards, vote on the poll in the sidebar to help me to know how I should do this), I thought doing it now would be much less a headache then doing it when I have to worry about adding advertisement as well.

2. I thought adding videos and pictures was haraam, but after reading this article (that gives the explanation of why the Prophet, Peace Be Upon Him, made paints/carvings haram) I now believe videos/photos are not shirk.



THE FIRST ANNUAL BASKETBALL BLOGGERS' AWARDS SECURES FIRST BASKETBALL EXPERT (AND TOP 11 THINGS THAT COULD BEAT THIS FEELING)

The First Annual Basketball Bloggers Awards locked up its first judge today, who is a popular blogger and featured on one of the most respected sites in the basketball world. (I will be announcing the name of all 5 judges once they are locked up.) Please send your nominations to me if you have any, with the tag line (in order) of the name of the blogger, the title of the post (or blog), its category and the url at seifeldeine@gmail.com.


Top 11 Things That Could Beat this Feeling

11. Talking to Nizar Qabbanii about his poetry, and about Arab women and women in general
10.Dunking a basketball (you might have to place the cursor past the first second, I could not get the video to run before doing this.)
9. passing an alley-oop, throwing down an alley-oop, or Tracy McGradying an alley-oop
6. A conversation with Alexander the Great about how to motivate others and The Oedipal Complex
5. http://www.banaa.org/ , the Sudanese Educational Empowerment Network, receiving funding from Tufts University (who had promised to help fund this scholarship, then reneged on this promise) to bring a young Sudanese scholar for a Tufts education
3. Marrying a young Audrey Hepburn
1. Playing one on one basketball with Rajon Rondo

FIRST ANNUAL BASKETBALL BLOGGERS' AWARDS

Blogging has become a platform for innovation and alternative sources of information. Basketball blogs are exploding as readers search for alternatives to traditional sports-related websites. The awards will be posted sometime around the February 20th, 2011 NBA All Star game and will consider submissions from the 2010 calender year. Award categories will include:

Best Overall Blog

Best Overall Post

Best Web Design

Best Statistical Analysis

Most Innovative Post

Most Dedication to Readers

Best Team Blog

Best Use of Viral Videos

I will attempt to put together a team of 5 experts, including basketball bloggers as well as experts on blogging itself, in order to judge the submissions. If you have any suggestions in terms of blogs or judges, please submit them to Seifeldeine@gmail.com.

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