Challenge #11- Write A Negative Review

There are about a million horrible ideas for a product that somehow got produced and sold to consumers. From music (Kim K anyone?!?!?) to food (Google "butter stick type") and of course, personal care. I dare you to go do a search on "Wonder Sauna Hot Pants"

So you have so many options to choose from. The world of bad products is out there waiting for you to explore and find that one product that you just can't NOT blog about how awful it is.

Challenge #10- Things I Learned From My Father

This challenge is all about dads. Everyone has one, some of us are fortunate to have good ones so lets celebrate that. Without having to go out and buy a cheesy Hallmark card.

So name off the things your Dad has taught you. It could be something warm and fuzzy or more along the lines of practical like "never lick a metal pole in the middle of winter"

Perhaps your Dad is gone or was never there. Did something about that teach you anything?

Bonus points for whoever includes a picture of their Dad ;)

Challenge #9- Make a list

Create a list for your blog today.

Seriously, just a list. Not even a "to do list" but maybe it should be a list of things NOT to do. Or a list of cools websites you like. A reading list, a bucket list, your grocery list.

Doesn't matter, just list it out.






Here are a few ideas:
-Favorite quotes
-Best blogs
-Worst websites
-Most time wasters
-Ways to save $$$
-How many ways can a potato be prepared (don't laugh until you have tried this, it is much harder than it sounds!)
-Goals for the next 15 minutes
-Best LOLCatz images

Challenge #8- Create a poll

Create a poll for your readers to voice their opinions on. Ask for each person that votes to leave a comment stating their reasons for choosing the option they voted for.

How we process questions and decide on an answer is fascinating. Some work purely on instinct, other have a very analytical and thought out process. Still others go for a mixture, they might think it out but when push comes to shove, they go with what feels "right"

So don't just settle for asking a question but find out they WHY behind the answer. Challenge opinions, encourage participation and if your question just happens to be a monumental choice between cold or hot pizza, well, make sure you are willing to moderate the comments as some people will go to the mat about issues like those =)

Don't forget about the power of turning out the vote either. Post your poll on Twitter, FaceBook, Yahoo Answers, online message boards or invite other blogs to join in! Polls are all about "the more the merrier" attitude.

Challenge #7- Review a blog

Challenge #7 is to pick another blog, one you follow or perhaps you just do a 'luck-of-the-draw' search and read through a few entries.

Either review a single post or the blog as a whole.

When you are done, let the blogger know your review. Unless its flaming and then I suggest you keep your opinions about it to your own blog ;)

When you review it, remember to keep in a mind what a few basics that make for a good post/blog.

Is it informative? Does it engage you? Does the author present their ideas in an easy to understand way? Does it include pictures?

Alright, that last one shouldn't count but many of us are visual creatures and adding a photo to a post goes a long way to bringing the reader into what is going on =)

Challenge #6- How NOT to do something

“The only real failure in life is the failure to try.”

Whoever wrote the above was obviously nuts. There is defenitely a WRONG way to do things.

So this challenge is about embracing things gone wrong, mistakes made or failures that happened.

Okay, maybe "embrace" is too strong a word. Perhaps laugh? Commiserate? Cringe over?

Create a post that shows how NOT to do something. Pictures are extra credit and will win you bonus points in Blogger Heaven.

Who knows, maybe you can save someone else from a life altering mishap. Or just save them a few hours of misery.

Challenge #5- Rant

It is time to let it out. The inner disgust you feel for something. The rage toward a person. The need to vehemently discuss your opionion on that one subject that irks you. Its time to rant.

You might be the person who does this constantly in your blog and if so, I suggest skipping this and doing the opposite- just for a change of pace =)

But for others of us, we may be stuck in the 'feel good' realm of blogging and its time to let loose that inner tiger/tigress of yours and express some attitude toward life.


So pick a subject and rant about it. At a loss for a topic? I will start you off:

-Ke$sha or Rebecca Black's music
-Crocs
-Obama/Bush/Palin/Weider/insert any other political name in here
-Tax rate of your state
-Red ants (if you happen to live in the good ol' South of USA, you will have plenty to rant about)
-Cell phones

Think of this as the online equivalent of making a protest sign and marching down the street. But in this scenerio you don't need to worry about any mundane things like weather, poor artwork, other protesters or getting killed because some crazy driver was honking at you and apparently disliked your sign enough to want to run you over.

Challenge #4- Choose your picture

Challenge #4 is to take one of these pictures and use it somehow, someway on or in or around your blog.


So which inspires you more? A pink, fluffy sheep rocker or a set of glass bottles with a flower?

Remember, its all about creativity and fun. Want to fit in how a pink sheep is a metaphor for clean politics (always unnatural and out of place) or perhaps you need to discuss how a single thing of accepted beauty transforms ordinary objects into art.

Whatever floats your boat. I just want to know how someone could use this pink sheep because really, who comes up with a toy like that?

 

Challenge #3- Write a note

Challenge #3 is to write a note yourself and put it on your blog. Or if you are really brave- draw a picture explaining whatever you have decided to post about.

It seems simple but if you are like me and can only draw stick figures, it can get tricky.

But you can lose the mischief and personal touch of handwritten anything in this age of technology.

When is the last time you doodled? In a meeting? Bored at work/school/life? When you were forced to color a picture of Ariel with a 4 year old?

Most of us don't have the luxury of being the next Picasso or Rembrandt but hey, your mom liked it well enough when you were 2 to show off your "art" on the fridge proudly so maybe drawing a quick cartoon or note will be a nice reminder that you can grow up but you don't need to grow old =)

(my picture is actually a note written by someone else, but it was for my birthday this year so its all good under the hood. Can you tell the person who wrote it is Army?)

Challenge #2- YouTube

Today's challenge is so simple I'm not sure I should even use it....

Who am I trying to kid? I just love that I have a reason to go search out crazy videos now.

Your task is to find any YouTube video and blog about it. Tell us why you like it, what you can learn from it and how you found it. Because when it comes to YouTube, the story of how you unearthed it is sometimes the best part.

Easy, yes? Now you have no excuse to not participate ;)

Challenge #1- What would your keyboard look like?

Today's challenge is easy. If you could design a keyboard for only yourself, what would that look like?

Would you keep it old school and say that its perfect the way it is? Would you remove the entirely useless button of "scnlk" and maybe add "insrtlol" instead?

For instance, perhaps you might get rid of the extra numbers on the right side of the keyboard in favor of a design like picture to your left.

I use emoticons more than numbers and really, how repetitive is it to have the same number set inches away from each other? Who came up with that idea anyway?

No really, if someone knows the history of a keyboard, I would be interested in hearing that explanation.

So get to blogging about this then come back here and comment with a link to your post! If we get another participants I want to have a poll and voting for whose was the best keyboard =)