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How to Break the Mountain Dew Addiction – Part III

sukosaki — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 14:54:45 +0000

I have written two posts (part one here & part two here) regarding this topic already and I just thought about a couple of things and wanted to add to the series. Breaking the addiction to Mountain Dew is NOT easy, by any means. I have gone without it for a couple of days and find the caffine headache hard enough to handle.

The other day, I was putting a lemon wedge into my water bottle before going on a walk. We all know that it is refreshing to taste that bit of lemon in your water. As soon as I took the first full drink of the water, I felt like it didn’t taste that different from Mountain Dew.

I know that Mountain Dew is a combination of a lot of different things. but I thought I would take that idea and put a shot of lemon juice or two right into a Mountain Dew bottle that has water in it. I started to think that it was more mental than anything else. The Mountain Dew bottle in my hand was like a straw in the mouth of someone trying to quit smoking.

At first, I would even try to skip Mountain Dew 100%, but maybe slide the water bottle idea in for every other soda you drink. You will see the difference immediately and realize that you are actually not craving the Mountain Dew as much. Plus it doesn’t hurt to have more liquids in your body other than soda.

Let me know how it goes for you, comment below. If you know anyone else that might benefit from this post, go ahead and send it to them via Twitter.

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Happy Mother’s Day

Mike — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:45:24 +0000

This isn’t your typical mother’s day blog entry. I stand in the position to never say that to my mother again. Every year this day comes along and I have only memories to dwell on and the thought of what, not only my life, but the lives of my children would be like if my mother was still alive. Every March my heart gets heavy as April 1 is the day she died and the rest of April leading up to Mother’s Day is always a hard time of the year. Don’t get me wrong, it gets easier and I have properly grieved for her and healed from the tragedy but it’s still hard to believe she’s gone.

I was once told by my Mother In-Law, of all people, that “Death is the only inevitable thing in life but it’s the only thing that no human can prepare themselves for.” How can the one thing in this life that’s so “For Sure” be so hard to “Accept”? I don’t have the answer for that. Another interesting quote that I think about from time to time was told to me by an old friend. It goes like this; “When we are born, we are the ones crying and everyone else is smiling, when we die, everyone else cries while we are the ones smiling.” I lean on that quote, knowing my Mother is in Heaven smiling, even though I may be crying.

I am no stranger to death like many others in this life. I have seen the passing of both of my grandpas, my mother, and most recently my grandma. I was sitting next to her when she passed. I’ve had plenty of time to think about death and why we hurt so much as the loved ones that are left behind. The answer to that is simple. God has put us on this Earth to love everyone as His Son once did. God is Love and he wired each and everyone of us to love. Love is what makes it hurt so much but in the bittersweetness of it all it’s a good thing. We grieve, we cry, we get mad even, but we loved and that’s the greatest thing we can do in life.

So with that being said, I recommend on this day and everyday and every chance you get to tell your mother just how much she means to you, even if it’s a simple “I Love You”. You’d be surprised how much that means to your mom. I remember my mother saying it to me everyday until she passed which at that time, 4 years ago, I was 28. Twenty eight years of saying it to me and me saying it back is something worth holding onto. So make this Mother’s Day something special and all the days after.

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RD2010 Trojan Virus Fix Not Available Yet, Try Avast Or..

sukosaki — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:53:49 +0000

I am not sure if you have read about the “new” Trojan virus, or worm, that is flying around the internet just like all the

others. It’s called “RD2010″ and it basically works similar to the “reader_s.exe” virus from last year. You computer is most likely slow as mollasses in winter and you might have a “security” popup every now and again, trying to sell you a

product that will remove “viruses” from your computer.

I had a client come to me about a popup that occured out of the blue and told him of a virus threat that was found on his computer, “click here to remove”, yada, yada, yada. The first thing I remembered was battling the reader_s.exe last year to the tune of 4 re-formats of the old harddrive. Since it seemed to be working out the same way, I mentioned not to do anything, but to my dismay, he had already gone and paid for a program to help remove the RD2010 Trojan.

I told him that a free program might take care of the Trojan and always to try those first, no

matter how many popups you get. I went ahead and checked out his anti-virus, which was Avast, and the program that he purchase out of haste. Both should have caught this, but I am wondering if Avast was effected by the Trojan as so many anti-virus programs are. Usually an anti-virus program gets disabled and the Trojan dances around your computer with joy like Michael Jackson at the Super Bowl.

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Once I got around to thinking straight about this virus, I wanted to try some of the free products that I know have worked for me in the past. Since my client has already been paying out for products, I wanted to ease that pain a little bit. The first one that I could think of trying was MalwareBytes. They have a FREE version at www.malwarebytes.org and a pay version as well. Knowing the free version has worked, I tried that first.

The quick scan is all but that, although it is very thorough. The scan took about 45 minutes or so and revealed all kinds of tracking cookies, small threat stuff AND the RD2010 virus. Perfect, now that I know it found the virus, it was time to remove it and because the program is free I knew that I was going to be able to remove without paying any additional money to do so.

When all is said and done, the virus seemed to be taken care of. This RD2010 isn’t a high level threat and actually isn’t all that bothersome, but it does run high on the processes list when it’s active. It is still quite important to get rid of it as soon as possible.

If you have gotten this virus, please tell us below if you need help, I can do my best via comments or email. Good luck!

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DriveThruDiet.com Is Not a Weight Loss Program – Says Taco Bell

sukosaki — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:24:38 +0000

I just watched one of the “best” commercials I have ever seen by Taco Bell. I usually don’t watch commercials, because I have a lovely DVR system that let’s me skip them Anywho, the commercial comes on and there is this attractive brunette talking about how she has lost weight by changing the intake of calories per day. To help with the situation she has been switching her regular fast food meals to those from the Taco Bell Fresco menu.

Yes. Taco Bell has menu items that will allow you to shave some of the fat from your diet 9 fat grams at a time. Of course, the 9 grams is the highest. They can do this by skipping the sour cream and switching to a “healthier” cheese. The regular fans of Taco Bell would think the Fresco items taste like crap, but those that eat “real” food and stay healthy, are used to food with less sodium and other “taste enhancers” included.

I think it’s a great way to promote the menu items, but is Taco Bell under the impression they can hold water to the Subway Diet? I like Taco Bell ocassionally, but I hope they aren’t going to be spending all kinds of money with the hopes of a “Jared” for Taco Bell.

During the commercial “the results are not typical” comes out and it’s not just small, white text hidden at the bottom of the screen. The spokes model actually says the words. That makes it quite clear that you are NOT going to lose weight by switching to that menu, but you might be a tad more healthy that eating at McDonald’s everyday.

Maybe it’s not totally a bad thing, I mean how many commercials have you seen where McDonalds is promoting a healthier option?

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How to Break the Mountain Dew Addiction Part II

sukosaki — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 04:04:28 +0000

So, if you haven’t read already, I sort of have an addiction to Mountain Dew. I am not sure when it started, or why, for that matter, but it has had a strong hold on me for about 2-3 years. It may have been when I worked the night shift at my current job and I thought the Mountain Dew was like my “coffee”.

Nonetheless, I am still some what addicted to the soda. When I say addicted, I mean that if there is a Mountain Dew anywhere in the house and I want a soda, the Mountain Dew goes down the hatch before any other liquid. Is that considered an addiction?

Maybe it is. BUT it has sort of subsided and when I say that I mean that if there is NO Mountain Dew in the house, I am NOT running out to the store to buy some, just to have it. I think I am making a couple of steps in the right direction with this addiction and it really is just about will power and trying new things.

One thing that I have been trying to do is drink more water. My body feels better and I don’t have these sugar fueled energy swings all day. Also, I have been trying to drink OTHER sodas or juices to get used to any other taste. I think that if I get used to having another taste in my mouth, I will stop drinking Mountain Dew, so often.

Free Tofurky and Gravy Soda Has Arrived – Plus a Turkey Hat!

sukosaki — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:18:43 +0000

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Jones Soda. All opinions are 100% mine.
Today I got my FREE Tofurky and Gravy Jones Soda package in the mail from IZEA (the company that pays me to write reviews) and let me tell you something, the hat is more than what I expected to say the least.

On the first taste of the soda I think that it tastes pretty darn close the real thing. I have Tofurky roasts on Thanksgiving since I am a vegetarian and I love them. They are made from Tofu, of course, come in a ball shape and actually have stuffing in the middle! I think it’s a neat idea of the veggies out there.

The soda did remind me of the meal, plus some carbonation, but very close nonetheless. I have had other Jones sodas before and really think they hit the nail when making a new flavor.

My family wasn’t too keen on the idea of even trying the Tofurky last year, so I wouldn’t be able to give it as a gift to them, although, I would give it as a prank gift to someone that has never had the meal itself, just to see their reaction!

Thanks again IZEA for the cool hat and the one of a kind soda!

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GreenLabelGear.com Contest Coming to an End

sukosaki — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:04:14 +0000

The latest Mountain Dew promotion, called GreenLabelGear.com, is coming to an end on Nov. 15th. The buy one Dew, get one FREE, deal is going until the end of the year. So, if you have more of those caps, do NOT throw them away. The other red caps, with point codes on them, are only good through the 15th of November.

So far I have won the headphones and the hat, as seen here and here. I have been trying for the snow board without any luck so far, but I do have some points left to spread out over the next couple of days. I will be trying for the watch, shoes and snow board.

Have you won any prizes up to this point? I see on Twitter if you do a search you can see that a few people have posted about their winnings, but I haven’t seen as many as I thought I would. This promotion was certainly the shortest and I would even say the least know about promotion. For some reason I just get the feeling that people are sick of the caps or maybe the prizes just weren’t up their alley.

So, if you have won any prizes, let me know @sukosaki on Twitter, or post a comment below, good luck in the last couple days of the promotion!

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