I haven’t gotten into the NBC show Heroes, even though it looks likes somthing I would enjoy.  School comes first and so I have avoided getting into watching any series so that it doesn’t interfere (Dr. Who is my one guilty but pleasureable exception).  Karin is deeply into it, and so I have been careful not to share a lot of the spoilers I have seen, but the latest item I noticed should interest all the Heroes fans.

The website of the fictional Yamagato Fellowship, headed by Kaito Nakamura (played by George Takei). has appeared online.  While the site is intended to promote the show, it is set up with no mention of the show; but rather it is written as if we are within the Heroes world.

The site contains a mockumentary about Takezo Kensei, a new character from the past to be introduced this session.  This is not a spoiler, however, but rather an optional back story.  I may even sneak a few minutes to check it out myself, if I dare risk becoming intreged and then having to fight wanting to watch the show to know more.

…saw puppies at the pet store today that were multipoo and poodle crosses.

Would one then be a multipoo-poo?

How did mutts suddenly become $600 items?

…overheard a flea market stall owner pitching to a skeptical customer, “I had tennis elbow and I wore one of these magnet bracelets for a year, and my tennis elbow went away!”

Amazing! Imagine what would have happened if she had allowed it to heal for a year without a magnet field. Good thing she had that bracelet!

As an example of a blog contest that requires a post, I’m presenting the newest contest I have come across. Why the newest, and not one from my backlog? Because this contest is being run in celebration of a milestone that deserves a post even if there was no contest involved.

Netchick, aka Tanya, is celebrating her 10 year anniversary of blogging next month!

That’s right, 10 years! When I reached the 10 year mark of just being connected to the internet, that made me an uber-geek. To have actually been blogging for that length of time is truly something special.

To celebrate, Tanya is holding a contest to give away a Nintendo Wii. You can enter one of two ways, the first being to post the above banner on your blog from now until the anniversary date of September 30^th; the other is to make a comment on her contest post that meets certain criteria. As always, visit the blog itself for the exact rules; you can click on the banner above to get to her contest details.

I doubt that Tanya even knows I am a reader of her site; but she holds a spot in my Local Blogs folder in Google Reader, one of the few folders I regularly check out even when life is too busy and I shouldn’t be. As I’ve mentioned before, if I am aware of a Vancouver area blog, I will be checking it out; but it has to be a good local blog to keep me reading. Tanya’s content is a well written collection of local events, personal events and dating stories. What sets her apart from other personal blogs is that even when she is complaining about life events or being single, she manages to come across as a happy person. Hopefully my impression is correct.

So pop on over to enter her blog contest, but do return to read what is going on in this net chick’s life.

Oh, and this would also be a Rebuilding My Blogroll post.

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Since I’m behind, I have quite a few contests I can share. These include both contests in the blogshere that require a blog post or a visit to another blog, and general contests being held by companies that may have nothing to do with the internet. From the comments on previous contest posts, I am under the impression that these posts are appreciated. But maybe I’m wrong. The last thing I would want to do is alienate my readers with a bunch of contest spam.

My reasons for posting such contests so far are that they are usually decent prizes with decent odds of winning.  The blog authors do so to draw attention to their blogs and get valuable link backs for search engine rankings.  I’ve only entered a few contests, and already have won a Canucks jersey and a USB TV Tuner.

So I’m asking for your opinion in the comments, even if you are someone that doesn’t normally comment. How much, if any, should I post about contests? I’m not sure if I’ll get many opinions, so I might have to make the decision without any advice, but to let you know possible routes I have thought of that I could go are:

• Continue the odd post when posting is a requirement for me to be entered into a contest. If you do make a comment and lean this way, I’d appreciate knowing if it is because you tolerate the occasional post if it gives me a chance of winning something, or if you actually like them because it informs you of a contest you can enter.
• Post more, searching out every blog contest I can find, so that others can also enter them.
• Post even more by posting both blog contests and any other contests I can find. Being Canadian and finding that so many contests out there are tend to accept American entires only, in this case I would tend to lean towards publicizing contests that are open to Canadian and/or worldwide entries.
• Post nothing at all, because it annoys people too much.

If it seems that people respond well to lots of contest posts, I might have to consider starting a separate blog just for those posts, as I don’t want it to completely take this one over.

I’ll give examples of a contest blog post and a regular contest post in upcoming entries.