I've been watching the first season of ER on DVD and I have come to the following conclusion: there is nothing more lovely on the planet than George Clooney in a tux. I do believe I would sell my immortal soul to make him mine.

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I have indeed received a free iPod from FreeiPods.com. I got a 20 GB one and you can view photographic proof here. Since then I have also received the iPod photo, the iPod shuffle, the free handbag, and the free flatscreen television.

Since I got one, I figured I would steal Christine's idea and put up links for people that still need referrers to get their free iPod. If you'd like you're link here for any of these sites, please send me an e-mail (be sure to change the AT and DOT) and I'll add you to the conga line here and on the main page for a week. If you would like your link to stay longer, click the PayPal button below and donate $10 for each week that you want your site to be linked.

When it's your turn to be posted, please let me know when you've reached your requirements so I can change you out. Also, please don't leave your referral link in the comments since it kind of defeats the purpose and I will remove them.

- My FreeiPodNanos.com link
- My FreeDesktopPC.com link
- My FreeMiniMacs.com link (No Dell coupons needed.)
- My FreePSPs.com link
- My FreeGamingSystems.com link
- Amancay's link: FreeiPodShuffle.com
- Mike's link: My FreePhotoiPods.com
- Promo's link: FreeHandbags.com
- Erika's link: FreeiPods.com
- Russell's link: FreeFlatScreen.com

While doing some searching, I also found another company that's doing basically the same thing for mp3 players (iPod, Rio Carbon, and iRiver), DVRs (TiVo), cameras (Canon S1 IS, Sony DSC-P100, Sony DSC-W1, and Canon A95), and PVPs or portable video players (Archos AV420, iRiver PMP-120, Creative Zen PMC, and 10" Portable DVD player). They also allow you to take a cash equivelant option, putting money directly into your PayPal account. The same with signing up and posting your link applies here as well.

- My DVRs4Free.com link (for a free TiVo) or $275 in cash
- My PVPs4Free.com link or $450 in cash
- My Cameras4Free.com link or $325 in cash
- My DS4Free.com (Nintendo DS; Nintendo Dual Screen) Link or $150 in cash
- My iPodShuffles4Free.com link
- Promo's link: MP3Players4Free.com or $275 in cas

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Lots of people have signed up, but only three people that have completed offers under me at FreeiPod.com. All I need is two more people to complete offers, so please sign up if you can. Don't forget that anyone that signs up and completes their offer goes into a drawing for me to buy them something off of their Amazon wishlist.

Update: I have four people under me that have done their offers, so I'm going to steal a page from Christine's book and make a post where I put up the links for people who still need referrers. If you're looking to sign up, please go here.

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The Bachelor's Cat: A Love Story by L. F. Hoffman: the story of a struggling artist and how his life changes when he adopts a kitten.

The titular bachelor in this novel is a struggling artist with a gorgeous girlfriend. Unfortunately, she has left him time and time again for other men only to return when her interest in them wanes.

Shortly after his first gallery opening, the bachelor finds a tiny grey kitten on his front porch. He adopts her and their relationship, one built on mutual trust and love, develops. Presently he meets a woman that is very much unlike the women he usually dates (she's almost his age and is somewhat chubby). However, he has conversations with her that intrigue him and he finds himself gradually spending all his time with her. She's so different, though, from the girlfriend that he struggles with what he really wants and needs and can only decide with the help of his cat.

I wouldn't really classify this little tale as a romance novel, though there were definitely elements of that there. To me, this book was more about finding out who you are as a person and finding the person that makes you happy with what you and they are.

I finished it in under an hour, but it was so charming that I honestly wished it would have been longer though it probably didn't need to be. Well worth reading.

(Finished on August 8, 2004 for Zuly's Reading Room.)

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Bluebird Cafe by Carmel Bird: as much as I wanted to get through this short little book, I just couldn't. There was something about the writing stlye that just made it impossible for it to hold my interest.

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Felicia's Journey by William Trevor: a strange little book about a pregnant Irish girl and the man that attempts to befriend her.

Felicia is seventeen and pregnant. Her lover, Johhny Lysaght, has returned to his job in England, so determined to find him even though the circumstances around her points to the fact that he doesn't want her any longer, Felicia follows him.

While searching the town that Johnny is supposed to work in, she meets Mr. Hilditch, an overweight canteen catering manager. Mr. Hilditch befriends young girls in need and we are left to wonder for what purpose he feels compelled to do this.

The first two thirds of the book I spent trying to determine Mr. Hilditch's motives. They seemed shady, but since nothing was ever definitely said, I was left wondering. Once his motives are made perfectly clear, however, I found myself not enjoying the book as much and by the last fifty pages, I really just wanted to be done with it. I also must admit that the twist revealed in the last chapter, I didn't see coming at all.

All in all, a decent read and at two hundred pages, probably worth the read.

(Finished on August 7, 2004 for Zuly's Reading Room.)

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Does anyone have any experience with the Internet Archive AKA The Wayback Machine? I need to save the code for this page, but it adds an extra line to any hrefs (in this case http://web.archive.org/web/20030219213613/). I need to strip those out, but when I look at the souce, they don't even show up. Help!

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