This is my baby. Ruby June. She goes to work with me at the veterinary hospital every day and goes just about every where else I go. I took this picture in 06 after the Nebraska Cornhuskers beat Michigan in the bowl game.
A friend of ours is a Michigan fan and gave us the hat as a gag gift, so I gave her a picture after the game.
janelle

I bleed husker red.

ps, her eyes are brown, I just never fixed the photo, makes her look like a crazed husker.

Well, there's been a shitload of stuff going on at Cafepress with the announcements of changes in the affiliate program and the introduction of Commission Junction as the new 3rd party to handle the affiliate program.

I have bloodshot eyes, a pounding head, huge beer bill and used about 10 boxes of kleenex, trying to figure this out.

First of all, Cafepress hired 2 gals by the names of Shelby and Jill to head up this whole new affiliate thingy. As a Shopkeeper and wannabe affiliate marketer, I would like to know when my POD company hires new people whose decisions will have an affect on my business with the company. I want the whole scoop, education, experience, age, YES AGE! If these 2 gals are just a couple of years out of college and still fresh faced with perky virgin breasts, I don't trust em'! They've probably never had any hard times or been so broke they couldn't pay attention. And where the hell are they from? Are they a product of the "Real housewives of Orange County?" These little chickadees may not have a clue about the real world!

They sure as hell didn't have a clue as to how many people (aka shopkeepers) they were going to piss off with thier little announcement. The shopkeepers are who drives cafepress and makes Fred and Maheesh all thier money. Without us they wouldn't be squat.

I'll give Cafepress this, the affiliate program they started was probably not performing to thier expectations. But, until I read about a 1000 posts about commission junction I didn't have a true grasp on what they really expected of the affiliate program. Now that I do, I don't think CP explained it as thouroughly to the shopkeepers as they should have and I don't think they gave us enough time to get it implemented. I know I have several off cp sites that are affiliate sites and I was just getting started in the promotion of these sites and now I'm going to have to go back and make an assload of changes to stay in the game.

I have a cousin who is a very successful businessman and I have learned a lot from him.

#1 Treat the people who drive your business well. If you work with them and reward them they will return the favor with thier loyalty. This means they will stay working for or with you. They will be on time, they will stay late, they will volunteer to help out when needed and they will sing the praises of you and your business.

#2 Take a look at what does work and get input and make it better.

#3 Take a look at what doesn't work and ask your people why and then ask them to help you make the appropriate changes.

#4 Don't drop bombshells on your people or treat them badly. THEY DON'T LIKE IT! I have this personal philosophy, "I was looking for a job when I found this one". Just like I was looking for an internet business when I found CP. If it gets to hot, I'll be outta there like shit through a goose. There are other options.

#5 Last but not least, pay them well.

I'm not neccessarily for or against the changes at CP. We'll see how it shakes out, but the whole situation was handled very badly at the expense of the shopkeepers who are the people who drive the MONEY at cp. In the meantime I am exploring other ventures.

The positive is I've learned so much at cp and from all of the great people on the forum boards I can't thank them enough. It gives me the confidence to explore new ventures and know that those great folks will always be there to hold my hand when the going gets tough. Those folks have been great, not only for the help I've gotten with my internet ventures, but when I needed a shoulder to whine on or a place to vent or help with a personal issue they've been there for me. They've also made me laugh until I almost pee'd my pants, and I will always hold these people close to my heart.
janelle

Ok, everybody, here's a couple of pictures of gramma's puppies. There's 4 altogether, but it's hard to get them to sit still long enough to get all 4 in one photo.
janelle

Awright, in tonights post we's gonna tackle the war in Iraq and them pesky terrorists.
I say we give a few good ole redneck boys, and girls ifn they want some of them there fancy toys the military has and tell them the followin'.

1. The season on terrorists opened today.
2. There is no limit.
3. They taste like chicken.
4. They don't like beer, pickups, country music, bacon, jesus or thier mama.
5. They are directly responsible for the death of Dale Earnhardt.

This mess in Iraq should be over in a week.
janelle for president
co VP running mates
Evil Genius Blue, taking over the earth one evil plot at a time
KayCee, she really wants to be master of the universe
Melhi Ink, looking for a figure head job

Redneck sweatshirts

I think I'll run for president! You don't need a gob of dough to do this. I'll just do it all right here from my little ole redneck blog. I called it Redneck Revue for a reason.

So let's start on some issues!
1. Taxes. I'm gonna slap and end user sales tax on stuff , just like our state and city taxes. Then, the average working stiff will no longer have any Federal income tax deducted from their paycheck.

This accomplishes a couple of things. People get to keep more of their paycheck to spend, and all them cheaters out there workin for cash will pay their share of Federal Income Tax everytime they go to the store.

Ya'll know these folks, illegal immigrants, drug dealers, hookers, bookies, etc. Of course it will catch a lot of other folks too. Like teenagers that babysit, mow lawns, etc. for cash, and all those other folks who do stuff for cash and never file any income tax.

If that doesn't raise enough to cover it, we'll slap a penny a roll tax on toliet paper. I figure that's purty fair. Just about everyone uses toliet paper, and you'd be paying in relation to the amount ya'll use. And if you don't use toliet paper, we don't want yer penny, cuz God knows where yer hands have been.

In my next post we'll tackle them peskly little river swimmers from down south.

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Redneck t-shirts

The Boys, Dale on the left, Art on the right

Finally decided to take a look at Squidoo. It' s pretty cool place. I started a lense there for my website missingnebraska where I sell t-shirts , hoodies, mugs and other items with my unique designs printed on them.

It's pretty cool because you can feature your own items, but you can also pull stuff from Amazon and Plexo and a superstore. You can add itunes, a guest book and all kinds of other cool stuff.

The best part is you can make money on the products from Amazon, Plexo, Superstore, itunes and they have several other things too.

I also started a Lose Weight and Keep it off lense featuring all kinds of great health and fitness products. I did this because I recently lost 51 pounds doing Wieght Watchers and I know how hard it is.

One of my lenses is redneck revue.
The other one is Formerly Fluffy

More Redneck stuff here. Was just thinking about the old days when dear hubby worked in the oilfield and they never knew how many miles it was home, but they knew how many 6 packs it took to get from the rig location to home. Rednecks have that same gift. They measure distance in 6 packs. See more of Rednecks measure distance in 6 packs here

Did you see the Husker Volleyball girls whip Stanford last night? Awesome! Those girls are something else. Tall, long legged, athletic, smart & cute too.

In thier honor I came up with this. It's not everyday you want to wear a shirt with the words "It's good to be corn fed". But if you're one of those people that bleeds husker red, corn fed is a good thing.

Here's the link to get a tee, hoodie, mug or other great product with this design for yourself. Corn Fed

I will be adding football, baseball and other sports as I find time. I'll also be adding other schools in the future. Check back to see if you're favorite team is up yet!

I was sitting in the living room today watching tv with dear hubby and an idea for a new t-shirt design popped into my head. You see hubby is a remote control hog! So I gave him a new indian name and designed a t-shirt in his honor!
CHIEF REMOTE CONTROL
Click on the link and find a style just for you! Long & short sleeved tee's in a variety of colors along with sweatshirts, hoodies, thongs, coffee mugs, mousepads and more. I'm going to tweak the design to read my daddy's name is chief remote control for the kids and my masters name is chief remote control for the dog shirts. I'll also put it up as "My indian name is Chief Remote Control" so people can get one for the remote hog guy thier lives.

Check this out. Is that not hilarious? I can see it now, at the family BBQ on the 4th of July. Bubba, has had one to many and decides to become a human bottle rocket. Poor Bubba, when he landed he had burned a hole in his brand new jeans, undershorts and singed all of the hair off his behind.
On top of that he was sporting the biggest rack ever seen, to bad it was the only 2 branches left alive in Granny's apple tree. His hair was blown back like he'd spent the day on a Harley and the look on his face would've scared Satan.
You can get this on t-shirts, hoodies and more here,
A redneck's famous last words.

The photo at the right was taken earlier this summer at another standoff with a wacko, with an arrest record as long as Karim Abdul Jabar's arm. It's my son Art in position with his sniper rifle. This wacko shot the Deuel County Sheriff with a shotgun, he wasn't seriously injured, and later shot himself.

Anyway, the photo is pretty cool. I got it from NSP. Need to ask if I need thier permission to use it.

For those of you at CP who expressed concern for my son who is a NSP SWAT Sniper I thank you for your thoughts, below is the official press release from NSP. I don't know much more than this, but all the officers were unharmed and Ralph's daughter, who has Downs Syndrome is ok.

NEWS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEBRASKA STATE PATROL
www.nsp.state.ne.us
Contact: Deb Collins 402-479-4985
December 13, 2006


Troop E SWAT Team Involved in
Cheyenne County Standoff

(Lincoln, NE) – A welfare check at a Cheyenne County residence leads to an eight hour standoff involving members of the Nebraska State Patrol Troop E SWAT Team.
At approximately 9:50 a.m. (MT), on Tuesday, December 12, 2006, the Cheyenne County Sheriff’s office requested the assistance of the Nebraska State Patrol, Troop E SWAT Team, after 63-year-old Ralph Bond of rural Lodgepole threatened the Sheriff and a deputy with a gun. The Cheyenne County Sheriff was attempting to check on the welfare of Bond’s 24-year old developmentally disabled daughter at the time of the incident.
Troop E SWAT Team members established a perimeter around the residence located approximately four miles north of Lodgepole around noon (MT). Telephone contact with the suspect was established. During contact Bond made statements about his daughter, leading law enforcement at the scene to believe she may be deceased.
In the early evening hours SWAT Team members were able to determine there were two people walking around in the home, one believed to be Bond, the other his daughter. Phone contact was lost with the residence around dark. Around 7:00 p.m. (MT), SWAT Team members attempted to re-establish contact by placing a throw phone in the home. The phone was tossed into the window on the northeast side of the residence. At that time shots could be heard fired inside the home. Just before 8:00 p.m. (MT), the suspect armed with two guns, exited the front door of the home and opened fire on SWAT Team members. SWAT Team members returned fire and the suspect was shot and killed. The suspects’ daughter was unharmed. She was taken to a hospital in Sidney and admitted for observation. No SWAT Team members were injured during the standoff.
A special prosecutor will be named in the case. Nebraska law requires a grand jury be convened anytime a person dies while in police custody or in the process of apprehension.

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In recent studies, funded by Bubba's Mom and his beer drinking buddies who miss him, it has been determined that the typical alien abductee is a drunk Redneck.

Now, why in the universe, the little green aliens would pick on poor ole beer soaked Bubba is beyond me. You'd think they's pick on the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, or Paris Hilton, maybe Britanney Spears. How about Michael Jackson! You want a strange subject to study He's one!

But poor ole Bubba who's just out on Saturday night having a few brewski's, doin' a little hunting, and trying to pick up girls?

Maybe, they figure no one will ever believe Bubba. I mean, would you? After a 12 pack of Old Milwaukee and a pint of Jack Daniels, Bubba's likely to see anything.

Here's my take on the whole thing. You can see it in several styles at UFO Abductee