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Koontz got your eye was a success. We have a winner! Andrea’s recommendation, Lightning, was the selected book.

Andrea has been sent an $8 gift Amazon gift certificate for her troubles. She was not only first, but suggested several good titles. To narrow the choice I read reviews of each book on Amazon. This gave me some insight on themes.

Lightning was chosen specifically at Andrea’s recommendation and that it involves a sci-fi theme. Koontz takes his spin on time travel.

Andrea, Tony Mast, Tracy Lee, Phil Baumann, and akaMonty, your support and suggestions were helpful. It took me some time to check out each one. The next in line will likely be Fear Nothing, a title recommended a couple of times.

The book is due to be shipped out on Monday. I’ll look forward to its arrival by Friday. Look for a review to follow.

Amazon is my favorite place to shop. Yes I live in St. Charles county, but Wal-mart really isn’t where I spend all the big bucks. As you might have guessed that’s where I purchase all my books.

Purchasing leads to recommendations, and recommendations pointed to Dean Koontz. So I picked up the first Odd Thomas novel. I was immediately hooked. So far I’ve read the first three.

Koontz purchases on Amazon of course led to more of his works turning up for me to buy. Oh, the titles are interesting, but they don’t really say much about the books. Let’s list a few…

	Seize the Night
	The Watchers
	Life Expectancy
	Intensity
	Phantoms

You get the drift. Short titles and cool covers. That’s what it’s all about I guess. What I’d really like though is my friends and contacts to make some recommendations about his books. Or heck, just suggest some good alternates.

Ones I’ve read already:

Odd Thomas 1st-3rd books
Frankenstein books - Prodigal Son and City of Night

That’s it. Just those. I’ve been wary of running out and spending $10 on something I might hate. Are the Odd Thomas novels a good indication of the rest of his writing? Are they exceptions?

So I’m asking you, my readers, and the rest of you out there on the net; what’s your favorite Koontz tale or alternate work of fiction.

I’ll post the results here on the blog, so keep the suggestions coming in. As an added incentive, I’ll buy you a book too if I take your suggestion. So be the first to suggest your favorite.

Yours,
Todd

Utterz wants to help you ease the pain, pump pain that is.  They want you to tell them about your pain at the pump, and even send a picture.

So how can telling them you pay to much help? Utterz wants you to tell them and the world, what’d you do if you got those precious dollars back. 

Utterz:

when you fill up your gas tank, just call Utterz while you’re pumping and tell the Utterz community what you would do if you had that money back!

Still need some inspiration? Check this out.

They’ll hook up 2 of you with an Amazon or Mobile gift certificate when they announce the second Utterz Game next week.

**BONUS** up your odds by sending in a picture of the total on your gas pump to go@utterz.com. Send it within 10 minutes of calling so it matches up to your recording.

What are you waiting for?!  Go, pump, pay, and share the pain!  Share your Utterz posts here in the comments was well for extra fun.

An Utterz Ambassador?  No, it doesn’t mean you’ll be talking to more cows, but it does mean you could be representing good old Bessie for Utterz.  Utterz is kicking off a Memorial Day weekend contest to find a small group of folks to become Utterz Ambassadors. Here’s the scoop straight from Sim and crew.

Here’s the skinny: The Utterz team will be hand selecting a small group of Utterz users to help shape the future of Utterz for the entire community. If you’re selected to be an Ambassador, you’ll get to peek behind the Utterz curtain to learn what we’re working on now, as well helping us design and refine our upcoming feature releases. And of course, you’ll get “more cowbell”. 

So how do you become an Utterz Ambassador? Easy.

Send us an email (ambassador@utterz.com) or create an utter tagged “utterz ambassador” (bonus points) describing why you’re the perfect Utterz Ambassador.

Be creative, have fun, show off your riffs, and prove your chops as an Utterz user.

We will begin the selection process Tuesday, May 27th, so be sure to get your submissions in before then. We’ll announce the newly minted Utterz Ambassadors by Thursday, May 29th.

And if you’re still looking for more information, check out our post announcement on the Utterz blog.

Happy Uttering!

Sim, Chris & the Utterz Team

 

     You read it here; you could be the next Utterz Ambassador!  There’s an Utterz blog post with the same information in a video for your more visually fixated Utterz fans.

     So what are you going to do? Join the fun! Be the next Utterz Ambassador!

Jonny Goldstein is hosting a haiku contest.  The prize? A collectible Mimobot a designer collectible USB flash drive, courtesy of http://www.mimoco.com/.

encourage people to adopt puppies from their local shelter. If you are thinking about adopting a puppy, I encourage you to get one from the animal shelter. And make sure you get that critter fixed. 

The contest page is here, on Utterz. Visit, see Jonny’s own haiku, and find out what the requirements are and where to submit yours.

Just another great thing from Jonny, one of the nicest guys on the net.

As an aside, our dogs have been shelter puppies, yours? Got any good stories about bringing your dog into your household?  Did the internet play a part? Find your dog or cat online?