Blogging is Such Sweet Sorrow

A big part of our ability to generate traffic in this Su Casa blog contest was of course Facebook. When you're able to say in a quick statement what you're trying to do and also provide an immediate link to your blog, people (lazy as we are), will gladly exert the 1/2 ounce of energy to right click. So from time to time, Jamie and I would kindly remind everyone what we were doing and we tried to do so in a humorous manner. I rather enjoyed parodying some famous pop culture references for my Facebook reminders. Below are my favorites;

Bill Pulman addressing the Nation in "Independence Day"

(Actually waiting until today to post this one concurrent with this blog post). Good morning. Good morning. In less than a day, bloggers from here will join others from around the state, and you will be launching the largest blog contest in the history of Baltimore. Baltimore, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty differences any more. We will be united in our common interest in Su Casa. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 29th of June, and you will once again be fighting for our furniture. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from other bloggers. We're fighting for our right to win, to blog, and should we win the contest, the 29th of June will no longer be known as nothing, but as the day when Baltimore declared in one voice, 'We will not go quietly into the night! We will not vanish without a fight! We're going to blog, we're going to win.' Today we celebrate the end of the ‘Test It, Blog it, Win it Contest!’

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The Rifleman's Creed

This is my blog. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My blog is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I master my life. My blog, without me, is useless. Without my blog, I am useless. I must type my blog true. I must blog faster than my competition who is trying to beat me. I must blog them before they blog me. I will… My blog and myself know that what counts in this contest is not the words we type, the comments we get, nor the views we generate. We know it is the blogs that count. We will blog… My blog is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weakness, its strength, its options, its accessories, its homepage, and its backlinks. I will keep my blog clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become a part of each other. We will… Before God I swear this creed. My blog and myself are the defenders of this couch. We are the masters of our competition. We are the saviors of my life. So be it, until victory is the Iskow’s and there is no competition, but couch.

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Old Spice Commercial

Hello, friends, look at your couch, now back to mine, now back at your couch, now back to mine. Sadly, yours isn’t mine, but if you stopped shopping at big retail stores and switched to Su Casa, you could be like us. Look down, back up, where are you? You’re on the couch with us that you wished you owned. What’s in your hand, back at me. I have it, it’s the remote and we’re watching your favoriteshow in unbelievable comfort. Look again, the remote is now an iPhone and you’ve got the President on the line. Anything is possible when you shop at Su Casa and not the other guy. I’m on a dog.

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Andy DuFrane's letter to Red in "The Shawshank Redemption"

Dear Friend, if you're reading this, you've got some time. And if you've come this far, maybe you're willing to read a little further. You remember the name of the store, don't you? (Su Casa) We could use a good friend to help us win our couch this month. I'll keep an eye out for you and the seat cushion ready. Remember, Friend, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever loses. I will be hoping that this status finds you, and finds you well. Your friends, Joe & Jamie.

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Direct TV "Don't Have a Grandson with a Dog Collar" Commercial

ATTENTION: Jamie and I are in a contest to win a couch. If you could go to our blog www.joeandjamieiskow.blogspot.com and leave comments, and click on the provided Su Casa links just to check out the store, that will help us win. And if we win, that means you can sit comfortably when you come to visit us. And when you’re comfortable, you’re relaxed. And when you’re relaxed, you have a clear mind. And when you have a clear mind, you have million dollar ideas. And when you have million dollar ideas, you become a millionaire. Help us win our couch so you can become a millionaire.

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And if you didn't like any of our blogs this month, Livy has one thing to say....