The Surfin’ Dad

On USA Today’s website they have an interactive quiz addressing some of the top issues.

As you answer the questions (11 of them), a graph at the bottom shows how each candidate is scoring so far.

The war, immigration, global warming and health care are all covered. The only thing I didn’t like is that I would like to have chosen more than one answer for some of the questions.

In the end, the candidates most like The Surfin’ Dad are:

• 1st Place - Mike Huckabee
• 2nd Place - Mitt Romney
• 3rd Place - Tom Tancredo

When the results are displayed, you can mouse hover over the colored blocks on the left and see how each candidate faired in relation to that question.

Previously, I had noticed myself picking the candidates based on their beliefs on one issue then trying to adapt either their stance or my opinion to fit their stance on the other issues. For instance, I liked Tom Tancredo because he was aggressive towards immigration and thought I could live with his opinion on the war.

This quiz forced me to pick what I thought was the best solution for each issue and then presented the candidate that was the closest to my beliefs.

And, more importantly, you now have some good solid reasons to love me (or hate me) even more!

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Thanks to my patient and very generous (with your time) readers, my site continues to grow and attract very good (in my opinion) traffic levels. As we near the end of the first month I wanted to update you on a few changes and end of month posts.

First, don’t forget to get your entires in for “The Santa Dilemma” contest. The deadline for all entries is midnight on 10/31/07. The prizes aren’t large enough to allow you to retire, but hey: free is free, right? Yeah, it’s a little early for Christmas promotions but given that I absolutely despise Halloween it’s my way of mentally skipping over it.

Second, as the result of some suggestions and blog critiques, I’ll be changing the layout of this blog during the next few days. The main difference is that I am moving to a 3 column format versus the current 2 column. The percentage of people that are running screen resolutions so low that a 3 column won’t fit are so small that it’s not worth wasting the extra space for.

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No, I don’t mean the typical first responder, I mean the type that responds first. But not to accident scenes or fires, just conversations about them. But not starting conversations about them, just responding. First. Grrr…, let me back up.

A lot of people have told me I’m funny. None of them have told me I’m hot, so I tend to believe they’re credible. I’m the funniest person they know, I have quick comebacks, I’m hilarious, etc. Most of the time it ends in the statement “You ought to be a stand up comedian” to which I immediately reply “that would never work.”

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Before I started this blog I did several weeks of research as to the best tools to use, best place for hosting, how to monetize to offset costs, etc. Being a realist by nature, I set some aggressive yet realistic goals for my blog.

Now, thanks to some internet love and outstanding readers such as yourself , I have surpassed all of my 60 day goals on the 10th day anniversary of this blog. I am completely amazed at the fast growth of this blog and deeply appreciate those of you that read my blog.

Here are the goals I set for the 60 day mark:

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