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Oh my God ! Has this blog totally died? What’s happening here? – Asks one confused blog reader.

No it hasn’t died! I haven’t died! Kurt hasn’t died! We’re alive and kicking but ever since I have started video blogging I don’t really write many entries here which is a shame I suppose but video blogging is so much fun and actually I have contemplated to stop blogging the traditional way and just doing videos instead. I haven’t made the final decision yet but I thought I owed it to all of you to give an explanation of why this blog is so silent recently.

If you all want to keep up with what I’m doing, here are a few links where I am what’s more active:

My YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/user/gttlrs

My Facebook account: http://facebook.com/GitteGorzelakIsmail

My twitter: http://twitter.com/sleightofblog

I have not decided to totally abandon the blog – yet – so please do keep coming back now and then.

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Have you ever been really upset at the seemingly endless problems with Facebook? One day you can’t update your status, the next day the chat feature doesn’t work..

What if I told you there is a way to archive, import and export your Facebook so you won’t have to worry about losing everything?

Just watch this video:

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Yeah I’m up reading. It’s almost 4 AM here in Denmark and I am up.

It’s kinda silly but I am starting to come to terms with the fact that I am a night person. I am so at ease and so active at night.

On the pic I am just studying some song lyrics – whilst at the same time listening to a video on Youtube about a doctor who got arrested for smothering a three week old patient. Plus I was updating Facebook.

Thank God tomorrow is Saturday.

And here’s some stuff for you to read if you’re wide awake in the middle of the night like I am:

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As my those of you who are my Facebook friends will know, my family and I went to visit the medieval castle in Spøttrup, Denmark, the other day. I have only ever seen it from outside so it was quite interesting to get behind those thick walls and see what people really lived like back then.

Let me tell you a little about the castle. It is Denmark’s best preserved medieval castle and it is standing on some very rugged land. You get a very clear sense that in those days safety went first and comfort second! There was nothing comfortable about it but the walls were thick and the waters surrounding the castle must have made a good protection against enemies. When you see the holes in the walls for canons, you get a real sense of the danger!

Also, there are multiple toilet shafts built into the walls. Cruel today, perhaps kinda luxurious back then?

The castle is well worth a visit if you’re into medieval stuff. Every year there is a medieval market there.

More here: http://home20.inet.tele.dk/peregrine/spoettrup.htm

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Here is our list of the top 5 interesting, funny, thought provoking or inspiring posts/videos we have found online today:

1. RachaelPachel sings on Youtube. I just discovered RachaelPachel today via The Sue & Steve Show and I was really interested in her way of cutting and editing her videos. Very inspirational for a new video blogger as myself.

Subscribe to RachaelPachel’s Youtube channel.

2. There’s a blog in my soup! Blogs needs to eat, too. An amazing post about increasing your Feedburner RSS subscriber count. Read it here, it’s quite thorough.

3. Sue and Steve from The Sue & Steve Show have made a new video about finding their niche and using the Law of Attraction. Also, they’re inviting people to join them for a discussion, Tuesday June 30th 1pmPT (4pmET), about the law of attraction! It’s so exciting! Go to their page to read more.

4. John Chow’s excellent post: How I make 40000 a month from a blog. It’s inspiring and truly intelligent, of course – since it comes from John Chow..DUH. I have recently become a fan of John Chow on Facebook and I follow him on Twitter because I figure, if you wanna learn, you better learn from the best, right?

http://www.johnchow.ca/how-i-make-40000-a-month-from-a-blog/.

5. This is a great one. Follow Jewelchic on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/user/jewelchic) for cool diet tips and a really really excited and inspiring lady from down under! The channel is not only about weight loss though. It’s about living a fun and good life and we can all use tips on that subject, right?

Here’s Jewelchic :

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• New blog post: http://tinyurl.com/m996m2 – Sleeping late
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Hey everyone, I just wanna draw your attention to our new fancy toolbar at the bottom of our blog. It’s actually a quite useful thing for you, our readers.

You can use it to search our blog for any topic, you can use it to translate our blog into your preferred language, you can check out our recent posts and even read a random post from our archives and also share the post you’re reading on a number of social sites such as Digg or Facebook. And speaking of Facebook, why not also use the toolbar to join our brand new Facebook community? Also please follow us on Twitter and read our notifications from the toolbar without ever leaving our blog!

We hope you’ll put this new exciting tool to good use. Thanks!

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Deodorant
It’s just a must. I mean, without deodorant you won’t make any new friends and your old ones won’t talk to you (if you brought them along).

Tissues

Always bring tissues. You might wanna blow your nose, wipe your eyes or use chloroform on a hapless victim..sorry, that was a tip for the serial killers..

Laptop

I’ve gotta stay connected to check my email, Facebook and blog. I just might die if I am offline. I haven’t tested this theory but I am quite sure. I’ve heard stories.

Three pairs of panties

No explanation needed..

Cellphone

Gotta bring my cell cos I get at least one phone call per month. God I am such a lonely soul in this big huge world..why go on a friggin’ trip anyway..

Digital camera

Uh yeah, I might find the perfect spot to take a pic. And it’s very important to snap all the “Gitte standing by tree”, “Gitte standing left of tree”, “Gitte standing right of tree”, “Gitte modelling by the seaside”, “Gitte eating icecream” moments on my vacation..to show my family and friends when I come back. It’ll be the worst four hours of their lives.

Common sense

Remember to bring common sense. If you’re on a dark road and some mid-twenties white guy says he has car trouble, keep walking..or preferably running.

What would you bring on a trip?

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It’s been a while since we posted anything about magic. That’s mainly because Kurt is the expert in this particular field and I know practically nothing about it – and Kurt has been blogging about other subjects recently.

I have a bunch of magicians befriending me on Facebook and they all expect me to be super duper at magic. Then when they discover I know nothing, they move on to greener pastures.

I was on to something at one point but I was talked out of it. I had a death row concept all ready: “So you killed a no-good street walking whore? That doesn’t mean life can’t be magical!” – a sort of traveling magic show for death row inmates. But Kurt said it was a bad idea. I wanted to combine our interests in crime and magic but somehow the idea of entertaining a bunch of creeps on death row might not suit all people.

I understand that. It makes me sick, too. It was just a spur of the moment thing, anyway..

Anyway, maybe we should have another magic post, Kurt?

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Just informing our readers that I have just created a new group on Facebook for non-custodial parents. If you would like to join, just follow this link. I think it’s important to raise awareness about noncustodial parents and their stories because of the social stigma they/we live under. Quite often people frown upon a person who has lost custody although the truth is it can be due to reasons beyond their own control and they are excellent parents within their own right and ability. I hope the community grows quickly and will provide a nice forum for us all.

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