{"id":536,"date":"2010-12-14T05:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com.s96953.gridserver.com\/site\/?p=536"},"modified":"2010-12-17T20:45:07","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T01:45:07","slug":"verastic-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/vl\/verastic-2-0.html","title":{"rendered":"Verastic 2.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Very, very soon,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I mean, really soon,<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The verastic dot com that you see today, you will see it no more. It&#8217;ll be gone forever, and be replaced with a brand new Verastic dot com 2.0. I&#8217;m moving to WordPress.<!--more--> It&#8217;s hard to admit, but I have outgrown Blogger. So on WordPress, I&#8217;ll blog more often, reveal myself more often, get to know you better, and hopefully &#8230; well, I won&#8217;t tell you about my plans to extort a 2012 Range Rover Sport from each of you.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">But before I move, keep these dates in mind, please:<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>January 14th:<\/strong> This is the most important {Repeat: <strong>MOST IMPORTANT<\/strong>} date in the Verastic history. Thia was the day &#8211; <em>21 years ago<\/em> &#8211; when yours truly was born. [<strong><em>Insert: Pinocchio nose<\/em><\/strong>]. It&#8217;s coming up &#8212; again. And in my usual kind spirit, I&#8217;m letting myself receive gifts from you generous folks. You may visit my <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/blNaWz\">wish list<\/a><\/strong> for ideas. And no, I do not wish to discuss the fact that I have turned 21 more than once.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>January 26th:<\/strong> Verastically Livin&#8217; Blog will be five years old. \u00a0Five! Of course, we won&#8217;t be celebrating it by just saying <em>&#8220;Yay, happy birthday.&#8221;<\/em> This year, I did <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bKf9O9\">a giveaway<\/a><\/strong>. It was a book &#8211; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie&#8217;s book, &#8220;The Thing Around Your Neck.&#8221; Next year, however, well &#8230; stay tuned for the giveaway. But know this, it&#8217;ll be bigger and better, and you don&#8217;t want to miss it.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>February 14th:<\/strong> Don&#8217;t panic. I&#8217;m not requiring that you go to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jared.com\/\">Jared<\/a><\/strong> and buy a pair of diamond studs &#8211; although, that would be nice. A girl never tires of receiving these things. Oh, wait. I&#8217;ve never received a pair of diamond studs. Well, a girl never tires of wanting to receive one. \u00a0But most importantly, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bV6xp8\">Show Me Your Love<\/a> <\/strong>will be right on! And this time, it will be even better! Where are my hot, sexy couples? I need those pictures. More details coming up soon.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>P.S.<\/strong> The new verastic {AKA Verastic 2.0} will have more features. Prepare to be prepared \u00a0to be prepared to be dazzled.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>P.P.S.<\/strong> In case you have not noticed, today is the 14th of December &#8230;. exactly one month to my birthday. Woot, woot!!! Where&#8217;s the surprise party??<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>P.P.P.S.<\/strong> I need to contact my church. They still haven&#8217;t put my birthday under the website&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Upcoming Events&#8221;<\/em> column. My birthday is an event, darn it!<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>P.P.P.P.S<\/strong> Don&#8217;t even get me started on the US Government, their refusal to make January 14th a national public holiday. 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