To all of you, my dear readers, I owe the deepest of apologies. Last night, my internet was being nonfunctional and unkind. Luckily, today will be a double post!
DOUBLE POST!! DOUBLE POST!!
Firstly, a friend of mine sent me information! This information included a few websites that compile all sorts of contests into one page. I will not tell you what the website is called, that is a secret. But if you take me out to a Starbucks or something and buy me a Dark Roast with room for cream, I will tell you about my super secret contest websites.
The best thing about my super secret contest websites is that it is purely Canadian! No more trying to jam six digits of postal code into five spaces for those American online prizes. Now, I am strictly letter-number-letter, followed by number-letter-number.
Just now I entered a contest to win 1 of 4 Sony 60" LCD Flatscreen Television. These four televisions are being given away courtesy of MovieTime, which appears to be a television channel of some sort. Two big thumbs up to MovieTime! Sixty inches is a lot of LCD!
The other contest I entered and lost (foreshadowing!) was provided to me by the good criminals at H&R Block. They have this insane contest going where there are three boxes floating in front of you and you have to click on one box. The prizes are $50, $10 or $0. I won $0. Although this was initially discouraging, I immediately read that I can go to this H&R Block block game once a day! I can come back tomorrow! I can't wait to win ten dollars. I promise you this, my dear readers, if I win $10 from the H&R Block blocks, I will spend all of the $10 on scratch and win tickets. But if I win the $50, I will use all of the $50 for good groceries, like salmon and milk.
Hopefully tomorrow's internet won't be so purse-y and I will be able to type at will. This double post is giving me a headache.
DOUBLE POST!! DOUBLE POST!!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Iginla's Stick and Did you know A&W has a Papa Burger Wrap?
After I got home from work, I hit the websites. My hope was that I could simply enter contests on websites for popular products such as Coke, McDonalds, ect. No luck. Everyone wants me to join some sort of club before they let me enter contests. This calls for a fake (sort of) email address.
Philgamble@hotmail.com now exists. I have spent the last hour or so joining up with random corporations in hopes of finding contests to enter. And I have found the first contest I am going to enter. It will be through Coca Cola, and I am going to try to win a Jerome-Iginla-autographed-hockey-stick. Here are the rules!
Non-purchase Method of Entry. To enter without making a purchase, during the Promotion Period, hand print your name, address, day and evening phone numbers, email address, the prize pool for which you would like to enter, and your age on a 3" x 5" piece of paper and mail it with proper postage to: "iCoke.ca Sweeps 19" PO Box 583, Dept. SWS19, Pickering Ont. L1V 3T3. You will receive 1 entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: 1 per envelope. All mail-in entries must be handwritten and must be postmarked by the date listed in the chart in Section #4 above. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.
I would normally do all this immediately, but it is late and I can't find any index cards. However, I will get it done tomorrow and mail it out on Wednesday.
It has become apparent that I did not actually gamble or enter a contest today. But by signing up with Quiznos, I now get 2 dollars off the next combo I buy AND a free cookie on my birthday, which is much more than I can say for you right now.
Philgamble@hotmail.com now exists. I have spent the last hour or so joining up with random corporations in hopes of finding contests to enter. And I have found the first contest I am going to enter. It will be through Coca Cola, and I am going to try to win a Jerome-Iginla-autographed-hockey-stick. Here are the rules!
Non-purchase Method of Entry. To enter without making a purchase, during the Promotion Period, hand print your name, address, day and evening phone numbers, email address, the prize pool for which you would like to enter, and your age on a 3" x 5" piece of paper and mail it with proper postage to: "iCoke.ca Sweeps 19" PO Box 583, Dept. SWS19, Pickering Ont. L1V 3T3. You will receive 1 entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: 1 per envelope. All mail-in entries must be handwritten and must be postmarked by the date listed in the chart in Section #4 above. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor.
I would normally do all this immediately, but it is late and I can't find any index cards. However, I will get it done tomorrow and mail it out on Wednesday.
It has become apparent that I did not actually gamble or enter a contest today. But by signing up with Quiznos, I now get 2 dollars off the next combo I buy AND a free cookie on my birthday, which is much more than I can say for you right now.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Day 1: Superbowl Sunday and Laser Whips
During the Superbowl, I saw many commercials advertising a chance to win tickets to next year's Superbowl game (in Dallas). To win this trip, all I would have to do is find the Budweiser group on Facebook, become a fan, and see who they pick for the trip. The name was to be announced as soon as the game ended. I joined the group with three minutes left in the fourth quarter. I haphazardly plowed through a beer survery and a personal details forum. I repeatedly hit refresh on my browser post-game, waiting for the chance to read my name. Instead, the name I read was Frédéric Demonceaux of Saint-henri De Lévis, Québec.
When I read this, I realized something, I did not win a trip to next year's Superbowl (in Dallas). This surprised me, because I have won many things in the past. A snowboarding trip to Banff. A Beverly Hills 90210 windsurfer. A Coca-Cola hat. Etc. If I won all those things, surly I could win a trip to next year's Superbowl (in Dallas). I have luck!
In short, I have luck. But I have never made a concious effort to focus this luck (like a laser whip). Today, after losing the trip to next year's Superbowl (in Dallas), I made a vow that I would do more things to exercise my luck. I will put quarters into VLT machines, I will fill out little cards while the teenagers bag my groceries. Heck, I might even buy a lottery ticket. My promise to year, dear reader, is that I am going to do at least one thing, every day this year, that may or may not win me some sort of dividend.
That brings us to this blog. Like most people, you are probably very interested to find out if I will or will not win things with my laser whip luck focus. Come back tomorrow to learn more about my adventures in gambling.
When I read this, I realized something, I did not win a trip to next year's Superbowl (in Dallas). This surprised me, because I have won many things in the past. A snowboarding trip to Banff. A Beverly Hills 90210 windsurfer. A Coca-Cola hat. Etc. If I won all those things, surly I could win a trip to next year's Superbowl (in Dallas). I have luck!
In short, I have luck. But I have never made a concious effort to focus this luck (like a laser whip). Today, after losing the trip to next year's Superbowl (in Dallas), I made a vow that I would do more things to exercise my luck. I will put quarters into VLT machines, I will fill out little cards while the teenagers bag my groceries. Heck, I might even buy a lottery ticket. My promise to year, dear reader, is that I am going to do at least one thing, every day this year, that may or may not win me some sort of dividend.
That brings us to this blog. Like most people, you are probably very interested to find out if I will or will not win things with my laser whip luck focus. Come back tomorrow to learn more about my adventures in gambling.
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