My Ultimatum of the Day: You must give up either your hearing or your sight to save your life. Which do you choose and why?

1. DO NOT include links in your post. There is a place for you to include one link when you’re filling out the Name/Email/Website information. Comments that include links will be deleted.

2. If your post is obviously irrelevant to the question at hand, it will be deleted. This is a tactic spammers use to simply show up on blogs.

3. Please keep your comments respectful. We can agree to disagree without attacking each other.

This post has been moved to my column as the National African-American History Examiner on Examiner.com.

I know I have more than one or two plugins, so why does the number next to “Plugins” on my WordPress Dashboard not reflect the five, six, ten, twelve plugins on my blog? That confused me too, until I did a little research.

When you see the orange number next to your word “Plugins,” it simply means that’s the number of plugins that have updates available. Click on “Plugins,” and you’ll see a yellow band at the bottom of the plugin and/or plugins that need to be updated.

You can choose to download the plugin or to update automatically. I usually just update automatically. It saves time. However, you may want to download the plugin and update automatically, especially if you have a folder where you keep all your plugins in case you have to reload one or more and they aren’t available in the WordPress Extend directory anymore. You may also decide to use that particular plugin on another of your blogs, and  you’ll have it downloaded to your personal storage for quick access.

MAKE SURE TO BACKUP YOUR BLOG BEFORE UPDATING ANY PLUGINS. Most often, this is an unecessary precaution, but the one time you should have backed up and you didn’t, thinking “It’ll be OK,” will be the one time it’s not OK. Don’t take chances with your content. Make sure to create a backup before you update plugins, themes or even the WordPress application itself. All my blogs use the WordPress Database Backup, which can be found in the WordPress Extend directory.

From what movie is this line…

“There’s so much static electricity in this room, I pick up everything but boys and money.”

Answer: “Steel Magnolias” starring Sally Field and Dolly Parton

Winner: Tomi C. (@tclarkusa)

Contest Rules

All those who provide a correct answer will be entered into a drawing to win the prize. There will be only ONE (1) winner from all entries submitted.

1. There is no cost to enter. Yes, it’s free to enter.
2. Your answer must be spelled correctly, and you must have the entire title of the movie in your answer.
3. You may enter only once per email address.
4. You are providing an email address for notification purposes only. I repeat. Your email address will only be used for this purpose, and it will not be shared, rented, sold, bartered or compromised in any way, nor will you receive anything other than a confirmation that you’ve won the contest. If you do not win, you will not be notified, and your email address will be deleted. I detest spam, so I’m not going to send you spam.
5. The deadline to enter is Tuesday, 02 February 2010 at 11:59pm EST. No entries will be accepted after this time.The winner will be post to the My Question of the Day blog on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 by 9a EST.
6. The winner will have seventy-two (72) hours to claim his/her prize. If s/he has not claimed his/her prize in seventy-two hours (72), another name will be chosen from the entries, and the prize will be awarded to the next person.

The Prize Six (6) silicone bracelets, each in a different color and a different etched-in inspirational word. Click the image to see a larger picture.

Enter to Win!!!

From what movie is this line…

“We don’t want a good principal! We want Mr. Clark!”

Answer: “Lean On Me” starring Morgan Freeman

Winner: Gina G. (@mayqueen79)

Contest Rules

All those who provide a correct answer will be entered into a drawing to win the prize. There will be only ONE (1) winner from all entries submitted.

1. There is no cost to enter. Yes, it’s free to enter.
2. Your answer must be spelled correctly, and you must have the entire title of the movie in your answer.
3. You may enter only once per email address.
4. You are providing an email address for notification purposes only. I repeat. Your email address will only be used for this purpose, and it will not be shared, rented, sold, bartered or compromised in any way, nor will you receive anything other than a confirmation that you’ve won the contest. If you do not win, you will not be notified, and your email address will be deleted. I detest spam, so I’m not going to send you spam.
5. The deadline to enter is Tuesday, 02 February 2010 at 11:59pm EST. No entries will be accepted after this time.The winner will be post to the My Question of the Day blog on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 by 9a EST.
6. The winner will have seventy-two (72) hours to claim his/her prize. If s/he has not claimed his/her prize in seventy-two hours (72), another name will be chosen from the entries, and the prize will be awarded to the next person.

The Prize Six (6) silicone bracelets, each in a different color and a different etched-in inspirational word. Click the image to see a larger picture.

Enter to Win!!!