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The State of the Utopia

mmunson — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:05:40 +0000

The blog gets renewed for another season and we moved to a new web hosting provider after almost two years with Fatcow. Arvixe is the new webhost and I hope we both can work well with each other. I hope to be modestly popular so I do not end up having to upgrade to the next tier of service. Right now aside from blogging I am trying to get an education so I could end up going back to school to get the degree you need to make full use of a BA degree. My personal BA degree does not work well alone unless you have the connections such as being a field director to a city council member, county supervisor, congress member or state legislator. So I am trying to get the five classes I need passed before I can enter Western Governor’s University.

Right now I am taking course one out of five, an introduction to Sociology class, it may be a three hour lecture class, but it can be informative and rather fun. Sad thing is the state budget crisis might make it harder for anyone who wants an education who does not have money or connections to advance up on the ladder of life. We might not even have summer classes in most of our public higher education facilities no matter if it is Chaffey College or UC Riverside. And I should of used my knowledge of Political Science to realize I should of just signed up for a Cal Poly Pomona Summer extension course at $400 because the doors of Chaffey College and Riverside College might close down until the Fall. Republicans do not want the kiss of death from Grover Norquist or John and Ken if they allowed the voters to decide that tax increases should be decided on the voters.

My new web host has fair pricing, and I hope I have a good experience with the company. And I do thank my sister for her partial sponsorship of my website.

The Beginning of a Year

mmunson — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:59:23 +0000

2011 begins another chapter at Inland Utopia. Where my goal is to try to increase my readership and make the blog self-supporting where my hosting fees would be at least paid for.

Don’t forget you can read my blog at your convenience with services such as Google Reader.

My goal is to live blog events of note with my Blackberry.

Do periodic reviews of concerts and new music.

Cover issues that are neglected in the news media such as ballot access reform.

If you are running for office, have a business or anything like that you can sponsor my blog.

$5 for a month or $25 for 6 months. That is my charter sponsor rate for anyone who wants to take part in advertising.

Feel free to follow my twitter feed as well.

Thank You for reading my blog.

Site News

mmunson — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:36:31 +0000

Google Analytics was messing up for the last two months, I adjusted my settings. I hope to see the true traffic levels of my site and see what I need to do to improve my traffic for my blog. My goal until my webhosting subscription ends is to get at least 500 visits a month for my readership.

Feel free to comment on any of the posts you find relevant to talk about.

New directions…

mmunson — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 07:58:40 +0000

I added someone to my blog staff, Ian is from Chula Vista and was originally from the Inland Valley. Ian was once conservative leaning, but he saw the light away from the right wing.

We may have different opinions, but I wanted to broaden the horizons on the blog. I have room for 2 or 3 other people. I would like to see this blog more popular than it is. Instead of 2800 hits a year, I would like to see it raised to 5000-7500 hits a year.

I am planning a live blog on the election and provide coverage throughout the day, even when I head to the voting booth. All thanks to the blackberry I can provide remote coverage.

New feature added

mmunson — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:40:27 +0000

If you are browsing my site via an iphone or ipod touch, you will notice that there is a mobile friendly site just for you. Since I am not lucky enough to have one of these devices feel free to … Continue reading →