Blue Nile Graphic Designs: October 2013

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Halloween Song Poll

With Halloween a little over two weeks away, I thought I'd add a little haunting fun to the blog by hosting a little Halloween poll to it. If you are unfamiliar with any of the songs in the poll by name, you can listen to a sample of it by going here. All of the ones with the exception of 'The Monster Mash', which I am sure everyone knows is there for you to listen to in advance of making your selection. There will be a small gift for those of you who select the most popular song in the poll, so vote and have fun!

What do you consider the anthem of Halloween songs?

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Congress Behaving Badly

I try not to be extremely political as a rule, because along with religion, politics is one of those subjects that can cause folks to lose their religion; however, what is going on with the members of the United States Congress and the shutdown of the government calls for Americans to be outspoken in their opinions of this outrage. Gallup polls show that so many Americans are angry with this situation that they are signing petitions for reduced term limits and severe pay cuts for Congress. I am one of those people. While more than 58 percent of Americans live below poverty levels, members of Congress have an average salary of $174,000 per year, and if you count the $110,000 in taxpayer-funded fringe benefits Members receive (including plush retirement plans, paid time off, and contributions to Social Security and Medicare taxes), they’re earning close to $285,000 per year. I don't know about you, but I would certainly like to be able to live within those standards!

If you are an American voter who is also tired of Congress behaving badly, here are a couple of ways to express your opinion. There is a petition to impose stricter term limits on members of congress here: US Term Limits and one to impose a reduction of pay and benefits for them here: Pay Cuts for Congress. It's time to remind them that they work for us, and we have the right to censure them when they do not. I'm sure our forefathers would be very much disappointed in the fact that what they saw as a public service has become a way for some folks to get rich. Let's get Congress back to the way they intended it to be!

DISCLAIMER

Because I belong to so many groups that share tubes, brushes, shapes, tutorials, scripts and so forth, at times I find that I have used an item that I either have not been able to give a credit for, or that the artist or author of the item does not wish to be use in the manner it has been used. I make every effort to abide by the creator of an item's wishes, so if you are the artist or the author of something you see here at Blue Nile Scrap Designs, and there is no credit but you want one, if you would be so kind as to email me and let me know, I will be more than happy to add your credit to the item.

On the other hand, if you are the artist or the author of an item and you do not wish for that item to be used at all for the purpose for which I have used it, if you would also email me and advise me of that, will remove it from my offerings as soon as I receive your message.

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My freebies are for personal use only, unless otherwise stated. Please do NOT change the file names. Please do NOT cut them up and use them in other scrap kits or claim them as your own. All my work is copyrighted. If you want to share my work, PLEASE share the link to my blog, not to any download sites I may use.

TOUs for individual items include links for credit for other artists who have created tutorials from which a particular element was created by me. Those links must be included on the page the kits or other items are used.

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