We bring you more info about Marriott category changes along with many credit card changes, a really good Blockchain guide, how to visit an awesome Denali luxury lodge, a great chart of the 20 largest tech giants, the top 10 revenue routes, too many things to do in Belgium, learn about the Thai cave rescue, a list of ranked dangerous countries, a list of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom and lots more freeeee!
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Did you miss my awesome Sunday TBB Best of Web post? Here it is again: Where Is Obama, Hunting Meteorites, Save World Wide Web, Carbanak Malware, Live Streamers.
Loyalty Traveler has done a really good job covering the Marriott and SPG changes ahead. Here is another helpful post: List of 61 Marriott Category 8 hotels coming in 2019.
Marriott is gently picking the lowest fruit to kill/devalue, bye bye elite credits per $3k spend! New details on Marriott & Ritz cards: no more elite credit per $3K spend, free night changes, more.
Finally, we will see that Homewood Suites in Ann Arbor. Feels like a bubble in hotels around here!
Most dangerous countries in the world, ranked. No surprise to see Syria, Afghanistan and South Sudan in the top three.
Since Belgium is just one game away from reaching the 2018 World Cup final, you may want to check this out: 100 Best Things to do in Belgium.
This is kind of epic: Open Ocean: 10 Hours of Relaxing Oceanscapes | BBC Earth
I still don’t understand it but this explanation about what Blockchain is pretty good.
Great list of countries that have gained independence from the United Kingdom.
Fantastic Twitter thread about the Thai Cave Rescue. From a diver.
This looks amazing! What It’s Like to Sleep on a Glacier in Denali’s New (and Only) Luxury Lodge. Maybe one day when some Titan corporation buys my blog I can get a helicopter and fly into this place my most devoted readers #Iwouldifthiswasnotafantasy
These are amazing! Artistic B&W Photos Reveal the Hidden Beauty of What Lies Under the Sea.
Great chart! Visualizing The World’s 20 Largest Tech Giants.
This has popped up in several places, here it is in case you missed it (HT: Head For Points)
Here is another fav song by one of my all time favorite bands:
Love the lyrics and that voice.
I like the writing over at Windbag Miles. Maybe it is the next one to make the TBB Blogs I Like list..before he quits for no support. Heck, I gave him $5 to help support the voices you want to keep around. Sounds familiar hey? Quick note to WB: I wanted to support with a higher amount but had no other option other than $5, come on! Oh, wait…The reason I am mentioning this is that this post made me laugh: A tale of two start-ups: AURA and MOXY (the dumbest names since JOON and SWOOP). Actually, I think that AURA may BE an actual scam…if not a cruel joke!
I have been focusing on my health/fitness in recent days. I ran 12 miles non stop early Saturday morning, the longest run ever! I followed that up with a 30 mile bike ride and then a 4 mile run lowering my PR by 53 seconds! Wait…I then went to the gym, used the bathroom and got on the scale and, please sit down, the number told me I have now lost 30.8 lbs, hooray! Naturally, to reward myself, I ate a beautiful watermelon and grilled some awesome ribs. I think it was a video I posted a few months ago here of an ultra marathon guy of Greek descent that inspired me to start running. So, in a way, part of the mission to inspire…has come true, LOL!
I think my daughter will finally start helping around here as I am about to appoint her as “Social Media Manager”. Actually, get an Instagram account up as I have never done Instagram. We’ll see how it goes. If this blog in its current form makes it past July as plastic conversions have just stopped…More on that on Wednesday.
Bloggers have continued to milk the content out of their proclaimed “Deal of the Year”. Amazing!
Amazing drama in the World Cup Quarterfinals. I went 3 for 4 on my predictions. Still a mystery to me why Sweden just laid an egg against England. So, I am picking France over England in the Final!
And I leave you with this…Dang!
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First gold in a while.
I am proud of you 🙂
That’s how to drink a beer! Wow.
Check out ABC’s comment below. LOL!
That’s the best blockchain explanation I’ve seen – needed something simple to explain to simple brains like mine!
That dude drinking the beer could be a doppelganger for my best friend from college – though I never saw him down a beer like that!
Came closer to understand wtf this blockchain thingie is with that one, I agree 🙂
doppelganger=posse or however that thing goes lol
Sadly you will have a number of idiots at the Oktoberfest drinking double the amount that boy drank in a similar timieframe. Security usually kicks them out of the tent if they notice.
It takes a lot of oral flexibility to fit that glass rim in your mouth. I wonder how he acquired that skill?
And now you’re tell me that Dieter and Helmut can handle more. Meine Güte!
In 1988 I was in Munich in that Hofbrahaus trying to imitate drinking like this. Save the oral flexibility bwahahaha
Can’t get over how crazy this Thai cave rescue is. The comparison to Everest is apt, but mild. That Twitter thread was a great, quick primer for folks who don’t get why this is insanely deadly.
On other notes, what’s your rib recipe?
Yeah, unbelievable. What was the coach thinking. 8 are out, 5 more. Wow!
My recipe is find…premarinated ribs 🙂
Thanks for the DCD and for not pushing the credit cards. Love your work and your attitude.
Thank you.
Enjoy my baby here as long as it lasts.
If the trend this month continues, not looking good for August. But I am gonna go fighting…and running lol
Maybe this isn’t quite for you, but why would you lean toward instagram vs. starting a facebook group? I’d think that insta is close enough to twitter that it won’t make much of a difference compared to something inevitably more interactive like facebook.
Because my daughter does not use Facebook 🙂
I just want her to get involved. She is going into Business and likes Marketing. So I have been asking her to help me out for a while now…but wants to do her own thing. Like my son. So, she finally showed some interest but likely not going anywhere as she now started a review SAT course. There is always something…
IG is a better way to go than FB. Much better at connecting with others of like interests and generating interest than FB. And IG is a different vibe and sort of attracts a different type of audience IME. I follow a ton of travel and related stuff on IG…it suits travelogue style posters some of whom put out some excellent pictures. On Twitter – I have some I follow but not as robust as IG.
This Monday is killing me…
Will get to the comments…eventually!
Thanks so much for the support, and the incoming links! That $5 button is funny… you know, before I put it up, I had a PayPal link at the bottom of my posts where you could enter in an amount, and no one used it. Since I put in the $5 button, I’ve gotten 5 or 6 hits on it — I think people like that it’s easy and concrete. My WordPress plan is $99/yr, so I’m just hoping to get enough hits to pay myself back for the hosting. I’ll never quit due to lack of support! Getting bored writing about the same shit day in and day out on the other hand…
We all start out like that bro…
Just beware of the time suck in blogging…
You write better than most bloggers out there.
And I have been reading them all since Day Uno, sad!
Premarital ribs and oral flexibility.
A sure path to success.
Since your funny comment was posted at 12.24 AM…the TBB Medals Committee awards you the Gold for Tuesday!
You can only go up from here!
On the Marriott card expiring…
VFTW – Hours left!
OMAAT – Last chance!
And TBB has 0 conversions paid in July.
Why do you do this to yourself????