I can hardly believe I actually got a useful Klout perk so soon. I joined not too long ago - sometime in the summer maybe - and connected my Twitter account. I never expected to get anything out of this, especially considering I'm fairly new to Twitter and don't have a ton of followers. In fact, the first perk I qualified for didn't pan out (see related post). But I guess it works after all, since I just got a copy of the A&E movie tie-in large paperback version of Bag of Bones. I love this book, and Stephen King, so suppose I'll read it again now that quite a bit of time has passed. As I type this, the second hour of the mini series is recording and playing very quietly on my TV.
For those unfamiliar with Klout, it calculates your influence across multiple social networks. You are then assigned a score and can get perks when you reach certain levels. Hope I can get to 50 some day, which can mean cooler stuff. Actually, I was there a month or so ago, but my number dropped before I got any perks and is currently holding steady at 43. A bit frustrating, but it's great to see that surprise email that says you can get something for free, and all you really had to do was sign up and chatter away like normal.
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeI'm a member of Klout, a site that measures your overall influence across networks such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. I joined because I heard on Twitter about new users getting Spotify accounts before they were released to the general public. What I like about Klout is that was only the first perk. You get perks when you reach certain levels and are influential about the right topics. I recently got one that I would absolutely love to use, but I'm not going to. Stephen King is my favorite writer, so I've been anticipating 11/22/63 in traditional book form. I don't own it yet, because getting King books for Christmas is somewhat of a tradition. So, I'm giving it away. I also have an extra copy for...
No, wait a minute. I checked out the link and it looks like the perk I got just this month has expired. I had already claimed it, but I guess they didn't have enough to go around. That doesn't make sense. They should have called it what it is then: a coupon. Apparently clicking "claim" really doesn't reserve anything for you, even though you get a download link. So, now I'm annoyed with Klout and Simon & Schuster for not making it clear that what you were getting was a promotional code instead of a guaranteed copy. Oh well, no use in harping on that. Klout made up for it with a paperback copy of Bag of Bones. This one I didn't have to claim twice for it to actually be mine. But I already have this book, so I might give it away here...might.
Until the series ends, I'll always be behind adding to this playlist. I had to stop for quite a while, so there's a big gap. Still, there are 170 songs to enjoy.
This is the essence of The Blacklist. Probably my favorite is Disturbed's cover of "Sound of Silence." The scene it played over was one of the most devastating ever in the series.
I can hardly believe I actually got a useful Klout perk so soon. I joined not too long ago - sometime in the summer maybe - and connected my Twitter account. I never expected to get anything out of this, especially considering I'm fairly new to Twitter and don't have a ton of followers. In fact, the first perk I qualified for didn't pan out (see related post). But I guess it works after all, since I just got a copy of the A&E movie tie-in large paperback version of Bag of Bones. I love this book, and Stephen King, so suppose I'll read it again now that quite a bit of time has passed. As I type this, the second hour of the mini series is recording and playing very quietly on my TV.
