I can’t believe it’s true…Hugh Hefner and Holly Madison are no longer an item. Hugh confirmed today that the couple have split up and ended their relationship. I just read on Marc Malkin’s blog that in his interview with Hefner that he stated “she is the love of my life, and I expected to spend the rest of my life with her.” According to Hugh the two split on the news that he was unable to father a child…are you friggin’ kidding me?

I have heard of dumb blondes before, but this chick can’t possibly be serious…or can she? Is it even feasible for an 82 year-old man to do the deed? I know that through the miracle of modern science he could probably muster up a chubby, but there’s no way he could father a child. It appears though that Hugh is ready to move on as he’s stated his relationship with Kendra “will be ending when she moves out later this year.”

In a bold maneuver to get over his blonde beauties Hefner has been spotted with 19 year-old twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon (pictured above). The twins appeared in the April 2008 issue of Playboy and have been spending a lot of alone time with Hefner who stated: “They very much want to be girlfriends and now under the present circumstance, they probably will become my girlfriends.” He sure can pick ‘em!

September in Review

In other news another month has come and gone and we are well into the Fall season here in Colorado. The weather is getting colder and the leaves are beginning to fall from the trees. What does this mean? GrandmasterB will be able to move operations indoors and not have to worry about keeping up the yardwork! I’m hoping to maybe even get in a Sunday or two of watching some football. Misses GrandmasterB isn’t a big fan of me sitting on the couch all day Sunday, so there definitely won’t be many football days this fall/winter.

I have been extremely busy this past month getting used to my first football season at the MountainWest Sports Network. This is the first real opportunity to sit down and write some solid content in weeks. Next week is Basketball media day (already) and then I’ll have to deal with two sports at once.

I have also been working with my good friend Jeff (Buzz My Blog and Buzz Pirates) starting our online business. We just finished our first collaborative project together (to be announced soon), and it turned out great! We have a few other projects that we are working hard to bring in, but we are always looking for more work. If you or someone you know is looking for any programming, design or development work let us know. You can drop me an email at the contact page, or contact Jeff via Buzz My Blog’s contact page as well…also, if you refer someone to us and we do work for them, we are offering referral fees!

The numbers for September were fairly decent. I am on a steady decline in visits and pageviews with the lack of quality writing time. I’ve got a few ideas for some more tutorials which I am hoping to have at least one of them published this month. Below are the numbers for the month of September:

TRAFFIC FROM MAY TO AUGUST (2008)
Month Visits Page Views Bounce Rate Technorati Alexa
June 3,405 5,068 78.24% 50 / 137,407 198,593
July 9,398 16,500 64.99% 63 / 160,760 211,811
August 6,868 12,129 64.37% 83 / 76,526 257,992
September 6,737 11,504 62.18% 92 / 66.235 262,865
TOP CONTENT IN SEPTEMBER (2008)
Post Pageviews
Photoshop Tutorial: Killer Metallic Text: Part One 2,080
Photoshop Tutorial: Killer Metallic Text: Part Two 1,291
Photoshop Tutorial: Grunge Styled Banner 956
Photoshop Tutorial: Custom RSS Feed Icons 893
Freebies – RSS Feed Icons: Grunge Set 723
T-Shirt Factory: Vector Artwork Treasure Chest 472

The tutorials that I’ve written are still a HUGE hit and continue to be the “bread and butter” for GrandmasterB. The numbers didn’t fall far from August, but there’s a noticeable decline. I think with some more good content and dedicating more time to the blog, I should be able to increase the numbers for October. The biggest increase continues to be Technorati. I attribute most of that growth to Cuzoogle’s Pigskin Pick ‘em. Each week he has a link to each of the 24 blogs competing. When they link the standings that increases the count a ton!

Just a reminder to all of you readers out there (you are there right?), I am still working on the Q&A with GrandmasterB feature posts. I have not received any emails, so the feature hasn’t returned lately. If you email me a question and I answer it in the feature post I’ll send you a $10 iTunes gift card. Also, don’t forget to check out the Design Services page if you’re looking to for a web designer or any development work. Until next time…

~ GrandmasterB