{"id":1372,"date":"2011-01-05T23:20:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T06:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/?p=1372"},"modified":"2011-01-05T23:20:21","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T06:20:21","slug":"tis-the-season-of-winning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/?p=1372","title":{"rendered":"Tis the season of winning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This has been the season of winning.\u00a0 Since December, I\u2019ve been lucky enough to win 3 different contests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Its-a-trap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:inline;float:left;\" title=\"It's a trap\" src=\"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Its-a-trap_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"It's a trap\" width=\"189\" height=\"240\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a>The first contest I won was on December 21 via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/FamilyGuyonFOX\" target=\"_blank\">@FamilyGuyonFOX<\/a> was giving away 25 copies of their new Star Wars spoof, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Guy-Trap-Seth-MacFarlane\/dp\/B003X4KHRG\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1294291804&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIt\u2019s a Trap!\u201d<\/a> That should be on its way, if it isn\u2019t already.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Torch-red.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image:none;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;display:inline;float:right;padding-top:0;border:0;\" title=\"Torch red\" src=\"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Torch-red_thumb.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Torch red\" width=\"247\" height=\"480\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<p>\n<p>The second contest I won was through \u201cYou Could Win a BlackBerry Torch\u201d sweepstakes on December 22.\u00a0 They were giving two <a href=\"http:\/\/us.blackberry.com\/smartphones\/blackberrytorch.jsp\" target=\"_blank\">BlackBerry Torch 9800<\/a>s away each day from Nov. 20 \u2013 Dec. 24, one via Twitter and the other via Facebook.\u00a0 I scored me a red Torch (approximate retail value of $499).\u00a0 Unfortunately, when I was entering the contest, I didn\u2019t take into account that the Torch is only available for AT&amp;T, which means I won\u2019t be able to use it on Verizon.\u00a0 It arrived today.\u00a0 For now, it means it will sit in the closet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Colts-hat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:inline;float:left;\" title=\"Colts hat\" src=\"https:\/\/revtucher.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Colts-hat_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Colts hat\" width=\"240\" height=\"216\" align=\"left\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My last contest that I won was another Twitter contest.\u00a0 This was by <a href=\"www.twitter.com\/JimIrsay\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Irsay<\/a>, the owner of the <a href=\"www.colts.com\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>.\u00a0 The contest, an AFC Division Champion hat, all for spelling the word \u201ccheese\u201d correctly.\u00a0 Seriously, that was it!<\/p>\n<p>It was a good few weeks, I have to admit.\u00a0 The only thing that would have made it better is if the Torch would be available on Verizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This has been the season of winning.\u00a0 Since December, I\u2019ve been lucky enough to win 3 different contests. The first contest I won was on December 21 via Twitter.\u00a0 @FamilyGuyonFOX was giving away 25 copies of their new Star Wars spoof, \u201cIt\u2019s a Trap!\u201d That should be on its way, if it isn\u2019t already. 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