Now I know I discovered @GeneralSarge and his blog a bit late, but thanks to @DrRus i’m reading the blog via my RSS and following the Twitter.

I have the honour of bringing you an interview with a fellow bear and of course Dr Rus So sit back and enjoy

Interview with General Sarge and Dr Rus

Slappy Bear: For those that don’t know who you are then please let my readers know a little about yourself?

General Sarge: My name is General Sarge. Actually, I just got my promotion on Christmas Day 2010. Ben, he’s my human-owner, made me at Build-A-Bear on December 28, 2002. At that time I was just “Sarge”. But for Christmas this year Ben’s parents gave Ben a new uniform for me and that’s when I was promoted to a One Star General! I was very happy to get the promotion. Of course since Ben is just a Private, I instantly told him to drop and give me 25 push-ups.

For as long as we can remember, Ben has always wanted to join the Army so it really came as no surprise that his Build-A-Bear was the Sarge bear. On his 18th birthday in August 2010, he joined the Army as an active duty soldier. He headed off for Basic Training at Fort Benning, GA in January 2011 with an MOS of 11-Bravo Infantry Division.

Of course through the years what was the original Sarge bear from the Build-A-Bearcollection saw a lot of wear and tear. For Christmas 2010 my wife and I decided it was time for Sarge to get a new uniform. Little did we know when we bought the new uniform outfit,Sarge was receiving a promotion from just plain Sarge to General Sarge.

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The other day I was surfing around the net and doing my usual Tweets, when I got an inviting tweet from @billboardfamily and it was something I just couldn’t resist:

@BlazingMinds We should get together for an interview/story about The Billboard Family http://billboardfamily.com

January 16, 2011 11:05 am via webReplyRetweetFavorite

@billboardfamily

The Billboard Family

So I decided to stop by The Billboard Family and see what it was all about and I was surprised by what I found, it basically boils down to a family that will advertise you for a day or days via T-Shirts that you send them and ask them to wear, crazy I know, but what a brilliant way to get a bit of advertising by a family of four wearing your merchandise and promoting you.

As I mentioned earlier the family of four Carl Martin, his wife and two children act as a human billboard and promote you to the masses. They promote via the FaceBook, Twitter, Flickr, YouTube and on their own website, they live in the St. Louis, Missouri area, but they travel and take vacations frequently. Some of the places have traveled to include Chicago, IL, Seattle, WA, Walt Disney World™ Orlando, FL, and the Southern Illinois University (SIU) area in Illinois. But is this effective and does it work globally or just locally, lets find out shall we.

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Welcome to another interview in my new series, as mentioned previously each week I will be interviewing a fellow blogger who has kindly answered my blogging questions, so let’s get on with it…

Q: Please tell my readers a little something about yourself?
A: I am Jeevan Jacob John, 16 year Old, from India. Currently settled in US. I am a Tech Blogger who loves blogging on anything related to Technology. I Blog @ www.Techpupil.com

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Welcome to another interview in my new series, as mentioned previously each week I will be interviewing a fellow blogger who has kindly answered my blogging questions, so let’s get on with it…

Q: Please tell my readers a little something about yourself?
A: My name is Matt Stratton, and I am the the Manager of Technical Operations for a major real estate classifieds website. Previously, I have designed and architected systems for some of the largest companies in the world, including GE and JPMorganChase. In my current position, I am responsible for strategic decisions for the design and implementation of system infrastructure, and researching emerging technologies such as cloud computing.

I’m also an avid photographer and former independent filmmaker, and live in the suburbs of Chicago with my wife, twin sons, and a Sheltie named Scout.

My main blog is Good Old Rock, but I also maintain a blog for updates on my new twin sons at http://strattonboys.com and I am a contributor to Today’s iPhone.

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Welcome one and all to another in my serious of [intlink id="536" type="category"]blogger interviews[/intlink], these interviews may bring you more about bloggers you may know and even bring to your attention to a blogger that you may of never heard off and will of discovered through Blazing Minds, so please read on and enjoy.

Q: Please tell my readers a little something about yourself?
A: My name is Brad Reason. In the virtual world “Second Life” I am known as Doubledown Tandino. My hometown is Baltimore, Maryland. I am currently living in South New Jersey and also in Manhattan, New York. I am a professional music creator and DJ, Second Life specialist, and a new media marketing specialist. I combine performance and creative arts with technology and the internet.

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Welcome to another interview in my new series, as mentioned before each week I will be interviewing a fellow blogger who has kindly answered my blogging questions, so let’s get on with it…

Q: Please tell my readers a little something about yourself?
A: My name is Heather Kephart. I just moved to the Dallas, Texas area a month ago. I am a native Californian and have lived all over the state – North Monterey County, Placerville, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, Folsom, San Francisco, Palm Springs. There’s more, but I’d only just embarrass myself by revealing the amount of times I’ve moved of my own volition.

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Welcome to another interview in my new series, as mentioned previously each week I will be interviewing a fellow blogger who has kindly answered my blogging questions, so let’s get on with it…

Q: Please tell my readers a little something about yourself?
A: I’m Dr. Rus D. Jeffrey. My Doctorate is in Ministry. Aside from being a Pastor for a number of years, I’ve also been involved in broadcasting for the past 30 years. In 2005 my wife and I started reviewing movies. We are now official movie critics. Our first book of movie reviews was published in 2007. While there are plans for future yearly books, our reviews now appear on our website – Frame by Frame: A Family-Friendly Guide to the Movies – http://framebyframe.godlaughs.net – We also do weekly recorded movie reviews which currently air on three radio stations. We live in Upstate New York, just outside of Rochester, New York.

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