no.stupid.answers

It’s not every day you turn 3-years-old. In fact, it’s only one day ever, and that day is today for no.stupid.answers.

There have been a lot of posts I’m particularly proud of. Coming up with the Contributor Corner was a great thing, and ever since we’ve worked to introduce you to one contributor a week, fresh from the Answers.com community (thanks, Crystal!). The Chimpmanzee column is one of my personal favorites (it’s all you, Nirel!). And once we started highlighting poetry from the community, well, things got a little more inspired around here (kudos, Matthew!).

There are a lot of ways to get no.stupid.answers. You can continue to come directly to the blog, of course. You can also ‘Like’ the Answers.com page on Facebook, so the posts will show up conveniently in your news feed. There is the RSS to subscribe to, or even easier, the no.stupid.answers email.

A big thanks to all our blog writers, as well as the Answers.com engineers, staff and contributors who are constantly giving us what to write about!

I was never much of a Digg user, but I know a lot of people out there are… some of whom may be reading these very words at this very moment…

So I hereby declare you, dear readers/Diggers, charged with the activity of Digging no.stupid.answers into eternal Duggness:

Digg no.stupid.answers!

Ahem! Announcement! Attention, please!

Now you can proudly display your favorite questions and answers by topic on your blog, website, desktop, Facebook, personal homepage and more.

Generate your own Answers.com and WikiAnswers widgets to embed in your favorite platforms with the brand new Widget Gallery.

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The entries are rolling in for the 3rd Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge. What’s the Challenge? Write an original composition (poetry, prose, fiction, essays or any other form of creatively written expression) using no more than 750 words and post it in your blog or on your web site. Each submission must contain each of the words or phrases below used correctly and hyperlinked to the corresponding Answers.com entry.

• a lick and a promise
• ataraxia
• contraband
• halva
• mantic

• praxis
• sapid
• semilunar
• serendipity
• zeitgeist

Can you meet the Challenge? Lots of folks already have! Give it a shot…you could win an Amazon.com gift certificate or Answers.com link love!

Check out some of your competition:

• 8gurl’s blog: Serendipitous Freedom
• Clean Slate: Taste of Love
• Paradise Preoccupied: Sweet Polska
• Sarah McIntyre: A Lick and a Promise

What do ataraxia and halva have in common? They’re both on the list of words you’ll need to use when submitting your entry for the latest Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge! Can you meet the Challenge?

What’s in it for you? Prizes include:

• 1st Place – Fame and fortune! $100 Amazon.com gift certificate plus links to the winner’s blog in the
  Hall of Fame
• 2nd Place – $50 Amazon.com gift certificate plus blog links in the Hall of Fame
• 3rd Place – Blog links in the Hall of Fame

Go on. Do it! Write something!

Congrats to us! We managed to pull off this awesome new blog design, making no.stupid.answers official – and pretty.

Feel free to leave a comment saying you love it (or don’t – boo) and a suggestion or two for what we should add next.

Shout-out to Denise and Ari for all your help!