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Ted Murphy
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Ted’s Magic Turkey Chili Surprise

Today Tara convinced me to cook turkey chili for the first time. I decided to ask for recipes via Twitter and received plenty of ideas from my friends. Here are a few you might want to check out:

Famous Chili
Chunky Turkey Chili
Turkey Chicken Chili
Crock Pot Turkey Chili (HOT)
Chili Recipe

I decided to take a little of each of these recipes and come up with my own recipe. My recipe includes two of my favorite ingredients – beer and easy. This recipe is designed for a crockpot, it takes about 15 minutes to prepare and 4 hours to cook.

Ted's Magic Turkey Chili Surprise

Ingredients:

  1. 1 lb. ground turkey
  2. 1 medium onion (diced)
  3. 1 small green and 1 small red pepper (diced)
  4. 4 long green finger peppers (diced)
  5. 1 can rotel – Mexican flavored diced tomatoes with chilies
  6. 1 can of Goya black beans
  7. 1 small can tomato paste
  8. 1/2 square Bakers unsweetend chocolate
  9. 4 tablespoons ground chili powder
  10. 2 tablespoons cumin
  11. 2 tablespoons of pepper.
  12. 10 tablespoons of Cholula hot sauce
  13. 1 bottle of Negra Medelo

Ted's Magic Turkey Chili Surprise

Instructions:

  1. Brown 1 lb. of ground turkey in a pan with a little bit of olive oil.
  2. Dump all the ingredients in a crock pot set on high.
  3. Open another beer. Drink. Smile. Yes…you are awesome.
  4. Wait four hours.
  5. Tweet out to your friends that you are cooking #tedsmagicchili.
  6. Serve with sour cream and sharp cheddar cheese in a bowl.

You may be asking yourself what’s the surprise!?! The surprise is that a hour or two after eating this recipe you will start burping beautiful chili burps that bring the magic back over and over.

Ted Murphy
In

Bloggers to Rock SeaWorld

Over the past few weeks IZEA has developed a relationship with the fine people at Busch Entertainment. Busch operates SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, Aquatica and other adventure parks around the country. We are working on a variety of initiatives together, the first of which is an exclusive blogger hard hat tour of Manta next month.

Manta SeaWorld

Manta Roller Coaster at SeaWorld

Manta is a brand new roller coaster scheduled to open this Summer. Riders will journey face-down, in a horizontal position, underneath the belly of a coaster train shaped as a giant manta, with a wing span of 12 feet. I had the opportunity to see a pre-release video of the Manta experience and I have to say it looks incredible. If I had the money I would build one in my backyard and invite you over, but it may just be easier to go to SeaWorld together when it opens.

I was asked to select 5 bloggers to participate in a hard hat tour the first weekend in February. These bloggers will join me in Orlando to go behind the scenes and discover SeaWorld like few others have:

Alex Schek – http://www.faywerwayer.com (@aschek)
Lucretia Pruitt – http://www.geekmommy.com (@geekmommy)
Julia Roy – http://www.juliaroy.com (@juliaroy)
Wendy Piersall – http://www.sparkplugging.com (@emom)
Sarah Austion – http://www.pop17.com (@pop17)

In addition, SeaWorld was kind enough to provide me with tickets for all IZEA team members last Friday. We had the chance to explore the park and familiarize ourselves with all that it has to offer. I had an absolute blast! I saw sharks, dolphins and penguins… not to mention I got to ride Kraken.

Trip to SeaWorld


Finished Riding Kraken from Ted Murphy on Vimeo.

All that other stuff was cool, but without a doubt the highlight of my day was the video below. I don’t want to ruin what happened, just remember it was 40 degrees outside and I was wearing a cotton shirt.


Soaked by Shamu from Ted Murphy on Vimeo.

I am extremely excited to be working with SeaWorld on the Manta hard hat tour and other projects not yet announced. They are great people to work worth, are eager to get into social media and most of all they have seen this blog and they still like me : )

If you haven’t already you should join SocialSpark and get on IZEA‘s radar. Who knows… maybe you will find yourself at SeaWorld with me some day soon.

Ted Murphy
In life

Where Did That Hair Come From?

Last night I took a shower and shaved before I went to bed. My face was smooth without a hair in sight. I woke up this morning to find one random hair in the middle of my chin. It was darker and thicker than my normal chin hair and a good 2 days worth of growth for me.

What the heck is that all about? Is this some sort of mid 30s thing? Am I going to wake up with random hairs all over my body now? Anyone else have something like this happen?

Ted Murphy
In

Q: What’s Better Than a Panchero’s Burrito?

A: 5 free Pancheros burritos!

I want to thank Joel from Pancheros for sending a little Pancheros gift package to me. Apparently he liked the post I did about Pancheros using Twitter and has put some of the ideas in motion. I already hooked Joe Sales up with a free Burrito card, we are going lunch tomorrow at noon. I am going to give the other 4 gift cards away to the first 4 (non-IZEA) people that meet us tomorrow for a little Pancheros tweetup at the downtown location. Show up and you may get a free burrito.

Pancheros Hookup!

Pancheros Hookup!

Free Burrito for Joe!

Ted Murphy
In life

CES Day 1 – Intel FTW!

I have one word for my first day at CES – overwhelming. I have been to quite a few trade shows in my life but I have never been to one as big as this. The booths are enormous, people are packed in like sardines and the event seems to have no end. I don’t know what exhibitors like Panasonic, Microsoft and Samsung pay to have 30,000 square foot booths at CES but it is no doubt in the millions of dollars.

CES is a techo nerds dream, every gadget and gimzo you can think of is on display. It is hard to choose a favorite but among my top picks are Panasonic’s mini-SLR camera (props to Chris Brogan for getting me to the booth), Sony’s 3D HDTV and Samsung’s ridiculously thin flat screens. My top honor of the day goes to Intel for three reasons: 1. The Internet enabled television is their booth was awesome. 2. Dinner at Sushi Samaba took eating to a new level. 3. The party they co-hosted with Zappos rocked my world.

Internet Enabled Television

Imagine Mr. T as captain of Airwolf with Chuck Norris as co-pilot. Now imagine they are on a humanitarian mission to deliver pallet of Nintendo Wiis and 200 inch flat screens to a country exclusively populated with bikini models where you are dictator. Multiply that by 6.2 and it is half as cool as the Internet enabled television Intel had in their booth. Intel’s chips provide the processing power that enable a setup box to combine HDTV with all sorts of “gadgets” including RSS, Flickr and Twitter streams. You can watch TV with a small strip of tweets updating like a stock ticker on the bottom of your screen. Drool. I want. The box itself is developed by WidgetTV, they are still working with cable and satellite providers to roll out the box. Give me something cool like this and I might actually get cable again.

YOU WANT THIS! Please leave a comment and help show support so the cable companies adopt this sooner rather than later. I am going to forward this post on to the company.

CES 09

Sushi Samba

I sometimes forget what really good food tastes like. I am perfectly happy with a box of mac and cheese or bowl (tub) of cereal. Last night I remembered that these meals kinda suck in the grand scheme of things. My dinner with the Intel and Edelman team at Sushi Samba was nothing short of perfection. If you ever get a chance to go you must try the Chilean seabass, it tastes like magic.

CES 09

Rocking with MC Hammer

Though MC Hammer sings adamantly that he can’t be touched I can assure you that he can be. I had the opportunity to hang with Hammer for a bit at the Intel/Zappos party last night and he is a very nice guy. I also ran into my friends Julie, Alex, Brian, Kelly, Brett, Chris, Lotay and many other new faces. I think Intel has done a great job embracing social media. They invest in events that bring bloggers together, participate in the conversation online and even create cool tools like the CES news aggregator.

CES 09

Hats off to Michael Brito and the Intel team for making my first day at CES so awesome. I got to see some cool technology but more importantly I got to meet new geeks.

Ted Murphy
In health

The Extra 10% is Worth It

This morning I had planned a 20 mile run as part of my marathon training program. As I sat on the floor and stretched my legs I started preparing myself mentally for the road ahead. I began to question the goal I had set for today’s run. I knew I could run 20 miles, the real question is can I push myself 10% harder and run 22? With that in mind I set out to run the longest distance I have ever run.

22 Mile Run

At 20 miles I was exhausted. I felt like I could collapse at any moment. I thought about stopping… 20 miles was my original goal, why should I keep going? But the little voice inside of me knew I wanted more, I knew I could do it if I put my mind to it. The next two miles were the hardest two miles I have ever run. Each step felt like my knees might explode, my entire body throbbed in pain.

I pushed through it all…  dry heaving as I crossed the 22 mile mark. I smiled as I bent over in agony, I had accomplished more than I set out to achieve this morning. In retrospect that extra 10% of effort is what I am most proud of. Keep the other 20 miles, the last two is what made this run so special; they were harder than the previous 20 combined.

Goals are great, but don’t let your own goals limit your performance. The real race starts when you reach your goal and is measured by how far you exceed it. The extra 10% is well worth the effort.

Ted Murphy
In

25 Social Media Peeps I am Watching in 2009

I am often asked who I follow in social media. While the individuals may change from time to time one thing remains constant; I always follow people that make me think. They may make me think about marketing, technology, social media, blogging, family or charity but all of them push me to reconsider what I am doing in business and life. Here are the 25 people I am watching in 2009 in no particular order along with their Twitter bios.

Tamar Weinberg

Social media consultant and blogger among other things.

Jim Turner

Founder of One By One Media and Bloggers For Hire, Daddy Blogger.

Aaron Brazell

I am a maverick.

Drew Bennett

I take a Photo-A-Day and have been for nearly 4 years.

Mark Ramskill

I’m an online marketing / social media specialist and addict, working for the mighty SubHub.com – oh, i’m a nice guy as well (I won’t lend you money though!)

Robert Scoble

Tech geek blogger @ http://scobleizer.com

Lucretia M. Pruitt

Random Muse – Social Media Strategist, Speaker, ex-CIS Professor, Geek, Mom, Wife, and Insomniac

Chris Pirillo

http://geeks.pirillo.com/

Jason Keath

Idea Guy – Social Media, Design, Blogging

Gary Vaynerchuk

I do this: http://tv.winelibrary.com and I care about this: The health and happiness of my Family and Friends. Keep it simple!

Chris Brogan

President, New Marketing Labs, a social media agency and education company.

Michael Gray

is a general all around trouble maker.

Mark Davidson

Promoter to The Stars. Internet strategy. Social media management. I’m a product promoter and people are my product.

Loren Feldman

I run 1938 Media.

Robert Nelson

Tech Blogger, Web/Internet Entrepreneur, New Media Junkie, all around geek, endurance athlete, proud husband and father!

Jeremiah Owyang

Currently employed as Senior Analyst, Social Computing, Forrester Research

Liz Strauss

Social Web Strategist – I show businesses & universities how to choose and use social media tools to make business growth faster, easier.

Paisano

Editor-in-Chief, Dadomatic.com. I.T. Professional, writer, blogger, inventor, artist, poet. Writes for Mashable.com and many others.

Erik Hersman

Where Africa and technology collide… and other stuff.

Chris Garrett

Web geek and co-author of ProBloggerBook.com.

Andy Beard

SEO, Blogging, Social Media, Online Marketing & other boring geek stuff

Owen Cutajar

Your friendly neighborhood geek.

Jeremy Schoemaker

Skills to pay the bills.

Saul Colt

Smartest Man in the World (and Head of Magic @ FreshBooks)

Sarah Evans

PR professional, social media freak, guest writer @Mashable, founder of #journchat & Top 50 Tweeples contest

There are many other people I am watching, some of them I don’t want acknowledge because they are my little secret weapon. If you are watching someone that isn’t on this list let me know, maybe we can trade notes ; )

Ohhhh and you can follow me on twitter too.

Ted Murphy
In

Are You a Winner?

Today at 4pm EST I will be announcing the winners of two different contests on TedTube.tv. Tune in to find out if you won my contest for Intel swag or if you won the IZEA contest for $500 Kmart gift certificates. Who knows… today could be your lucky day.

I want to thank everyone who participate in both of these programs, escpecially the trailblazing group of Kmart bloggers. Chris Brogan, Loren Feldman, Jeremy Schoemaker, Wendy Piersall, Michelle Madhok and Julia Roy you guys rock.