My wonderful friend Bluegrass Mama is a finalist in a fun contest, to write a fairy tale, beginning with “Once upon a time…” and ending in “…happily ever after”, using only 50 words. Please go take a look and maybe help with a vote . A Fairy Tale Vote
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PodCamp Philly!
A few highlights of my weekend at PodCamp Philly, as a new PodCamper, podcast fan, and potential podcaster: Rooming with Kathryn Jones. I met Kathryn on Twitter and we’ve worked together on the site for her production company, Synchronis.TV, so we decided to share the cost of a hotel room. She’s producing (and acting in) [...]
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Strength
I feel almost obligated to post something about 9/11 today. I think I’ve said all I could possibly say before, particularly in this post I wrote 4 years ago. Nick is taking it hard. Two years ago he was eight. It wasn’t the loss of life that struck him as much as the loss of [...]
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My Twitter Upgrade
Twitter was offline most of the day. We’ve been told upgrades were happening, although I don’t see any- hopefully they were increasing under-the-hood stuff. It does seem to be working quite quickly now. People still look at me cross-eyed when I mention Twitter. Even I sometimes wonder why I hang around, with all the technical [...]
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Now all I need is unlimited SMS
I’m playing with a service for IM called IMified that will let me post from AIM or gTalk to my blog, my tumblog, my gCalendar, Twitter- it’s a neat little tool. I’m using it on my desktop now but the real convenience would be if I could use it from my cellphone, but it would [...]
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Blog Day 2007 – Fun Reads!
Today is Blog Day! The site suggests that we find 5 blogs we enjoy that are different from our own culture and link to them. Instead I’d like to link to some blogs I read regularly that are specialized little treats. Not really personal blogs, not focused on business. just fun reads. Ironic Sans. A [...]
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Do not taunt happy exercise ball chair
I’m gently perched back on my exercise ball after a months-long switch back to my very un-ergonomic chair. I was back to the chair for a couple reasons. The big one was that during the migration from PC to my new MacBook I had both computers (and three monitors) set up around me, and an [...]
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If you could see me dancing around the room right now…
Just got my grubby little hands on a download of “Radio Nowhere” from the upcoming Bruce & E Street album Magic. Niiiiiiiice. —————- Now playing: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band – Radio Nowhere
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A quick post while the computer does its thing.
Since I returned from my vacation my butt has been practically glued to my chair (which reminds me that now that I’m no longer swiveling between two computers I should switch back to the exercise ball!) I’ve been working on a few different projects, and while I complain about it I’m actually glad the weather’s [...]
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OBX and why you wish you were me (for a week)
Last week we headed down to Duck in the Outer Banks of North Carolina for the second year in a row to spend some time with family and friends. It’s a long, convoluted story I won’t go into right now, but basically a group of my sister-in-law’s friends began to travel to Duck every year, [...]
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Tell Me What to Listen To!
My ancient iPod is still kicking and has lots of room for new stuff. Leave your audio (remember, ancient iPod) podcast or song recommendations in the comments or DM me on Twitter! Also I finally did something I’ve been meaning to do for awhile. I love my Panasonic TZ1 camera except for one thing- instead [...]
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Do you know what’s happening in Newark?
Random violence. Children afraid to walk outside. Parents afraid to let their teenagers out the door. People rushing to get home before dark. Politicians calling for action, but it’s so late in that game. Twenty minutes away from my quiet suburban existence. In Newark NJ. Killed in the attack were Terrance Aeriel, 18, Dashon Harvey, [...]
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Who took my summer?
Good lord, it’s August? Three days in? I guess that’s the drawback of not scheduling a vacation till the end of summer. Next year, TWO vacations, one in June, one in August. Gotta kick off the summer right! Tomorrow is my mom & dad’s 45th anniversary. We’re having a little party here to celebrate (and [...]
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The Boys of Summer
There’s no food in my house. Surfaces everywhere are sticky and gross. There are crumbs on the floor and on the sofa and in the computer keyboard (not mine, of course.) Also candy wrappers and the occasional pistachio shell. Windows are open while the A/C is blasting. The back screen was wide open for hours [...]
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In NYC, shaking out the last demons
This past weekend my husband surprised me with an overnight trip to NYC to celebrate my birthday. We stayed at the Millennium Hilton which overlooks the WTC site. We’ve stayed downtown before since 9/11 (exactly 4 years ago in fact) but this time our room looked right down at the construction- what there is, anyway. [...]
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8 random things
I was tagged (twice!) to do the 8 random things about me meme (first by Karen, over a month ago, um, oops… then today by Susan) so here ya go! 1. I’m a terrible multitasker. I can’t listen to music while I work because I sing along and I can’t sing and think at the [...]
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Twenty-2, Forty-4, Sixty-6?
Today I turned 44 years old. The first 22 years of my life were mine, but I was a kid, what did I know? I muddled my way through them somehow and came out fortunate to have found a perfect match in my husband, Pat. The second 22 years have belonged to my family. I [...]
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Ten Thousand! Boy, those Phillies fans are nuts.
We lucked into luxury suite tickets to the Phillies game last night. We had a great view, and even better, air conditioning! We shared it with other employees from Pat’s office and their guests, including some really cute kids, who Tim quickly befriended. The suite allowed them to run around and play, have some make-your-own [...]
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My PC is dying
I had it going for awhile streaming the Live Earth feeds today. It’s been groaning for awhile but this was an awful grinding I’ve never heard before. Luckily I’m nearly done moving files to my new MacBook.
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Social Network Overdosing
I can’t stand it anymore! I belong to at least 10 social networks, plus a couple email lists and a few forums. No one has that kind of time. Even this barely employed freelancer/SAHM. Except maybe those lucky few who get paid to bounce around the internet socializing (hiring? Call me, babe!) Facebook- three strikes, [...]
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