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Wordless Wednesday?
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DoSoEvAyMo
Hopped on over to a new blog today (not a new blog, but you know, new to me, found her through the whole NaBloPoMo thing), and loved what she had to say about creativity and letting loose in her writing.  Went from there over to another blog, The Letter W (justsohappens this was Maya’s favorite letter way back when she was learning them), and saw an idea I’m going to incorporate. Do Something Every Day Month, aka, DoSoEvAyMo. So…I’ll post my regular posts, and at the bottom, I’ll add what it is that I’m hoping to do that day. By the way, this is pretty much NOT her point…her point, I…
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The Name Meme
NaBloPoMo is the perfect time to pull out the memes…you need something to write about, and they’re fun, right? Saw this one first at Ms. Mamma’s place back in Oct. 1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & first car) – Samantha Bug (with a name like that, I think I’m destined to be a rock star on Disney Channel. Not enough street cred anwhere else.) 2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fave ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) – Cherries Jubilee Mexican Wedding (Yah, you scared of me now? ) 3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl†NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) – J ASR 4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME:…
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Player?
The Only Thing You Play is “Cool” It’s not that you don’t have the skills to juggle a few men… Nope, you just lack the desire. You prefer dating to be a simple one on one process. No games, no other people, no drama – just you and the guy you’re getting to know. When It Comes To Men, Are You a Player?
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Can I get that in small, unmarked bills?
My blog is worth $46,292.28. How much is your blog worth?
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Wordless Wednesday
I found this picture at …a roam to Roam, a blog I found through NaBloPoMo, along with a yummy and sad recipe for apple dumplings.
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Calling All Wordies!
I saw this over at the hidden side of a leaf.  A fun site called Free Rice, where they give you a word with a list of 4 synonyms…you pick the right one, they donate 10 grains of rice, which are paid for by advertisers to the page. Kind of like The Hunger Site, but with learning! For each correct answer, the next word gets a little harder. For each incorrect answer, the next word gets a little easier. Hey, you can show off (at least to yourself), learn something, and have fun, all while helping to alleviate hunger. Fun!
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Seether – Veruca Salt
I’ve decided to post this video today to divert myself from posting a review of The Almost Moon, which I finished a few days ago, and which I wrote the review for on Tuesday, but I don’t want to post it today because I just posted a book review YESTERDAY for crap’s sake, and can’t I just slow down with the books or something? And I had a good excuse with Number the Stars and Ethan Frome, as they are very short and easy reads, but now I’m back to regular grown up books, and I can’t stop. Would it disturb you to know that as a tween, I used…
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If All of the ‘Cool Kids’ Jumped off of a Bridge…
Would you? Apparently, for me, the answer is sadly, yes. I had no intention of joining NaBloPoMo this year. Just a few weeks ago, I was considering giving up blogging, wondering if I had anything left to say. My hiatus may have only lasted 6 or 7 hours, but it was real in my head and heart during those long hours. 😉 So, when I saw that it was time again for National Blog Posting Month, with its goal of posting at least once a day, every day, during the month of November, I thought, um, that kind of goes against my new blogging philosophy, my “I have a life”…
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Awards…
The lovely Scarlett over at From the Shores of Introspect and Retrospect has awarded me the Nice Matters Award! I like the little picture of the Cheshire Cat in the picture…if you’ll remember, the Cheshire Cat wasn’t truly nice, was he? I mean, he’s not mean by any real stretch of the imagination, but he does have a tendency to go off in his own little direction, and brings up philosophical points that may or may not be especially helpful to poor Alice. I’ve been known to do the same thing myself, though it’s been years since I’ve known anyone named Alice. So…the crux of this award seems to be…
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Hey, I’m “published”!
Back when Maya was in 4th grade, I went along with her class on a field trip to the Black Diamond Mines, in Antioch, CA. I took some pictures, of course, ‘for the blog!’, and they live on Flickr. Fast forward a year and a half, and I received an email from the folks over at Weekend Sherpa, wanting to know if they can use one of my pictures for this week’s newsletter! How cool is that? It’s the first on one the page, of the graveyard. And, how cool to find a website like this, that talks about groovy things to do in Northern CA, little hikes, big hikes,…
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Stopping Abuse
I read over on Roc Rebel Granny about blog against abuse day, which was last Thursday. I didn’t read about it in time to do a blog post at the time. Coincidentally, I read about a study which suggests that teens with several close friends, especially same sex friends, are less likely than other teens to be in abusive relationships. Here is the article, in its entirety: Teenage girls who stick close with their circle of friends are less likely to take abuse from the boys they date, a new study suggests. The intricacies of the teen years include more than the physical sprouting and associated zits. Teenagers begin to…
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Wordless Wednesday – Baby Edition
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Confession Meme
I surfed over to Relaxed Parents from Ms. Mamma’s comments, and found this little meme. It talks about blogging, which I’ve been thinking about since my pseudo-hiatus-thing*, so I thought I’d play along. Ten Blogging Confessions 1. Do you promote your blog? I’m not sure HOW to promote my blog. I haven’t really signed up for any services that might do that. I do leave my url when I comment, but I don’t comment randomly. I only comment when a post makes me want to chime in. 2. How often do you check hits? Rarely. I was pretty interested in it for awhile, but when I discovered that the majority…
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September 11
Last year, I participated in the 2996 project, which was an attempt to recognize all of the people who died on September 11, 2001. I was assigned a name, and I did a bit of research, and copied and pasted what I found about Mr. Abad. After that, I felt the need to write something more personal, and since I (happily) didn’t lose anyone that day, I wrote about my thoughts and feelings at the time. I was kind of proud of this post, so I’m repeating it for you today. Edelmiro Abad of Brooklyn at a wedding with his close-knit family: his wife, Lorraine, and in white from left,…