February 2008

Friday Fill-Ins: Volume 2

February 29, 2008

1. I’m looking forward to getting together with our best friends for BigBob’s birthday next week. 2. I don’t handle laziness very well.. 3. Mexican food is something I could eat every day. 4. Warmth and sunlight are, for me, akin to an instant-acting injection of optimism. 5. Friday, here I come! 6. I periodically […]

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Friday’s Feast #181

February 28, 2008

Friday’s Feast #180 Appetizer Who was the last person you hugged? Last night I had a dream about a person who once meant a great deal to me, but I haven’t seen for many years. We hugged … and then I woke up. Soup Share a beauty or grooming trick or tip with us. Drink plenty of water. […]

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Wordless Wednesday

February 26, 2008

Topics: Wordless Wednesday

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Your Online Writing Life: Protect Your Reputation — and Future (Part Two)

February 25, 2008

Last week, I wrote about the importance of selecting an email address that will appropriately convey professionalism and good business sense. But what about how you use that email account? More and more, evidentiary battles in courtrooms around the world are focused upon electronic data, with email transmissions frequently at the center of the debate. […]

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Carnival of Family Life: Spring is Just Around the Corner Edition

February 25, 2008

The wind is howling, rattling the windows and doors of the house. It has been raining on and off all night … more rain is predicted. It is bitterly cold outside, but warm and toasty here inside with the fire crackling. It’s a perfect day to sit back, relax under a blanket with a tasty […]

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Friday’s Feast #180

February 21, 2008

Friday’s Feast #180 Appetizer Have you ever played a practical joke on anyone? If so, what did you do and who was your victim? Wow, I can’t remember playing a practical joke on anyone for a long, long time. One of the most memorable ones I ever played was many years ago. My friend Jackie […]

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Seven Random Facts About Me

February 18, 2008

I was tagged a while back to participate in this meme by Katherine Reschke. Here are the rules: 1. Link to the blog of the person who tagged you. 2. Post these rules. 3. List seven random and/or weird facts about yourself. 4. Tag seven folks to participate and include links to their sites. 5. Let […]

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Your Online Writing Life: Protect Your Reputation — and Future (Part One)

February 18, 2008

Did you know that more and more companies are using Google and other online resources to conduct, in part, background checks on prospective employees? And stories of folks whose employment has been terminated as a result of online activities are plentiful. Today I had a dispute with an individual who contributed a post to the […]

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Friday Fill-Ins: Volume 1

February 15, 2008

1. Snowdrops are best seen from afar. 2. I’m going to Fresno today. 3. “Late for the Sky” by Jackson Browne is a song whose lyrics have meaning to me. 4. Just one sip and I start to relax if it is a sip of my favorite kind of wine, white zinfandel. 5. Home is […]

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Wordless Wednesday

February 12, 2008

My all-time favorite photo of us. Why? Because it is a candid shot, snapped by the photographer as we paused on the step of the church en route to the reception. I never could have imagined when I headed off to Chuck E. Cheese’s in late April 1985 that the above photo would be taken […]

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But I Don’t Want To …

February 11, 2008

… write today. I don’t feel like it. I haven’t been feeling like it for a couple of weeks now. As parents, we often hear our children say “but I don’t want to” do whatever is required of them at that moment. It might be cleaning their room, completing their homework, performing chores around the house. […]

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More Advice on Writing

February 4, 2008

More Advice on Writing Paul got us off to such a great start with the writing meme that I decided to play, too! Just to review, his wife tagged him to participate and the rules are simple and straightforward: 1. List three writing tips; and 2. Tag 3 people whose writing style you would like to […]

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