I created this image/graphic so I would have a badge to use on my blogging site in support of the Shop-In to thank J C Penney for keeping Ellen DeGeneres as their spokesperson and not caving in to small but loud protests about naming her their spokesperson. Also if you do participate this Sunday, […]
Personal Changes In The Empty Nest
My post 10 Things Lists – Should Content Be Organized This Way? over at my business website should more than count for today’s post towards meeting my NaBloPoMo requirement, but I’m not sure it does, so here goes. I usually find the blogging challenge to be a great way to motivate myself to write something […]
10 Things Lists – Should Content Be Organized This Way?
A “10 Things” List is a popular structure for online content and print magazine articles. But why 10? The Arabic number system we use is based on units of 10. We have 10 fingers. These are the answers I’ve most often gotten in response to this question. But when we organize content, is there a […]
Noam Chomsky Lecture – 1st Annual SBS Lecture
The lecture I mentioned yesterday was a resounding success! It was so successful in fact that the Fire Marshall’s dictated room capacity was reached with probably close to a 700 people waiting to get in. And this for a linguistics lecture! Hubby and I think that the overflow crowd is a sign that the rather, […]
You Cannot Be Upset If You Roll With The Punches
GBE 2 theme for the week is “upset.”. NaBloPoMo theme for the month is “relative.” I am playing with this juxtaposition because I really, really, really believe that attitude is just a matter of perspective. I mean how can you be upset if up is relative? The view from free fall can be liberating. […]
Moving Zilla to Minneapolis – Trip Synopsis
Trip Preparation First we had to work on her warm weather attire. These woolen necessities were purchased for her in the L.L. Bean flagship store in Maine during Hubby’s Fall 2011 Road Trip. And to get her acquainted with the basics of living far away from parents in her own home. Here she reads […]