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November 15, 2006

Tony D. Clark is a B.A.D. Blogger

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 10:55 am

Blogger A Day Call: Hello is Tony there?

Yesterday, I heard Tony D. Clark’s voice for the very first time! Today I feel good about saying I think he’s a friend of mine. Maybe part of that’s because he’s been reading Sucessful-Blog since before I was here. Immediately we were talking about good stuff.

He told me about jobs he had — drawing his cartoons on surfboards and t-shirts and working in bookstores, among others. He decided he liked having clients better than having a boss.

I told him how having three daughters meant that he had been hit by the “curse of the movers.” The curse is one my friends and I made up iwhen we were 20. It says that guys who are wild men in college should grow up to only have daughters.

The conversation was mostly about creativity. We shared thoughts on how artists, writers, and others have to invest personally to do creative work and then have to step back and let the work go. We both like the collaboration part of working with a team — how ideas change when they have everyone’s view. Tony said that his cartoons are still his favorite thing to do.

Boy, time sure flew while we were talking.

B.A.D. Blogger Quote

There aren’t enough right nows left to wait for some day. –Tony D. Clark

Stop by Tony’s Blog, success from the Nest and say hi!

Thanks, Tony, you B.A.D. Blogger!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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17 Comments to “Tony D. Clark is a B.A.D. Blogger”

  1. November 15th, 2006 at 11:07 am
    Char said

    Tony has one of my favorite blogs and you can’t help but love those drawings! What a talent.

  2. November 15th, 2006 at 11:24 am
    Thilak said

    Lizz, You need to link your header to the frontpage.

    Just now, I went on a lookout of the home button, later I had to edit my address bar :(

  3. November 15th, 2006 at 11:36 am
    ME Strauss said

    Yeah, Char,
    Tony’s the best conversationalist on top of all of that!

  4. November 15th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
    Tony D. Clark said

    Thanks Liz – I’m glad to call you a friend as well. I really enjoyed talking with you. My wife got a kick out of the “curse of the movers.” On the plus side, I know what to look for and how to recognize the BS when the hounds come a callin’ :)

    I love hanging out here at the blog “where everybody knows your name.” ;)

    Hey Char – Thanks for the kind words.

  5. November 15th, 2006 at 12:32 pm
    Big Roy said

    Great looking blog. One of the best I’ve seen and it fits the content perfectly. You can tell there is a lot of talent and effort behind it.

    I looked up and saw someone else mentioned talent also. It just comes shining through.

  6. November 15th, 2006 at 2:01 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Tony,
    It was my pleasure. I hope to have an excuse to talk with you again soon. :)

  7. November 15th, 2006 at 2:02 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey Big Roy,
    You can spot ‘em. Yep. This guy’s got it!

  8. November 15th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Thilak I hear ya. The new design will do that. :)

  9. November 15th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
    Kammie K said

    Awww…I LOVE TOny! His blog is too cool and his art makes it a fun place to pop in for a mid-day “boost”. I’m not surprised he was as cool over the phone as he is on his blog!

    Kam:)

  10. November 15th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
    Kirsten Harrell, Psy.D. said

    I agree with everyone else… Tony’s the man! And… Liz you are really taking your desire to create a community to the next level. I admire you for that!

  11. November 15th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Hey Kammie,
    Tony is everything you say he is!

  12. November 15th, 2006 at 7:13 pm
    Tony D. Clark said

    Okay, guys… Be careful, all this might go to my head :)

    Thank you all so much for the nice words, and you Liz for calling me a B.A.D. blogger.

  13. November 15th, 2006 at 7:22 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Thanks Tony for the time you spent with me!

  14. November 15th, 2006 at 11:45 pm
    Chris Cree said

    Let me pile on and say Tony’s definitely one BAD SOB! ;)

    Oh, and I hadn’t heard about that curse. Maybe it’s somehow subliminally why Gorgeous and I decided not to have children…

  15. November 15th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Chris,
    Of course you haven’t heard of that curse! My friends and I made it up!!

    It still proves out as far as I can see . . . :)

  16. November 16th, 2006 at 10:53 am
    TechZ said

    Congrats Tony, you got to be interviewed by Liz herself! :D

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