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August 19, 2007

Passionate Dots

ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 12:01 pm

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Connecting dots with The Idea Dude

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For this week’s dots, I chose the theme…

passion

In the true spirit of Liz’s blogpost today, these dots did the most noble thing, they surrendered to their passion. They became Visible, Valuable and Mighty.

When you arrive at one of these dots… it’s like jumping into the ocean from a cliff, you are totally and immediately immersed into their lives, their passion.

I chose these dots because to many readers they will appear to be unconnected, three seemingly unrelated blogs. I connected them not through their subjects but through their hearts.

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Ruth is a long-time member of TheGoodBlogs. I’ve admired her consistent posts on food for all seasons. Each post is lovingly crafted with gorgeous pictures that inspires me to run to the kitchen and forget all my incompetencies as a cook. A blogger’s feast with a personal twist.

She even has a worthy competitor to the venerable Klondike bar (hardcore SOBs will know, that Klondike bars on Open Mike Tuesdays at this blog are synonymous to beer at Cheers).

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I met Jesse, Gitr, at Sobcon07. He is passionate especially when it comes to the World of Warcraft. Did you know he describes himself as having a 5th degree blackbelt in Microsoft Word! With close to 700 blogposts, he’s far from done and if you’re a gaming nut, you’ll appreciate the dedication and quality of his posts. It’s also why the blog is great, it is about Gitr playing the game not just another game review site. It is life of Gitr in his virtual world. Gitr is the WOW factor.

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When you visit Director Tom, there is no doubt that Tom is filmmaker. Scratch the surface and you’ll find Tom is more than the about lights, cameras, action. Those are merely props. He wants to tell your story through his medium and expertise and make it inspiring, personal and emotional. Tom says, My deepest desire is to see these stories help the world become a better and kinder place. That is Tom’s real passion. He wants to make us say, Let’s See That Again!

I get the sense that as long as they breathe and have a keyboard nearby, these dots will not go gently into the night. They will rage forever…

because they are simply mirrors of the souls who feed them.

May the dots be with you!


Vern, The Idea Dude





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6 Comments to “Passionate Dots”

  1. August 19th, 2007 at 12:23 pm
    Thomas Clifford said

    Oh, my…what a surprse!

    And more importantly, what an incredible line:
    “…because they are simply mirrors of the souls who feed them.” I read that over and over; it’s magnificent.

    What a fine reflection of what true passion is all about!

    Thanks for thinking of me; it’s an honor to be a “dot!”

    Tom :-)

  2. August 19th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
    Ruth said

    Wow! I am truly honored to be included in your group of passionate dots. And so glad that my posts send you off to the kitchen. It’s where so much fun happens!

    Thanks again for thinking of me.
    Ruth

  3. August 19th, 2007 at 7:19 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Yes! Tom,
    Vern’s right. You are a passionate guy and that shows in everything you do.

  4. August 19th, 2007 at 7:53 pm
    ME Strauss said

    Ruth,Vern has introduced me to you and I’m truly grateful!

  5. August 19th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
    Vernon Lun said

    Hi Tom,

    Your passion literally shouts out of your blog. Especially your skill in telling stories not just shooting film. I’m so glad we met.

    Vernon

  6. August 19th, 2007 at 8:31 pm
    Vernon Lun said

    Ruth, in my book you have the best food blog around, not only are the recipes great but it’s presented by you with your personal touch. It was wonderful to be able to showcase your dot this week.

    Vern

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