It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

What Would You Do With $100 Million?

We might talk about

• when we would claim the money
• When would you claim the money – right away or after you get your ‘ducks in a row’?
• how much money $100 Million is really worth
• whether to hire an investment consultant
• whether to work or run a business
• what we’d buy
• where we’d travel
• what we’d give away
• what we’d do about expectations from friends and relatives
• And, whatever else comes up,

including THE EVER POPULAR,
Basil the code-writing donkey.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

The Topic is: What Would You Do With $100 Million?

How would that impact your life? We might talk about when we would claim the money — right away or after some thought — how much money $100 Million is really worth, whether to hire an investment consultant, whether to work or run a business, what we’d buy, where we’d travel, what we’d give away, and what we’d do about expectations from friends and relatives. I bet we have 100 million ideas in our vision , . .

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Guess What We Discovered!

Along with the memory and hard drives, there are pages of email, novels, spam, dust-bunnies, stars, nebula, water, poetry and music made from words that all live inside our computers.

If you’re in the market to purchase, will it be HP, Dell or Toshiba and laptop or desktop? The price of monitors is low but do you want a 17″, 19″ or 22″ and is it better to build your own or unpack and go? Maybe go with what you want and need and don’t worry too much about the brand.

There might have been more talk about music, health, tap dancing, weather, dessert, SAHDs, trips, acronyms, karaoke, disco, coffee, movies, cleaning, company, MTV, Akismet, widgets, walking, and family than computers. And of course, we shared Klondike Bars and poetry.

Here’s some of the links we shared:

• Kinks
• Char’s Office
• Casey Kasem
• Herman’s Hermits
• Barry Manilow
• Bono
• Service Untitled

Special thanks to Joe for holding the fort down when I couldn’t be here at the beginning. You’re my hero! And a special apology to Robert and Steven — I’m sorry I didn’t close down the announcement post. I hate it when I do that!

Thanks to everyone for the cool links and for being part of the conversation. Bring more links next week and we’ll post them again. I wish I could quote you all, but I know you have an idea of how much time it takes.

So, for 2007, we’ll just tell the story and share the links that you bring.

After all, how DO YOU explain Open Comment Night, if you’ve never experienced it?

See you next Tuesday? We sure hope so.
–ME “Liz” Strauss and Sandy Renshaw
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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

We’re inside our computers!!!

We might also talk about

• files
• music
• photos
• poetry
• novels
• thoughts
• stories
• dreams
• resumes, and
• whatever else comes up,

including THE EVER POPULAR,
Basil the code-writing donkey.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

The Topic is: Our Computers . . .

We might talk about parts, pieces and chips. But it’s not all about hardware and software. What about music, photos, poetry, novels, thoughts, stories, and dreams? There’s magic inside our computers. You know there is

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Wow, we were busy. . .

This week on we talked about great places to visit. Some places mentioned were bareback sailing in the British Virgin Islands, Australia, Quebec City, San Francisco, . . . Ireland, Sydney, Perth, Colorado, Breckenridge, Rocky Mountains, PA, New England mountains, Maine, New Hampshire, . . . boat trips down the Rhine River, Indiana, the Berkshires, . . . Taroko Gorge in Taiwan, Italy, Europe, the Alps, . . . Belarus, Carnival in Trinidad, Umbria, Switzerland, . . . the Bahamas, New England, the Caribbean, Scotland, Venezuela, France, Holland, . . . Aruba, Toronto, Banff, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Florida, Montana, Kansas City, . . . . the Humidity and Mosquito Festival, Central America, South America, Atlanta, Atlantis Resort in Bahamas, . . . Vancouver, Sherman Texas, Bastrop State Park near Austin, . . . the Amazon, Ren Faire in Alabama, Kentucky, Tahiti, . . . Thailand, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Route 66, . . . the Cowboy Hall of Fame, Disney World, England, China, Jamaica, . . . Oklahoma, the Cowboy Hall of Fame in OKC, Osage Hill State Park, Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, Cambodia, . . . and Angkor Wat.

There was also mention of hot weather, beaches, cold drinks, cream and coffee, . . .no worries, “sugar pie”, snorkeling, restaurants, diving, underwater photography, . . . horse-drawn carriages, artisans, crayons, . . . Feedburner, CSS files, . . . skiing, condos, lodges, fireplaces, . . . insurance, Eurail passes, WordPress, castles, blizzards, . . . air guitar, boats, Super Bowl, snow, . . . “cocoa locos”, BBQ, fountains, travel agents, art museums, . . . ice hockey, tornadoes, sumo wrestlers, . . . movies, belly button lint, State of the Union speeches, Askimet, lions and tigers, safaris, . . . Tardis, wigwams, good books, passions, . . . cold drinks, birthday parties, iphones, car traveling, . . . ipods, podcasts, lack of sleep, . . . sunscreen, buffalo, camping, itunes, . . . Starbucks, Basil the code writing donkey, . . . and Lyle Lovett.

We shared beverages and snacks, hot cocoa, and Klondike bars.

Here’s some of the links that were shared:

• Blue Beyond
• Insurance blog
• Sunday River
• Rustic B&B
• Where is Basil?
• Instigator Blog
• Startup Spark
• Wigwam Village Motel
• African safari pics
• Grasshopper New Media
• The Great Big Small Business Show
• Heidi Miller Presentations
• Podcast Alley
• Podcast Directory
• BlogTalkRadio
• David Maister
• ConverStations on BlogTalkRadio
• Small Business Trends Radio
• The Atlantis Resort
• Map of Winnipeg
• Do You Speak Body Language?

Thanks for the cool links and for being part of the conversation. I wish I could quote you all, but I know you have an idea of how much time it takes to make that long link summary happen each week. I hate to let it go, but I thought you’d understand.

So, for 2007, we’ll just tell the story and share the links that you bring. You can always read the comments – they’re all there.

After all, how DO YOU explain Open Comment Night, if you’ve never experienced it?

See you next Tuesday? We sure hope so. . . .
Boy, that sugar pie sounded good.
–ME “Liz” Strauss and Sandy Renshaw

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