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Link Leak Virus In Tuscany Interpol List

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The Link Virus Epidemic

Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. On Open Comments Night the virus got out of control again. This time in Tuscany. Here are some cool links that were shared:

Interpol is searching neighboring countries for the following link leak virus carriers. If you see them, please approach with caution. All are known to break out in laughing for no apparent reason. One of their hideouts appears to be the Savannah College of Art and Design (a.k.a. SCAD). Bugs in the room picked up much discussion about it.

Joe, aka Photo Poet, Master of Disguise. It’s said no real picture of him exists.

Mark, aka Laffin’ Wiki. He’s got an unexplained fear of scissors near his blog.

Chris, aka Call Him Jack, the Interrogator. He’s known to be packin’ Klondikes.

Scot, aka Pacific Pen. He’s drawn the bottom line on every international crime.

HART, the Storyteller. It’s believed he passes code to nefarious ladies via stories about toast and the scenery in Canada.

Brian, the Consigliere. He appears as a mild mannered MAVS fan who likes alliteration. He hasn’t been heard from since last night’s game. He may have fallen victim to foul play.

Trisha, aka Butterfly Woman. She has a reputation for flitting in and out of tight situations.

Minic, the Document Specialist, is suspected of providing the paperwork that allows these folks to cross borders at will.

Christine, aka the Derrick Destroyer, sings for the coppers, but never snitches.

Deb, the Doc, keeps to the sidelines, but is a suspected cohort.

Kathleen, aka Fashion Moll, hasn’t been seen with this group before. She could be a nice lady who was seduced by the free snacks and beverages in the sidebar.

Tom Vander Well, Wine Quaffer, fraternizes with this unlikely group, but has never been charged with a crime.

Borneo Cat knows the ins and outs of laundering email so that it looks like it came from a real person.

Mike Sansone, aka the Conductor, has the international railway system in his pocket. He can miss any train in a second.

Starbucker, aka Mountain Getaway Driver, knows the back road escape routes through the Alps and the Rockies. He refuses to drive both on the same day, though.

Jamsi, Shananagan, and Keith Dsouza were seen in the company of these folks. It’s not known whether they were kidnapped and brainwashed to comply via grape Kool Aid and chocolate chocolate chip cookies.

The code-writing donkey and moose missed the flight and are still at the airline desk arguing about it. However, certain suspicious bunny villains were discussed and seen lurking about.

Meanwhile, both Interpol and the link leak suspects are wondering if Martin, the Ears, Neumann might be a mole. He spent 20 hours listening in on podcasts. Attempts are being made to find out just what it is that he’s publishing.

This Week’s Comment Quiz

One question, one answer for one link. Post the answer on your blog and leave a link to the post with the answer in the comments below. I’ll link your post when I announce you as winner. If we do it this way, I can take three winners.

The question is:

How many comments does it take to get a haircut?

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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The Mic in ON in Tuscany!

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It’s Like Open Mike Only Different

Here’s how it works.

The rules are simple — be nice.

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.

 

Here’s what we might be talking about:

Tonight after 7pm Chicago Time

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Tonight after 7pm Chicago Time

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Tuesday Open Comment Night

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YES, the mike will be open again tonight. So start collecting your thoughts. Remember, you get to bring what you want to talk about.

The rules are simple — be nice.

We got things going really fast last week. If you missed it, stop by this week, and check it out.

Some things we might talk about could include

  • what Scot did on his summer vacation.
  • b5media’s new VIP Fan Blogs for Fox TV shows.
  • Why no one is getting credit for their links from Liz.
  • new design ideas for Successful Blog.
  • where Joe found this lovely photograph.

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

What are the code-writing donkey and the drinking moose doing tonight?

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.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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This Just in: Sabine Wins!

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Scavenger Hunt Was On

As you might recall the Scavenger Hunt is on at this post about the Link Leak Virus at New York City Open Comments Night.

AND THEN I POSED ANOTHER CHALLENGE:

Question 7 was called by Shirley Buxton, but I wondered, because when I went to her blog, I couldn’t find an answer to the question. That Shirley, she’s a fun one. I found it today. Can you find it? I’ll give a link to the first person who writes in my comments here where her answer is. Here’s the question.

7. What word made Liz color on her flat screen with crayons?

Here’s the post link.

Finch on Feeding Sock

Sabine at CTBizBlogs answered correctly first.

Congratulations, Sabine!

There are still seven more questions, if you’d like to play for a link. I’ll be continuing to update as winners come in. After all as Rumpelstiltskin said, “A Deal is a Deal.”

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Scavenger Hunt Was On

As you might recall the Scavenger Hunt is on at this post about the Link Leak Virus at New York City Open Comments Night.

Question 2 was answered by Jason Boog.
Question 4 was answered by Tom Vander Well.
They got their awards with great fanfare.

Question 7 was called by Shirley Buxton, but I wondered because when I went to her blog I couldn’t find an answer to the question. That Shirley, she’s a fun one. I found it today. Can you find it? I’ll give a link to the first person who writes in my comments here where her answer is. Here’s the question.

7. What word made Liz color on her flat screen with crayons?

Here’s the post link.

Finch on Feeding Sock

There are still seven more questions, if you’d like to play for a link. I’ll be continuing to update as winners come in. After all as Rumpelstiltskin said, “A Deal is a Deal.”

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Link Leak Virus NYC Comments Scavenger Hunt

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The Link Virus Epidemic

Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. On Open Comments Night the virus got out of control again. This time in NYC. Here are some cool links that were shared:

Many of the likely link leak virus carriers were there. The Advice Librarian started the conversation with talk of conquering the world. Scot Herrick sent a note from his vacation about why he couldn’t come. Joe joined in with talk of reindeer games.

Next thing you know Mark was missing NYC and sharing his accent. Chris Cree added some explanation on how New Yorkers talk. Ben came without the donkey about the time Chris was propagating something. Ben told us about the contest at his blog. HART taught us the correct way to make toast. Brian stopped in to be amazed that we could be talking instead of watching the Mavs. Then along came Tracy with real-life stories.

We managed to discuss Joe’s interview with Darren, how bad traffic can make a good design seem bad, and new tricks spammars are using.

Scavenger Hunt

Now for some fun for those who didn’t attend. I have a few links still trying to jump through this bloggy boat. So, pick a question and then go to the post below (just click the title to get there.) You’ll find the answer to every question somewhere in the comments.

The comment with the answers are on this post. The Mic Is on in New York City!

Playing is easy as 1 2 3 —

    1. Pick one question. Only one question and answer per person. That way I can give more people a link.

    2. Go find the answer.

    3. Post your answer on your blog and leave a comment here. That way I can have post to link to when I proclaim you a winner and other folks know which question you’ve answered and they can come read it.

That’s it.

BE THE FIRST TO ANSWER and YOU’LL BE PROCLAIMED A LINK LEAK VIRUS WINNER

HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS

    1. What is the correct pronunciation of Long Island and who is from Long Island?

    2. Who asked “and I feel so alone… every body must get stoned,” who knew the answer, and who said he was too stoned at the time to remember?

    3. Who prefers Pink Floyd?

    4. What was Chris propogating?

    5. In which comment does it tell how many people actually played THE THREE STOOGES and how many actors were there?

    6. Where is Tracy’s first paying client going in August?

    7. What word made Liz color on her flat screen with crayons?

    8. Which two people ordered coffee black?

    9. Why did Liz apologize and say she was wrong?

    10. Who said he would write a cool referral script and share it?

As I’ve said before, everyone who hangs out here is incredibly cool and incredbily intelligent. Stop by next week when we go to Tuscany for Open Comment Night. We might find out: whatever happened to Ben’s donkey while we were busy talking about Jimi Hendrix, Civilization, and forensic accounting with Tracy and HART.

PS. I’m off on an airplane to NYC, so I won’t be able to check your answers until later tonight. Good luck to all who pitch in and give it a try.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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