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The Mic Is On: We’re Talking about SOBcon and Conferences!

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

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’ve Go Conferences on the Brain

SOBCon07

We might also talk about

  • conference pals and roommates
  • planning a conference
  • weird things and cool things about going to conferences
  • our dream conference be and who would be there

And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: It’s SOBCon07 and Conferences!

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Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

Join Us Tonight for Tues. Open Comments

The Topic is – SOBCon07 and Conferences!

We’re talking about conference pals and roommates, going to conferences, planning a conference, weird things and cool things about going to conferences, our dream conference and who would be there, and whatever else comes up.

Oh, and bring a link to your SOBCon07 post or to any post about why you blog.

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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THANKS to Week 69 SOBs

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Successful and Outstanding Bloggers

Let me introduce the bloggers
who have earned this official badge of achievement,

and the right to call themselves
Successful Blog SOBs.

I invite them to take a badge home to display on their blogs.

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Make Blog

They take the conversation to their readers,
contribute great ideas, challenge us, make us better, and make our businesses stronger.

I thank all of our SOBs for thinking what we say is worth passing on.
Good conversation shared can only improve the blogging community.

Should anyone question this badge’s validity, send him or her directly to me. This award comes with a full “Liz said so” guarantee. It is endorsed by Kings of the Hemispheres, Martin and Michael, and backed by my brothers, Angelo and Pasquale.

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Want to become an SOB?

If you’re an SO-Wanna-B, you can see the whole list of SOBs and learn how to be one by visiting the SOB Hall of Fame. Click the link or visit the What IS an SOB?! page in the sidebar.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

We’re Talking Fiction: They Say It Didn’t Happen . . .

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Once Upon a Comment

It was a dark and stormy comment. No, no, not really. Everyone was quite cheery. Joe and Nneka walked in talking about Nneka’s first attempt at fiction. Romance, Sci-Fi — It was mentioned that SF ii the proper term these days. — Fantasy, Mystery, Detective Stories, Chick-Lit, Children’s Books . . .

We talked about snuggling with a good book on a rainy day, under a comforter with jazz playing in the backgound. Some of us lament the fact we hardly ever have time to read these days. We also gave Monique more challenges to write about on her insurance blog.

Who knew that Starship Troopers was a book? Who guessed it was required recommended for the marines?

And did you know that Aliens is “Jaws on a spaceship”.

Lee Child’s hero, Jack Reacher, makes Jack Bauer look like a wimp.

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie . . . is a wonderful book!

If you give a blogger a comment, she’ll want a link to go with it. And if you give her a link, then she just might get inspired.

“Blogging makes you smarter.”

“I’ve always felt guilty about it, but I think Hemingway is a great writer and I hate his books.”

We shared some links:

Some of the Books and Authors

Babyji by Abha Dawesar
Greg Mandel detective novels.
“The Great Gatsby” and “Murder on the Orient Express”
Lord of the Rings
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
In Her Shoes is by Jennifer Weiner
Elizabeth George and Nelsom DeMIlle
Lee Child
“All We Know Of Love”
Robert Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land”.
“Black Beauty”.
Farmer in the Sky, The Star Beast, Tunnel in the Sky, Starship Troopers
The Time Travelers Wife and The
Poisonwood Bible
Mary Shelley’s original Frankenstein
Robert Heinlein’s “Stranger in a Strange Land”
Ernest Hemingways’ “For Whom the Bell Tolls”
Ender’s Game
“The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien
the mystery series by Sue Grafton
Plebas
Charles Dickens
Douglas Adams book Last Chance to See
Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen
Utopia, Thomas More
Sophie’s World, Jostein Gaarder
Competitive Strategy, Michael E. Porter;
The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell
Nevil Shute On The beach

Thanks to everyone for the cool links and for being part of the conversation.

See you next Tuesday? I sure hope so.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

What is Tuesday Open Comment Night?

WANT TO GUEST HOST AN OPEN COMMENT NIGHT WITH ME? PICK A THEME AND TELL ME ABOUT IT.C’MON IT’LL BE FUN!

The Mic Is On: We’re Talking Fiction Books . . .

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It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

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 Talking About Books . . . What’s Your Favorite Piece of Fiction?

Fiction

We might also talk about

  • favorite authors
  • What we’re reading now
  • What we read on vacation
  • What we read as a kid
  • Whether we like mysteries, detective stories, romance, suspense, science fiction, or westerns
  • How many books we read last year
  • And, whatever else comes up,

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

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: Let’s Talk About Fiction . . .

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Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

Join Us Tonight for Tues. Open Comments

The Topic is: Fiction

What is your favorite fictional book? Who is your favorite author? We can also talk about what we’re reading now, what we used to read as a kid, and everything in between. Do we like mysteries, detective stories, romance, suspense, science fiction, or westerns? Do we prefer to read online, in print, or listen to audio books? How often we read, and whatever else comes up.

Oh, and bring a link to your favorite author of fiction books.

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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