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Meeting Again for the Very First Time . . .

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I've been thinking . . .
Someone asked me, “Do people change?”

I had to say I think we do. I think we grow in some way — we become more of who we are and more of what we do. We just don’t notice change because it happens so naturally and so slowly.

It seems a very human quality that we get used to our lives. We’re busy working, talking care of things. We don’t notice how we grow and change over time.

It’s not until someone say’s “Hey, remember when . . .” that I stop to think Whoa yeah, I’ve learned so much since then.

I’m kind of like that about people too. I forget what my life was like before I knew the folks I care about or what I saw when I first met them that made me want to meet them a second time.

So once in while, I imagine that I’m meeting everyone for the very first time. Suddenly I see all of the reasons, I wanted these people in my life.

Liz's Signature

20 More Successful Bloggers’ Most Successful Posts: Afternoon and Evening Links

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Who’s Paying for This?!

A few days before the party we’d had quite a discussion about whether people would be wrong to take money for writing comments that they sincerely felt. In the last comment on that post I left a message for a blogger friend, Chris Cree. . . .

Lorelle couldn’t be here, but she emailed to say,
Give my love to all the fellow SOBers and wish I was there!

I did.

Outstanding Bloggers’ Most Successful Posts: Afternoon and Evening

    1. Mark Ryden’s cabinet of curiosities and popular antiquities by Stephanie
    2. perfect cheese sandwich by SeanRox
    3. How to Write E-mail that Sucks: An Incomplete Guide

At comment 278. Chris Cree discovered that I said he was paying for each comment at this birthday party. Chris said

OK! I must insist: Everyone stop commenting on this post!
I just noticed that Liz promised that I was volunteered to pay for all these comments!

I better call Visa and up my credit limit!

Of course, no one listened.

  1. Commentary: Economy Foam by Debbie Millman
  2. If You’re Gonna Write Crap, Journal by Carolyn Manning and We Are Family by Carolyn Manning
  3. Cubicle Warrior – What it takes by Scot Herrick
  4. In the side of a mountain, there exists, a place named paradise by Jessica Doyle
  5. The Battles Hymn of the Blogger by Mike Sansone
  6. Crash Davis and the Belief Statement – My Turn by Starbucker
  7. Putting Holes in Walls by Ann Michael
  8. Blogging in Person by Sandra Renshaw
  9. Customer Service Difference #3: Ritz Carlton and Who else wishes there were no moronic idiots in customer service?
  10. Content Theft? Please, Tell Me What You Think About This… by Mark Wade
  11. A Brief History of Digg Controversy by Tony
  12. What Happens During Euthanization? by Renée
  13. Writing for WOM ^ Branding the Croc Hunter Way by Kammie K. and Be Unique, Kick the Critique – Self-Love is Where it’s At by Kammie K.
  14. Successful Blog by Cat
  15. Simplified Business Plans for the Real World.by Becky McCray
  16. Comments From Students on Using a Class Blog by Dr. Delany Kirk
  17. Case File 060805 by Timothy Johnson

 

Mike Sansone gave me a party hat and poetry. Liz Strauss Wears a Cap.

SeanRox had promised a cake.

What kind of cake do you like Liz? I’m stopping by the bakery later, so I can get your favorite. . . . Ok Liz, a flourless chocolate cake — with confectioner’s sugar only on top it is. I just put in the order and I’ll pick it up on my way back to the party.

I think he ate it himself. . . . Gosh I hope he didn’t get sick. (They don’t call it “killer cake” for no reason.)

HART brought HART’s Famous Chili. So I finally got something to eat.

We talked and partied until almost midnight.
It was an SOBirthday.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Net Neutrality 10-27-2006

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Net Neutrality Links

I’m adding this link to the Net Neutrality Page.

Why have a phone network?

So why bother with a phone network. Maybe because, if the phone monopolies admitted they were just running IP networks, they would move even more aggressively against the principles of net neutrality.

“Net neutrality, or the privatization of the Internet, is a profit grab from the big companies and it’s dangerous to all of us,” [Fonality founder Chris]
Lyman said. Transport companies should just provide transport.

Want to know what you can do?
MA Bell Monopoly Versus the Free Internet — Tell the FCC Net Neutrality Is Not Negotiable

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Great Find: Google Docs as a Blogging Tool

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So Why Not Try?

When I went to write about Thord Hedengren’s article in The Blog Herald, I found he had so convinced me that I had only typed three characters into WordPress before I thought, Why not write this post in Google Docs to see if you agree?

Great Find: Docs & Spreadsheets as a blogging tool
Permalink: http://www.blogherald.com/2006/10/24/docs-spreadsheets-as-a-blogging-tool/
Target Audience: anyone who uses word processing or blogging software

Content: I’m only this far, and already I’m saying, “Thank you, Thord.” This is so cool. The screen is brighter. I can see. I’m enjoying the experience like kid with a new toy. I can link to a URL, an email, a bookmark, or another Google Doc or Spreadsheet. You’ll be pleased to know THERE IS EVEN A SPELL CHECKER — it’s fast and painless.

As Google says I can “Create and share your projects online and access them from anywhere.” I can also post right from here to my blog, if I want. There’s even a Preview Screen. My only wish was that it didn’t save automatically, quite so often. Here are some screen shots of what I was looking at making this document. Click to enlarge the images to full size.

Google Docs

Google Docs Links Box

Read Thord’s review, believe what he says, and leave him a comment that says I agree.

— ME “Liz” Strauss

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27 Outstanding Bloggers’ Most Successful Posts: The Morning Links

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The Party Post Was Up at 5:33 a.m.

Everyone who attended the blog birthhday party October 24, 2006 was invited to bring a link to their most successful post and to explain how they made that choice. Each blogger made a choice based on his or her own criteria. During the party, people left to read posts and came back to talk about them.

To celebrate DWB’s one year b-day Cat created a shared banner page. Take a look it is incredible — like the blog it comes from.

Timothy Johnson offered these words his sales for charity.

And since you made a semi-obscure reference to “Race Through The Forest,” check out the charitable promotion I’m running right now. I’m basically donating my book-sales margins, so I want to sell as many books as possible to benefit three very deserving child serving organizations. . . . Let’s hope those Amazon reviews help raise a whole lot of money for some really great charities: A Time to Give.

Outstanding Bloggers’ Most Successful Posts: Morning

Outstanding bloggers identified these posts as their most successful in the first 250 comments of the party.

  1. Motley F….. Crue by Martin (warning: some words my offend).
  2. You’ve only Got 30 Seconds or 20 Words… by Char and The Queen of Multitasking or ADD? by Char
  3. Your Life, Your Greatest Work of Art by Rick
  4. Biphasic Sleep : 30 Day Summary by Scott
  5. The Ingenious Thomas Heatherwick by Mark McGuinness
  6. My Three Most Influential Teachers by Kent Blumberg
  7. Negative Thinking Power by Chris Cree
  8. The Power of 48 Minutes by John Richardson
  9. 3 Valuable Lessons from 1st Grade Career Day by Tony D. Clark
  10. You’d Have to be Brain Dead to Listen Up! by Ellen Weber
  11. What Adoption Usually Looks Like by Kate and No More Gratuitous Celebrity Mother Mentions
  12. New to Blogging? So was I at one time… by TechZ and My # 1 Digg I heart geek boys
  13. What Do You See in This Drawing? by Robyn McMaster

    14. Acomment 80 that we started tallking about the importance of breathing and what it meant when we were breathing through one notril more than the other.

    In the middle of that discussion — at comment 96 — Tony decided that he would see whether co.comments could keep with the number of comments this post would be getting. . . . more on that later.

  14. Ignore the Sun by Roger von Oech and Do You Recognize This Symbol?
  15. 21 Ways to Be More Creative by Christine Kane
  16. Amusing PowerPoint Slideshows in Hart’s email by HART
  17. Writing like Dead Grass by Michael Stelzner
  18. Net Neutrality Threatens Grandparents/Vets by Joe

    19. At comment 180, Tim asked Is there a World Record for most comments received on a single blog post? Who/where/how would track?

    I found this link — Most Comments Ever.

  19. We Can Still Pass The Combating Autism Act by Big Roy
  20. Who Do You Think You Are? by Steve
  21. The Purpose of A Hearty Life by Hsien Lei
  22. Pisa & Florence With Kids
  23. media strategic myopia by Mike Dunn
  24. Keep moving toward your goals by Kirsten Harrell, Psy.D.
  25. Breaking: Bach Joins Keller Williams Realty by Benjamin
  26. Home At Last by Debbie Call
  27. The Shoes by Candice

Candice did elaborate.

There are actually many other posts about shoes, like “the shoes the laptop wears” and my red shoes. (The laptop wears a pair of pointy-toed black leather high heels that were the talk of my cousin’s wedding. Heh.)

The coolest people were coming to this party, and It was only 1:40 in the afternoon.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

PS If I missed your most successful post link from the morning of the party, please let me know and I’ll update the list.

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