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I’m on 25 Peeps! Will You Click My Picture?

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Fun Promotion for Personal Blogs

There are 25 pictures of individual people.
Each is hot linked to a personal website.
Click the picture you like and visit the blog.
The blogs most visited get into the Peeps Hall of Fame.

hendrik mans

Be sure when you check it out that you click the link in the bottom nav bar to visit the blog of hendrik mans the man who developed 25 Peeps. His personal blog is most interesting in its own right. He’s a web developer who has just shown he knows a bit about outside of the box blog promotion.

Could You Be a Hall of Famer?

You can upload your own picture and knock someone off the page. They’ll check your blog to make sure it’s a personal site–no business please. Then you can see whether you can make the Hall of Fame.

Click, Click, Enter

Click Me Here. Click Me There. Put Yourself in as a Candidate. We’ll track everyone who get up on the 25 Peeps every week.

Click the shot below to go there and get the detials. While you’re there will you click my picture to keep me up at 25peeps?

25 Peeps Liz

Send in your picture to get traffic to your personal weblog too. (It takes a few weeks to get up there.)

I heard about this from Sumeet Jain at Sumeet’s Treasures.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Fireworks Crack Bell in Philadelphia!

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Only as Strong as Weakest Link

The Fourth of July Open Comments Night get together in Philadelphia, left the city with a cracked Liberty Bell and a virulent strain of the infamous link leak virus. Link Leak Virus is a special strain of the indie virus with blogtipping mutations that occur in threes. Many new folks attended because of the patriotic holiday and so the infection has spread through the entire northeast.

Cool links were shared.

I’m not sure why HART didn’t bring any recipes with him this time. Maybe he ate before he came.

Overheard Through the Night

Many of the same faces were there, but so were many new ones. These are a few of the statements that were heard. All of them are, of course, taken totally out of context. If you want to know more, I’ve left the comment number so that you can find the thread.

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taorist Says: Yeah. My real name’s taorist, my last name’s .com

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Starbucker Says: Hi Christine – and Liz, what’s this about thinking in the bathroom?? I must confess when I was very very young I used to read a lot of encyclopedias there….

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Mark Wade Says:
Found something to leave a comment at taorist 🙂 Something about you Liz…

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Ben Yoskovitz says: Ideas coming to people in the bathroom!?!
Bravo! I’m with you there. Happens to me all the time. I’ve nearly fallen off the toilet a few times…(Was that too much info? Just tell me if it was, I won’t be hurt.)

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Joe Says: I’ll be back shortly, I am going to sit on my lawn (since it is newly mowed) and watch some fireworks. Won’t be more that about 75-100 comments.

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Christine Kane Says: as far as comments go… lots of people are scared to leave them. it took me forever to leave a comment for liz. and i read her blog for a long time.

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Cuileann McKenzie Says: My husband who is here with me thought it was hilarious that I was 2 pgs behind the action by the time my comment was ready (so y’all can laugh too).

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Rick Says: I thought that was where your evil side came from, Liz – I assumed some of your time in publishing was spent as an editor.

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ME Strauss Says: Why, Mr. Mark, *she said in her best Scarlett O’Hara* I think you are the kindest man. I’ve been publishing since my son was born in 1985. I was only 6 years old then, of course. He was a miracle baby.

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Fraser Says:anyone still celebrating?

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HART (1-800-HART) Says:
Hi Fraser .. Nice to meet another Canadian .. and, if we don’t already know each other .. Our parents grew up in different neighborhoods together! I’m sure of it.

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Douglas Says: Nah, I’m here Liz. Yes, it is addictive. I think I’ll be leaving in a few, though. It’s getting fairly late here.

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Chris Cree Says:Liz, you ought to know that Fat Boy (the Cat Whisperer figured out it was him) got his aim back. Even without thumbs. So all is well.

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Cat Says: Chocolate! I forgot I have a huge bar in the fridge.

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Tammy Says: Well, I can’t stay long ~. . . I have learned something though ~ I think I could just go through and meet all of you on your blogs which is what I’m working on so when you see Tammy ~ it’s probably me from Liz’s corner!

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andy fossett Says:
damn, it’s already the fith here… i somehow managed to totally miss independence day – i live i japan, but i’m still an american. i must be crasy busy not to have at least planned a bbq. oh well. next year, i’ll be back stateside, so i won’t miss it. double damn, it’s too rainy to shoot of fireworks… what a waste.

And here’s to a couple of friends who went to Greece to find us. My bad — I gave them a confusing link.


timethief and ScotHerrick, you two are the best sports. Thanks for understanding.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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The Mic is ON in Philadelphia!

The Mic is ON in Philadelphia!

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It’s Like Open Mike Only Different

Here’s how it works.

open mike night

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.

Some things we might talk about could include

  • personal declarations of independence.
  • coolest fireworks stories — real and metaphorical.
  • urban legends about fireworks.
  • parades, marching bands, and drum corps.
  • your invisible pet. We know you have one.

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

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

A link anyone to was a member of the DCI related to one of the points above.

Fireworks

Thanks to gophila.com for this Fourth of July Fireworks over the Philadelphia Museum of Art Photo by G. Widman for GPTMC. Thanks to Joe for finding this great photo of his lovely city.

Enjoy the fireworks!

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic at 7pm Chicago Time

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4th of July 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 met lots of new friends last week as we always do. If you missed it, stop by this week, and we’ll meet you.

Some things we might talk about could include

  • personal declarations of independence.
  • coolest fireworks stories — real and metaphorical.
  • urban legends about fireworks.
  • parades, marching bands, and drum corps.
  • your invisible pet. We know you have one.

AND THE EVER POPULAR,

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

A link to anyone was a member of the DCI related to one of the points above.

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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Blogtipping the Three Stooges

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They Aren’t the Three Stooges Really

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They aren’t the Three Stooges really, but they sure did talk about them on one Tuesday Night comment night. By the time they were done, we knew more about the Three Stooges than I thought I ever would. So today being Blogtipping Day, July 1, I tip my blog to them.

Here’s how it works.

  • Choose three or more bloggers you admire and link to them,
  • List three reasons why you admire each one.
  • Then add a tip at the end.

That’s all there is to it.

1. Mr. Mark Wade of R Webs Designs I tip my blog to you because

  • you blog with passion and research you’re saying.
  • you know the meaning of blogging community.
  • you fill the blogosphere with color and laughter even when you don’t bring along crayons.

    • My blog tip: Work on that stutter around that stupid W-word.

    2. Mr. Chris Cree of CREEations

  • you balance blogging and life in a beautiful blog symmetry.
  • you share your thoughts with power and gentleness.
  • you always share your Klondike bars and welcome new friends into the community.

    • Tip: Jack is not a good name for a code-writing donkey.

    3. Mr. Joe Hauckes of Working at Home on the Internet

  • you put yourself so fully into every detail of every thought you blog.
  • your new blog reflects your strength and commitment to what you’re doing.
  • you always show up to support the community.

    • Tip: Don’t sweat the small stuff. It works itself out.

    Thanks to Week 36 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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    Bloggers Buzz

    blogmundi

    Creating Passionate Users

    Digital Surgery

    Mama Mouse's Chatter

    Office Freaks

    The Net-Savvy Jobseeker

    ProffBlogger

    Seth Godin's Blog

    Shards of Consciousness

    Your Financial Freedom

    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