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Your Mother's Daughter

October 23, 2007 by Liz

A Successful-Blog Birthday Post!

from Rick Cockrum

She has her eyes. He has his nose. She has your smile.

All babies show the mark of the genes of their parents. Blogs are no different. Any blog with a soul bears the mark of its author as surely as any child is marked by the genes of it’s parents.

You’re not a stranger any more.

Those are some of the first words that I and many others read when we came through the doors of Successful-Blog. That’s where Liz shows through. The saloon-keeper’s daughter had a baby and raised her up to be a friendly place where anyone is welcome. It’s a place to read, to learn, to share, to talk. And now she’s turning two. As a human, Successful-Blog would just be a toddler. As a blog, she’s coming into her maturity.

Successful-Blog was one of the first blogs I began reading regularly. As others have said before, I came for the information and stayed for the conversation. One of the most important things that’s happened because of Successful-Blog is the relationships that have happened around it. Many of the names in my blogroll are people I’ve met through Successful-Blog, people like Joe, Chris, Carolyn, Ben, Tony, Terry, Phil, Christine.

Tuesday night open comments has been especially influential. That’s where SOBCon was born. Terry and I planned a song together. I decided that Hey, it may not be great, but it’s okay to put my verse online. At last year’s birthday party Liz invited us to bring a link. I brought Your Life, Your Greatest Work Of Art. In that post I said

Your life is the greatest act of imagination and creative expression that you can know

Successful-Blog brings that to our virtual world.

Happy Birthday, Successful-Blog!

You’re not a stranger any more.
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Thank you, Rick! It’s beautiful.

The party is Oct. 24th! Come for the surprises! Bring a link to your success!!!

Voices

October 22, 2007 by Liz

Happy Successful-Blog Poetry!

from Brad Shorr

VOICES

Voices happy as a cloud,
Voices somber as a shroud.
Voices certain, voices pondering,
Voices clear and voices wandering.

Voices twinkling with curiosity,
Voices blazing with ferocity.
Some are skies of rolling thunder,
Others wheat fields of gentle wonder .

We enter this place from everywhere,
To learn, to laugh, to help, to share.
So beautifully our voices intertwine
In textured conversation of every kind.

My heart rejoices amidst this
Tapestry of voices!
Weaving itself of countless threads,
An ever growing magic carpet overhead.

Brad Shorr, Straight North

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Thank you, Brad, It’s stunning.

The party is Oct. 24th! Come for the surprises! Bring a link to your success!!!

Don't Seek Success!

October 22, 2007 by Guest Author

Thoughts on a Successful-Blog Birthday

from Michael A. Stelzner

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Liz;

Happy 2! Hard to believe that your blog is so young!

My thoughts:

Don’t seek success
It should not be a goal in life
It is hard to achieve
You never really think you’re there

Rather, you should aim for achievable goals
Set your sights high
But celebrate when you reach mile markers along the way

Let others label you “successful”
But always aim to improve
Never accept “good enough”
Give back to those who helped
And lastly, be thankful

Happy second again Liz!

Mike
Michael Stelzner’s – Blog – Writing White Papers
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Thank you, Mike!

The party is Oct. 24th! Come for the surprises! Bring a link to your success!!!

You’re Invited to an Open Mic Birthday Party!

October 23, 2006 by Liz

4 Blogs and Almost 500 SOBs Are Celebrating

Everyone is invited. Stop by for a while meet some new friends. Click the sign for details.

Think theater of the imagination meets real people in the comment box for conversation.

Who knows? That code-writing donkey just might show up with his skinny Moose friend.

Look for the post on the front page with the red envelope and the rose. It will be hard to miss. I promise.

It starts in less than 10 hours.
— ME “Liz” Strauss

TUES., Oct. 24th PARTY – Open Comments DAY: NEW Bring-a-Link Event!

October 21, 2006 by Liz

Open Comments DAY on Tuesday the 24th?

We’re having an OPEN COMMENTS DAY PARTY OCTOBER 24TH to celebrate Blog Birthdays. The Mic will be open all day for conversation, so stop by whenever you can to see who’s here and chat a while. It can be a talking marathon, if we want.

So far we know of these blogs celebrating in October:

NEW:

HART Empire Network

Does your blog belong on this birthday list? Tell me. Tell me. Tell me, please. Also write a post about your blog birthday and submit it to the Blog B-Day Carnival for October 31 being sponsored by Working at Home on the Internet.

Bring-a-Link Event: Successful Bloggers Write Successful Posts

That’s right, when you come on Tuesday, you’re invited to bring a link to your most successful post. When you leave the link, please write a comment about how you chose the most successful post to bring.

Was it your best content?
Did it get attention from a hero?
Did it get the most links?
Did it get the most comments?
How do you define a Successful Post?

I’ll compile a list of all of the posts when the party is over.

What Contest?

To find out about Tuesday Open Comments DAY, October 24th, links, prizes, conversation, fun, and how to be part of the Successful-Blog 25-Words Birthday Challenge, click the title below.

Write about a memory, an event, a funny incident. Be clever as a code-writing donkey.

Join the fun, get a link or two, and give good wishes to the birthday blogs!
Prize donations are still being accepted. Judging will be by random drawing by IT man, my husband, who is not a blogger.

There will be more surprises on the 24th — I get bored easily.
— ME “Liz Strauss

25-Words Birthday Challenge Prize Update

October 19, 2006 by Liz

YEA! Kirsten!

Kirsten Harrell, Psy.D. the dynamic and delightful author of ipop-in has donated a new prize to the 25-Words Birthday Challenge. Now one lucky winner will get a $25 Gift Certificate for an RX for a Positive Attitude.

Thanks, Kirsten!

What Party?

To find out about the Party — Tuesday Open Comments DAY, October 24th, links, prizes, conversation, fun, and how to be part of the Successful-Blog 25-Words Birthday Challenge, click the title below.

We’re gonna party until the comment box explodes!

–Me “Liz” Strauss