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Labor Day Blog-Lib Link Love Again!!

August 30, 2008 by Liz 19 Comments

How-cool-is-this!!!

It was fun last year. Wanna play again?

  1. Copy the unfinished story below into your post box.
  2. Fill in the blanks to finish the story. For most of the blanks use a blogger’s name, a trait, a post title, a blog title — get creative. Finish each sentence in an unexpected way. You can find plenty of links to spark your imagination at the A-Z directory.
  3. Link the text you added back to the blog or blogger you’re referencing.
  4. Be creative. Change the words or storyline as you wish in order to fit in the links you like.
  5. When you’re done, leave a link with the title to your version of the story in the comment box below.

I’ll gather up the links you leave as I always do. You’ve got until 2pm CST on Thursday, September 6, 2007 — see the clock in my sidebar — to leave your link here in the comment box.
My version of the story follows the blank one.

Title:

______

I had _____ , but I was looking for _____. An adventure was in order.

A couple of galaxies down and one nebula over, I entered _____ . I saw ____ making a Chris Brogan list with ____ about 50 ways to ____ .

Nearby ___ was _____ and ___ had just ____ .

Meanwhile, some _____ were wandering aimlessly and asking, “Has anyone found ____ ?”

No one seemed to notice the group in a candlelit corner. Dressed in black, in cognito, ___ held a rendezvous with ____ , and ____ . Rumor has it they were plotting to _______ .

The meeting of folks from ____ broke into conflict with ____ over ____.
That seemed HUGE until ______ .

______ couldn’t shut up about that _____. As a result, two thousand people decide to _____, _____, and we heard ____ for days after.

_____ reported that, “It’s simply ____ .”

My own perspective is ______.

End of story.

Title:

The gaping void of the CyberSaloon

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I had more than 45 things to get done, but I was looking for 1 Good Reason to forget all about them. An adventure was in order.

A couple of galaxies down and one nebula over I entered a place called Serenity Quest. I saw Plain Jane Mom making a Chris Brogan list with Photo Matt about 50 ways to Pick the Brain of or the guy who writes the blog that was on their screen at the moment.

Nearby TAXGIRL was ordering a Technical Bliss and Invincibelle had just ordered a jaffee juice.

Meanwhile, some Remarkable Parents were wandering aimlessly and asking, “Has anyone found a way to have a Life Beyond Code ?”

No one seemed to notice the group in a candlelit corner. Dressed in black, in cognito, Copyblogger held a rendezvous with Chartreuse (BETA), and Another Blogger. Rumor has it they were plotting to kidnap Guy Kawasaki and sell Alltop on the blog black market.

The meeting of folks from The Artsy Asylum broke into conflict with Buzzoodle Buzz Marketing over the principles of Confident Writing.

That seemed HUGE until Queen of Spain walked in on the arm of the Tracksuit CEO.

TwitterStars couldn’t shut up about that Internet Moment. As a result, two thousand people decided to eMail Our Military with the story, Lorelle fell off WordPress, and we heard obscure Ramblings from a Glass Half Full for days after.

PR 2.0 reported that, “It’s a matter of getting the rhythm of Life in Perpetual Beta.”

My own perspective is Genuine Curiosity proves out that Geeks are Sexy. Still, be aware. If you traverse Global Neighbourhoods and the gapingvoid of a CyberSaloon, it’s all too possible you might find yourself among the confused of calcutta.

Which isn’t altogether such a bad place to be.

End of story.

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If I Had a Dollar for Every Spam Comment . . .

April 23, 2008 by Liz Leave a Comment

We’d Be Celebrating about Now!

Akismet has protected your site from 1,004,381 spam comments.

Even lost some in various upgrades over the years.

Well, we can dream.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
Work with Liz!!
SOBCon08 is May 2,3,4 in Chicago. Register now!

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Silly Brain Test 2: What Color Is Your Mind?

February 22, 2008 by Liz Leave a Comment


It Ain’t Easy Being Green

You decide whether this sounds like me. . . .


Your Mind is Green

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Of all the mind types, yours has the most balance.
You are able to see all sides to most problems and are a good problem solver.
You need time to work out your thoughts, but you don’t get stuck in bad thinking patterns.

You tend to spend a lot of time thinking about the future, philosophy, and relationships (both personal and intellectual).

What Color Is Your Mind?

Go ahead. Tell me about yours.

–ME “Liz” Strauss
If you want to seriously sort your thoughts, we can do that too. Work with Liz!!

SOBCon08 is May 2,3,4 in Chicago. Register now!

Related:
A Silly Left Right Brain Test
Left-Brain, Right-Brain, Whole Brain Think
Fun Find: What’s Your Personal DNA?
Fun Find: Imagini

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Post Card 5: Dr. Lei, a Hypothesis, and the Mystery Is Solved

December 7, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

Post Cards from the Fake Liz Strauss (written by the real one)

I figure if Dan Lyons can write the fake Steve Jobs, I can do one better . . . I’m writing these post cards before I go on the UK trip with Ann Michael. Consider it a fictional account of real people we might have met, real places we might have visited, and real things that did or didn’t happen as told by the fake myself. Some things actually might have occurred. Like I said, I’m writing this before we go. –Liz

Re: Dec. 6, 2007

Hi, Everyone!
On Thursday morning, we awoke still living under the threat of the mysterious land shark. The London Online Conference Hall was ending. Would the shark be let loose?

At noon, I had a lunch meeting with Dr. Hsien, Hsien Lei. We met in the dining room of a famous hotel.

Claridges Hotel

She put forth a scientific hypothesis about the land shark which, when we tested it, turned out to be true.

The shark was the only decent picture that the web dev guy had on his hard drive when he was building the site.

So our mystery was solved.

Ann headed back for the States this afternoon. I get to meet some cool folks at lunch today, a dinner tonight, lunch again tomorrow — and those are just the ones who blog. Then on Sunday, I get to come home.

Yours truly,

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The Fake Liz Strauss

PS When I’m not catching up with folks at mealtime, I’ll be in my room ironing my clothes.

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Post Card 4: The Taxi Ride

December 6, 2007 by Liz 2 Comments

Post Cards from the Fake Liz Strauss (written by the real one)

I figure if Dan Lyons can write the fake Steve Jobs, I can do one better . . . I’m writing these post cards before I go on the UK trip with Ann Michael. Consider it a fictional account of real people we might have met, real places we might have visited, and real things that did or didn’t happen as told by the fake myself. Some things actually might have occurred. Like I said, I’m writing this before we go. –Liz

Re: Dec. 5, 2007

Hi, Everyone!
Tuesday night, at the blogger movie premiere we had close call with the bloggerrazzi. Luckily, no one was hurt or went to jail. It seems they wanted pix of Ann and I for the tabblogs, but we pulled out our sunglasses, head scarves, and superhero invisibility capes. We lost track of them in no time at all.

We spent hours on Wed. at the London Online Conference Hall. The only hint of a shark we saw was some spilled water on the floor. It was time to pull in some serious help.

We turned first to a London taxi driver. They seem to know everything.

Sherlock Holmes Museum Baker Street photo by Kjetil Bjørnsrud

We asked our driver about the mystery of the land shark and told him of our concerns. He gave us his philosophy of life and a complete tour of the city. We saw sights that even Londoners will never know — places our driver suggested that land sharks might hang out. We asked question after question about land shark sightings. He made up the answers as he drove until we tired him out.

Then he delivered us to Baker St. He said to ask for a guy named Holmes.

The Holmes guy told us to make an appt. with a guy named Watson. We made a reservation for dinner instead.

Yours truly,

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The Fake Liz Strauss

PS That night we needed refueling so we took Kevin up his offer to meet other bloggers at a pub. Maybe they would have information from the underground about a land shark invasion related to the London Online conference.

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Post Card 3: Maybe the Bridge?

December 5, 2007 by Liz Leave a Comment

Post Cards from the Fake Liz Strauss (written by the real one)

I figure if Dan Lyons can write the fake Steve Jobs, I can do one better . . . I’m writing these post cards before I go on the UK trip with Ann Michael. Consider it a fictional account of real people we might have met, real places we might have visited, and real things that did or didn’t happen as told by the fake myself. Some things actually might have occurred. Like I said, I’m writing this before we go. –Liz

Re: Dec. 4, 2007

Hi, Everyone!
We checked in at the conference on Tuesday. Still no one would give up any information about the mysterious shark.

Meeting after meeting found us talking about Web 2.0, social media, blogging, and content. Could we get a person to budge on something about the toothy predator? They showed no interest at all.

Then it dawned on us, which is quite a feat since it was late afternoon. We looked out our hotel window and saw a location that might hold a clue.

Ann and I called John Dodds to say we’d be delayed on our way to dinner, and we were off to see the famous bridge.

tower bridge

We were told that the original famous bridge is now in the southwestern USA. So we settled for this one — which has no appearance of falling down. That was a minor disappointment, for sure.

The bigger disappointment was that no one near the bridge had any information about sharks at all.

Yours truly,

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The Fake Liz Strauss

PS That night we accompanied John to a movie premiere exclusively for high-power bloggers. Our responsibilities to our industry had to take precedence over our charitable endeavors and our quest to save the world from land sharks just this once.

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