What did you start this year that you’re proud of? This is today’s topic for the Best of Blog Challenge 2009. That is an easy question to answer. I created a website that I hope to make a site that gives simple advice and information for people following their dreams or searching within themselves for [...]
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Did you know that 1 plus 1 plus 2 could equal 13 and the realization that an “online” community is actually a “real” community that is just facilitated by digital technology?? 1 broken HVAC heater at the onset of winter 1 casual comment about said broken heater and the impending freezing weather to two Twitter [...]
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The setting – southern California in early August. I was driving a rental car during a brief visit to California to attend to some personal business as well as pick up my daughter so we could return to Tennessee for her annual summer visit. It was Saturday in the late afternoon. I had finished meeting [...]
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This is the topic for today: Online or offline, where did you spend most of your mad money this year? If you’ve been following my posts for the Best of Blog Challenge 2009, then you might already guess where I spent my “mad money” this year. And, actually, it wasn’t one place, but three places: [...]
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I spent a while thinking about this topic. What would I choose as my best word or phrase for 2009? There are several candidates. Among them, “Hope” and “Yes we can!”. There is also “Going Rogue” and “You betcha!” New Yorkers might suggest something like, “The Yankees win the pennant!” One could also argue STRONGLY [...]
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I drink simple unsweet black tea. Nothing fancy. Aside from some lemon, I don’t care for flavored teas or fruit teas or spicy teas like the kinds you can get at Starbucks. Plain old tea. Usually cold, but hot is fine too. Sometimes, I drink hot Chinese or Japanese tea, particularly if I’m at a [...]
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For the best packaging for 2009, the winner, in my book, is Apple Computer. They have mastered the art of packaging such that they use less material and design the packaging to be both elegant and functional. In fact, they reduced the size of their computer boxes so that they can ship the same number units [...]
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When Gwen Bell announced the Best of Blog Challenge 2009, I read thru the list of topics. I knew this was a topic that I didn’t think I had much to blog about. Yes, I’ve done a LOT of things this year from discovering that I LOVE kayaking to learning that I can make friends [...]
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No, that’s not a typo. The topic for today is “What’s the best change you made to the place you live?” And, after a bit of introspective consideration, I knew what I would write about. I have begun a process of downsizing my life and living space. My goal is to move from a 1600 [...]
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Nashville has a fairly diverse mix of restaurants. We have everything from American (and there are SOOO many varieties in this category) to Mexican and Asian to Indian and even African restaurants. And, I have a number of friends that have enjoyed many of these restaurants. Thus, I have had an opportunity to try some [...]
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