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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This has been quite a year for me. My job is going reasonably well. I have my health. I have fantastic friends. My daughter will graduate from high school this year and go off to college. I’ve begun to explore myself and turning my own passions into my livelihood and I have also started developing [...]
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I can answer this challenge topic quite unequivocally. The album that is rocking my world these days is Careless Love by Madeleine Peyroux. I recently discovered this album after first hearing a couple different Madeleine Peyroux songs on my Squirrel Nut Zippers station on Pandora – the internet radio “station”. If you’re not familiar with [...]
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Today’s topic for the Best of Blog Challenge 2009 is your biggest challenge of 2009. As Gwen Bell describes the topic, “Something that really made you grow this year. That made you go to your edge and then some. What made it the best challenge of the year for you?” For me, the hands down [...]
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This year, I discovered what has to be one of my favorite outdoor activities ever – Kayaking. A couple of friends invited me early in the year to join them along with two co-workers on a kayaking “float” down the Piney River in middle Tennessee. I had never done anything like this before but I [...]
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For day seven of the Best of Blog Challenge 2009 we’re supposed to describe the best blog “find” of the year. I have to detail two blogs that I love that I didn’t know existed before 2009. Zen Habits by Leo Babauta and The Bloggess by Jenny Lawson. I found Zen Habits after finding Leo [...]
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So, today in the Best of Blog Challenge 2009, the topic, as betrayed by my title, is the best workshop or conference I attended this year. For me, this is EASY. I only attended one but it was fantastic! I attended BarCamp Nashville at the Cadillac Ranch in downtown Nashville on October 17. What is [...]
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For today’s topic in Gwen Bell’s Best of Blog 2009 Challenge is your best night out. Did it involve friends or family? What was the highlight of the night? After giving this topic careful consideration I have to report that over the past year there haven’t been any nights that stand above the rest. But, [...]
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Early this year, I picked up the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. I had hoped to have read it by now. In fact, I did start to read it. But, life got in the way and I have yet to pick it back up and finish it. What is stopping me? Procrastination. Plain [...]
I have to admit, it took me some time to come up with what is my favorite article from 2009. I think this article speaks volumes. It is exceedingly popular in fact. It’s the definite article “the”. Wikipedia says this about the Definite Article. The definite article is an important part of the language. This [...]
