I was completely surprised by the people who donated to help Sarah and I get to go to BlogHer in DC. I am very thankful to: Elisa Erin Lisa Lisa Lissa Missy *Natasha Paula Robert Thomas Tracey & GM I’m sure you’re all sending me to hear me blog about something other than laundry and […]
I have wanted to attend BlogHer since the very first gathering in 2005. Every year it rolled around and I came up with dozens of reasons not to go. Because I want to just isn’t a good reason to do something. Except, I still want to go. If I keep waiting for it to be […]
BlogHer is coming to Nashville this October to learn that not only is Tennessee the blogging state, but East Tennessee is THE blogging capital. East Tennessee blogging women and women who just need a nudge to go from blog reading to blog writing need to register today. Yes, it would be nice if everyone would […]
This has been one of those weeks that is so bizarre, I could write a dozen posts and not cover everything, but I can’t sit down yet. Eventually, I want to write about pencils, bike helmets, bus stops, adultery, multiple personalities, marital aids, dead cars, cigarettes, boys and tantrums. Among other things.
I asked for help coming up with a new tagline for my blog and my life, since this year I will have five children in five different schools. The suggestions were great! I have narrowed the list down to my five favorites. Which one best describes life with a child in college, high school, middle […]
How do these statistics compare to physical and emotional health issues in other industries? An article from old media desperately hoping that new media is a fad is less than convincing. Most bloggers LOVE what they do. They thrive on the constant input and rapid output of information. Doug gets an adrenaline high when he […]
In 2000, I started out just keeping an online journal of my life for sorting my thoughts about things happening in the world, near and far. Doug told me I was “blogging” and showed me what other people were writing. Maybe that subconsciously gave me permission to keep doing what I was already doing, but […]
A week ago, Barry posted something that deserved more attention that it received. June 15, 2007: digital immigrant http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=digital+immigrant&defid=894212 Someone who grew up before the digital age and is fairly new to the internet. Basically anyone over the age of 28. YouTube is foreign to the digital immigrant. I’m sure that this would annoy all […]