So, Melissa wants to know 6 things about me, huh? Let’s see. 1. I can recite the entire alphabet backwards, just as easily as I can forward. Z, Y, X, W, V, U, T, S, R, Q, P, O, N, M, L, K, J, I, H, G, F, E, D,…
Library Card?
So … do you have a library? I mean, shelves in your own home, filled with books? I was just reading this essay from the NY Times about weeding out books from a personal library, and it got me thinking. Where books are concerned, there’s no question. I am a…
It’s a Blogapalooza!
Have you heard about the Middle Zone Musings Blogapalooza? He wants to know: Now, looking back at your archives, you’ll choose one post from every month you’ve been blogging in the year 2008. So how do you choose? Well, the question you have to ask yourself is, what was the…
Dumped On
So … you had your schedule all worked out. Your plans laid, your priorities clear … And then you get dumped on. Just like a snow storm came barrelling along to disrupt your well laid plans. The roads are bad, slippery, messy, treacherous. Suddenly, what was going smoothly and according…
Looking for a Moral
Well, here I came to write you all a post for Monday morning, and instead, spent most of my time chatting on Twitter, checking my email, catching up on forum posts over at Ravelry (a knitting social site, for those of you who don’t know. And, if you do knit…
Mental Radar
Remember when we talked about Focus? And how doing just one thing, rather than jumping between multiple ones, would get things done faster? It sounds good, right? And logical? Be honest–how many windows do you have open on your computer right now? I’m guessing there’s a word processor, an email…
Best
Joanna doesn’t make it easy. She wants me to pick my best post of the year. Now, I am beyond terrible at picking only one thing whenever anybody asks me to name a favorite–author, song, cookie recipe, spinning fiber, book. About the best I can usually do is narrow it…
Why We Need Professional Writers
Remember when I wrote about how, sometimes, words don’t matter so much? Well, go watch this sweet and meaningful short film (5:55), which is all about EXACTLY why words matter. Talk about the importance of getting words just right. In fact, this is exactly the point of why professional writers…
Domain Question for You Experts
You tell me–if I got an email that said this: We are Hong Kong Network Service Company Limited which is the domain name register center in Asia. We received a formal application from a company who is applying to register “punctualityrules” as their domain name and Internet keyword on Dec…
Sometimes It’s Not About the Words
Okay, this will be a shock, since I’m all about words and their value and importance. But, sometimes? Images matter more. At my day job, my boss said she wanted something different for the company Holiday cards this year, and mentioned a flyer-style card she got last year that had…