Meryl's Notes Blog

Doing this earlier this week since I missed last week and too much happening.

Sorry the time is right for this inspirational quote, but we can all use it. Thanks, Darren Hardy. This was in reference to the 1991 recession: “I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decided not to participate.” - Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart

• Advocates push for simpler spelling: Good luck trying to change hundreds of years of spelling.
• Spelling Reform Files
• 10 Tips to Survive a Cash Flow Crisis
• 5 Reasons Why You Don’t Want to Write a Book: Lots of truth to it.
• Story of a sign: An excellent marketing lesson.
• 28 Great WordPress Plugins
• Texting: The Downfall of Precise Grammar [Link: Grammar Girl]

And for fun because we’re allowed…

• Texas State Fair happenin’ now. Know what that means? Fried creations!
• Mark Hurst is right … This place looks like something from a Dr. Seuss book.
• You probably heard about Ford’s MyKey plans. AAA provides a resource for us parents who will have a kid driving before the first MyKey car comes out.
• Fun with bar codes.