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Things wordy, geeky, and webbyLinks: Happy Sweet 16 2010 Edition
Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 9:35 AM |
My oldest and only daughter turned 16 on Wednesday. Now I don’t have to schlep her to school when she wants to go early. When she was younger, we captured her on video saying that she didn’t want to drive. Of course, that changed and she was itching for her birthday to arrive.
That’s me next to her car. The first day she has everything she needs to drive the car to school… and it snows. So I took her and posed with her car for posterity. I’ve yet to get a picture of her and her car together. I will! It makes sense that this happened… considering the story of her arrival.
She was born in Alexandria, VA, on a night when we had snow and ice. AND Dallas-Fort Worth — where first time Grandma and Grandpa lived and waited for us to call when I was about to have the baby — also had ice. Yet, Grandma walked in my hospital room four hours before my daughter arrived. She lucked out in catching a late plane just before it pulled away. The airline staff said, “Hold up! First-time Grandma coming.”
If you’re like many of us — stuck at home because of the snow — it’s a great time to play some games.
Brain food…
- Generating Likeability Through the Mail: I am a big believer in handwritten notes. I loved reading this unusual example. Who can you write a thank you note to right now? [Link: Bob Burg]
- How to Respond to the Most Overused Objections in Social Media: No more excuses, people!
- 51 Questions That Will Take Your Book from Good to Great: Excellent questions to ask those who take a look at your work.
- How to Launch a Book with No Traditional Media Like Seth Godin: Best bet: Think far ahead. Start building relationships before you do the proposal.
- C-level Social Media Ignorance: Do you know what your marketing and PR folks are doing in your company’s name?
- Would You Consider Self-Publishing?: The process in a neat package from a conversation with a publisher.
And for fun because we’re allowed…
- Game Board Storage Art: Brilliant! But I don’t think I have enough wall space to hang up half of ours.
- Coverspy: Tweeting a book by its cover. Twitter account that spies on what people seen on the New York subway are reading and provides their basic info. Another vote for Kindles and Nooks not taking over the reading world. I discovered Gilmore Girls
a few months ago and am making my way through all the seasons. One thing I love about it is seeing what books the book-loving characters are reading.
- Valentine Day Movie Posters: Red hot love via creative graphic design techniques [Link: bkmacdaddy designs].
- Moleskine art: Being a southpaw didn’t gift me with the ability to draw beautiful and creative work like these talented folks.
- The Awesomeness of the Best Google Custom Logos: Google was brilliant in coming up with creative works of its logos and now many join in.
- 23 Grossly Unnecessary Upgrades to Modern Products: Fake items, but valuable lesson.
- 31 Cool 404 Error Pages: Ah, seen many a funny 404 and here are more.
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5 comments
Hi Meryl,
I’m sending a snow shovel to my brother in Richardson. I’ll bet he’ll let you borrow it when he’s done!
Enjoy!
George
George Angus’s blog …Jazzed About #MOJOtweet: A Book Review
Got a great tip. Since we Texans don’t need to add another tool in our garage (snow shovel), grab a lid from one of those big plastic bins and use the lid as a shovel. Fortunately, our sidewalks and streets are clear. The snow is where it belongs… on the grass and roof out of the way.
Meryl Evans’s blog …New Game Release: Nightfall Mysteries – Curse of the Opera
Yikes! I’m so glad I’m in San Diego and not snow country… I’m such a weather wuss Meryl
Also glad I rediscovered you… what a great collection of links…
and good luck with your daughter driving! To both of you.
Anne Wayman’s blog …Some Authors On Valentines Day – Videos About Writing
Beautiful brain food!
J.D. Meier’s blog …Love Quotes
@Anne, I handle warm weather better than cold. I like Dallas because we still get all four seasons and the occasional white surprise. Thank you, Anne!
@J.D. Hope it filled you up as much as it did me!
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