Links: Presidential 2010 Edition

Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 12:07 PM | Category: Games, Language, Links, Meryl's Notes Blog, Social Media, Writing No comments
300px Gilbert Stuart Williamstown Portrait of George Washington Links: Presidential 2010 Edition
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Congratulations to George Angus for winning Laura Cross’ book tour contest! Y’all can still win a book from Elisa Lorello. Interesting that it’s President’s Day week. My 5th grade son has to do a report on Gerald Ford.

Brain food!

  • Wordnik: Make word lists, comment on and tag words, record pronunciations, etc. [Link: Michael C. Cordell]
  • Value of School Visits: Enjoyed reading this author’s story about visiting schools. This is one reason why I wish I’ve authored a children’s book. I think it’d make the visit more entertaining for the kids when I speak to them about people with differences. Several school visits have made a big difference in how the kids view people who sound different from them. Apparently, after I spoke to my son’s first grade class, they treated him like a king. That’s why I do it. For my kids. To avoid the second grade incident with my daughter.
  • Why Google Buzz Is Brilliant and Deadly to Social Media 1.0: Incredible insight I had not considered.
  • How to Write Effectively for Twitter and the Social Web: Collection of resources sorted by categories.
  • The BS Litmus Test: My first priority is to always keep my current clients happy because really — the easiest and best clients are the ones you already have. I’ve already weeded out the ones where I didn’t enjoy the work. It’s also easier to keep the current clients than go looking for new ones that may not be a good match. I know what my current clients like and don’t like. It takes time to figure that out with every new client.

And for fun because we’re allowed…

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Links: Happy Birthday, Dad 2010 Edition

Friday, February 5th, 2010 at 8:01 AM | Category: Books, Language, Links, Meryl's Notes Blog, Writing No comments
Dad USAF 1953 Links: Happy Birthday, Dad 2010 Edition

Al Kaplan, 1953

My dad passed away two years ago. Today would have been his 79th birthday.

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Brain food…

And for fun because we’re allowed…

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Links: In Memory of Grandpa Sidney 2010 Edition

Friday, January 8th, 2010 at 10:05 AM | Category: Books, Language, Links, Meryl's Notes Blog, Social Media, Writing 1 comment

sidney raimey citizenship Links: In Memory of Grandpa Sidney 2010 EditionMy maternal grandfather died on this date in 1987. My favorite memory of him was siting in his living room and listening to him tell a story about his life in Poland before he came to the U.S. in 1925 at age 18.

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Please vote for your top 25 books on writing.

Brain food…

And for fun because we’re allowed…

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Links: One Week until Black Friday 2009 Edition

Friday, November 20th, 2009 at 1:45 PM | Category: Books, Business, Language, Links, Meryl's Notes Blog, Tech, Writing 1 comment

Congratulations to Dawn Herring for winning The Last Will of Moira Leahy! Never fear… Thirsty is still up for the winnin’. Also, please vote for your top 25 books on writing.

Articles full of brain goodness…

For fun because we’re allowed…

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Links: Octo-what 2009 Already? Edition

Friday, October 2nd, 2009 at 8:16 AM | Category: Books, Business, Language, Links, Marketing, Meryl's Notes Blog, Social Media, Tech, Writing 2 comments
First, congratulations to George Angus for winning a copy of Caryn’s book! (Sound of crowd cheering.) Now, y’all be ready for the next book up for grabs from Celia Rivenbark. She’ll be here on Tuesday.
Articles with valuable advice…

And the fun stuff because we need to have fun!

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Links: Last Summer Weekend before School 2009 Edition

Friday, August 21st, 2009 at 7:11 AM | Category: Blogging, Language, Links, Marketing, Meryl's Notes Blog, Tech, Writing 2 comments

Yeah!!! Did that sound too happy? I think summer would be more valuable if we stretched out the school year and have two to three week breaks at a time. Then, older kids would miss out the opportunity of having summer jobs or doing special programs. Eh, it’ll never change.

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Links: Happy Birthday, Niece and Cindy Edition

Friday, July 24th, 2009 at 7:24 AM | Category: Language, Links, Marketing, Meryl's Notes Blog, Tech, Writing No comments

And for fun because we’re allowed…

  • Which Crazy Writer Are You? Me wolf. No, really. Me Tom Wolfe. Ah, the life of a wall flower. You get to hang out with the most interesting people – radio DJs, hot rodders, hippies, Hell’s Angels, Wall Street tycoons, frat boys – and are completely happy putting them into the spotlight. You’re completely happy hanging back with your martini and your little notebook, jotting down all your little observations, in sight but out of mind. [Link: Jane Friedman]
  • Cute as Hell Pet Community: cute as heck pets. Here’s my doghter.
  • Oddee has lots of fascinatingly odd posts especially misspelled tattoos (what a place to misspell words) and the 15 ugliest products ever, which looks accurate. Odd… lots of chairs made the list.
  • 43 Weird Things Said in Job Interviews: Ouch. Wonder if any one of these actually got the job aside from the meth lab one?
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Link: We Love Moms 2009 Edition

Friday, May 8th, 2009 at 9:04 AM | Category: Blogging, Books, Language, Links, Meryl's Notes Blog, Tech, Writing No comments

I’m very lucky to have a fabulous mom. Thanks, Mom.

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Links: My Baby Is Almost Six Edition

Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 7:03 AM | Category: Blogging, Business, Language, Links, Marketing, Meryl's Notes Blog, Writing 4 comments

He turns six on Tuesday. Wow. I’ve done all I can to cherish every age yet it keeps zooming by.

And for fun because we’re allowed…

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Links: Post Tax Day 2009 Edition

Monday, April 13th, 2009 at 6:13 AM | Category: Language, Life Tips, Links, Meryl's Notes Blog, Tech, Writing No comments

Survive tax day, I hope? Accountants and CPAs can breathe easy now even with some clients filing extensions (which you have to do by April 15) — at least, they don’t have so many to do at once.

And for fun because we’re allowed…

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