July 2008

Kids and Cell Phones

July 31, 2008

Cross posted at BlogHer During the Newbie reception at BlogHer08 I met the representatives from T-Mobile. They had a table set up with a survey about parenting and cell phones. Although my kids are older now this is an issue that I dealt with some years ago when cell phones for kids weren’t as big [...]

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Saga Roundup

July 30, 2008

All in all I would do it over again in a heartbeat! I truly hope to find myself in a situation that allows me to attend next year, wherever it may be. Perhaps by then I will have grown a pair and will be able to just walk up to people, or perchance I will [...]

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Snarly

July 29, 2008

A few weeks ago I lost my brush. If you have hair like mine you know that losing a favorite brush can be drastic. When I was a kid I was compared to Shirley Temple. As a teen it was referred to as a rat’s nest. And as an adult it is usually a frizzy [...]

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Saga VIII

July 29, 2008

Monday, July 21, 2008 Yummy breakfast at Lori’s diner starts my day. I meet up with my carmates Tiff and Missy and away we go. We actually leave the hotel and get gas and get on the road about 1pm. And since I am taking the 101 I don’t have to cross that Bridge again. [...]

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I interrupt your previously scheduled Saga

July 28, 2008

To give you a giveaway! I have joined the Bloggy Giveaway Carnival! Where there are almost 500 giveaways going on right now! I am giving away an HP Elite Autofocus Webcam.This webcam has a retail value of $99.99! All you have to do is leave a comment here (professing your undying love and affection for [...]

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Saga VII

July 28, 2008

Sunday, July 20, 2008 A lot of people left today but I was staying for the “Unconference”. Essentially it is a DIY day of smaller sessions. There is a blank Agenda Wall along with the principles of Open Space and the Law of Two feet. Anyone who wants to present CAN – no sessions will [...]

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Saga VI

July 27, 2008

Upstairs in my room after keynote and again “do I go do I stay?” “do I wear the dress I brought, or put on my pj’s?” I logged on to the Mommytalk pity party and quickly surprise them with a giveaway of one of the pink wireless mice I won from HP. That was fun [...]

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Saga V

July 26, 2008

Saturday, July 19, 2008 A new day, a second chance would I fulfill my goal of networking? Damn, I hoped so. Breakfast was again a lonely croissant and sitting off to the side of the ballroom so I would have a plug for my laptop. The morning session was fun in that the Michelin Man [...]

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Saga IV

July 25, 2008

Friday evening After the COmmunity Keynote, we were headed to the Ruby Skye dance club. Another Hot, Crowded and Loud cocktail party. I walked over by myself and couldn’t see anyone I knew enough to approach. I did have a Bossy sighting but did not get the nerve to say hi. I twittered my desolate [...]

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Saga III

July 24, 2008

The highlight of the conference was The Community Keynote on Friday evening, some of you already read some of these people and if you don’t you should. Best RantSarah Brown, “Attention: I have some things to say about Goldfish snack crackers.”Danielle Wiley, “I am indeed a full-time mother, and yes, my daughter does watch Hannah [...]

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