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Looking for me?

November 13, 2009
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In its freshman year, the I_Blog Conference is going to be a great start to what I hope grows into the biggest blog conference in the midwest.
Blog conferences are a great way to network, learn and meet other geeks writers, photographers, or memory keepers like you. I mean, you can’t really talk about blogging [...]

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Go Do this. Right Now.

February 26, 2009

How to allow people to reply to your comments on Blogger.
I’m putting on my bossy pants. So if you have a blogger / blogspot / Google account to comment on Blogger blogs, y’all better follow along.
1. Open up a new window. That’s Ctrl-N if you’re on a PC, [...]

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"You really aren’t that funny in person!"

November 26, 2008

That was my husband’s reaction to the homeschool blog award nominations. Say what he wants, I’ve caught him sitting here laughing at the blog. I’m so lucky that he loves me in spite of myself. But he kinda has a point.
What he doesn’t know is that inside my own head, it’s like [...]

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Then Vs. Than

October 9, 2008

So this one is actually pretty simple! Good news, right?!
While some English rules can be confusing, this is a homophone issue. Although, I’ll argue that then and than are not true homophones, as there is a slight pronunciation difference.
Then and than sound alike in rapid speech, which lends itself to [...]

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How to Make Sure People Don’t Leave You Comments

September 26, 2008

Comment love. Blog crack. Feedback. Suga’.
That which we call a comment By any other name would read as sweet.
In the blogosphere, comments are the commodity. The best way to show someone you appreciate their thoughts is?
Yes, let them know.
Acknowledging a person’s time, talent, humor, deep [...]

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Ahhhhh, Grammar: Ten Little Rules

June 3, 2008

The class was tough. We had to give persuasive speeches. We had to learn the parts of speech. We had to diagram sentences. This, I thought, was surely the stupidest thing I had ever done in my 12 precocious years. I was forced to make pointless trees and lines with [...]

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Blog Bloat: CONTENT #3

May 24, 2008

So far we’ve tackled tags and a little about sidebar bloat. This time I’d like to talk about content.
Human culture has a funny way of creating nuances, manners or etiquette. And you can go into an entire argument about how arbitrary and pointless it can be. But it boils down to this… [...]

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Blog Bloat: SIDEBAR CONTENT #2

May 18, 2008

I loved all the feedback and admissions of guilt from some of you in my comments. Too too funny! I visited each and every one of you and I have to say – those were some fine tags. My applause! And thank you to my friends who come for the 4th [...]

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Blog Bloat: TAGS #1

May 15, 2008

Is your blog feeling a little… bloated?
I have a multi-post series planned about blogging and the blogosphere in general. Because I’m like a total expert. Or not. Look out Kathie Lee! Moms are going to blog. So, maybe I can help… a little. Not like we took a [...]

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