A couple of days ago I saw an absolutely incredible teapot on Etsy and shared the link with an online social group I’m involved in.
My friend Seana said, “Oh my god, Merlene likes teapots! Let’s all buy her teapots!”
She’d remembered a teapot story I’d told a couple of years ago.
Years ago when I was first [...]
A funny thing happens when you become involved in the social networks. After a while those strangers you’ve networked with start to feel like friends. A few even begin to feel like family.
I recently took a break from Twitter and Facebook for a week or so while some stresses in my real world were getting [...]
A few days ago inspired by Jeff Pulver’s Bucket List meme I wrote a “Bucket List” for 2008. A list of things I want to accomplish.
Today I give you my “Fukkit List”. All of the things that aren’t working that I’m working to remove from my life:
- Naysayers - You know… those negative “glass [...]
In response to being tagged in Jeff Pulver’s “Bucket List” 2008 note on Facebook I’ve spent a day thinking about what should be on my own list. In 2007 I made the decision to end my marriage. A relationship that I’d been in since I was 14 years old. This means that pretty much [...]
Dear Secret Santa,
Today I was very frustrated. I agreed to join a Secret Santa gift exchange weeks ago with some social media types on Twitter. When I got the name of the person I was supposed to gift to, she wasn’t someone I knew, followed, read, or whatever.
I immediately started following her on twitter, subscribed [...]
This morning on twitter an interesting thing happened. Now most mornings have interesting happenings on twitter, not just today but this one speaks to where I’m at right now:
kelleyburrus: @merlene inspired me to shift my perspective, randomly. I’m researching Alpaca farms….and why not?
chrisbrogan: @kelleyburrus - research away! Dream big.
That’s it right there. Dream big.
Recently I [...]
Every morning I wake up around 6am. I make my coffee, check my email/Facebook/Twitter for messages and then I open my Google Reader to catch up on my RSS feeds.
I tend to spend much of the first hour of my day scanning through the hundreds of posts while I sip my coffee and tweet with [...]
