Tag Archives: Memes

Sheila and the Sisterhood of the Travelling Bra

Wanted For numerous hold ups throughout Australia Sheila – Of the Sisterhood of the Travelling Bra Evidence suggests that Sheila was last seen in the company of a Melbourne blogger, known as Sueblimely but that she is now on the road again. Mug Shots of Sheila Profile Sheila is large, fushia pink, well padded and covered with embellishments marking her allegiance to the Sisterhood of the Travelling Bra. She is considered supportive by all who meet her. Some have even called her Lovable. Unless she is exposing herself for her cause on Flickr, she is an expert at covering herself [...] Continue Reading…

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Blogger Appreciation Day

Darren Rowse of ProBlogger has declared today an unofficial Blogger Appreciation Day with the aim of spreading acts of random kindness and encouragement amongst bloggers. Darren was prompted to start this initiative because of messages he had received from bloggers who were feeling disheartened. I often talk of social networking and its value in bringing us visitors, backlinks and increasing our rankings. Certainly an increase in subscriber count, visitor numbers or pagerank can be encouraging and a boost to the ego but I can get that from the static websites I build. The beauty of blogging for me is being [...] Continue Reading…

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Blog for Autism Awareness Month

Genevieve at Momologue is asking for bloggers to join her in blogging about Autism for April’s Autism Awareness Month. Autism now affects something like 1 in 150 children so it is likely that you know of someone on the Autism spectrum – even if you are not joining in by blogging the entries will be worth a read to increase your knowledge and understanding. My youngest son has Fragile X Syndrome – the only currently known genetic cause of Autism and the most common known cause of inherited intellectual disability. As a carrier I too have some symptoms although carriers [...] Continue Reading…

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Join the Chain for Links Galore

I heard about this meme from Colin of Life. He kindly made it available to anyone to pass on. I generally do not participate in memes that require long long lists of links of bloggers I do not know for just for the sake of getting links myself although I happily give link love to blogs and bloggers I do know and value. In this case the list is going to be passed on to friends and friends of friends and there is no requirement to include a huge master list as there is in some link chains. ~~Begin Copy~~ [...] Continue Reading…

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50 Timeless Blogging Tips

Words of wisdom from the world’s greatest thinkers are timeless providing advice which is as relevant now as when first spoken. All of these quotes could easily be applied to blogging: Advice for Bloggers They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. Carl W. Buechner When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion. Dale Carnegie Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense. Ralph Waldo Emerson [...] Continue Reading…

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Entrecard Above the Fold Meme

It seems appropriate after my last post to take part in this Entrecard meme. It is likely an indication of Entrecard’s current popularity that I get tagged twice for this. I find the concept fascinating and will be following the trends closely. I will be also be looking out for its Entry into Wikipedia. Andrew Boyd and Guera have tagged me for an Entrecard meme – "Chain Drop 8 above the fold". Andrew explains what "above the fold" means and why it matters- Entrecard (and other ads) above the fold… Rules- Create a post on your blog that links back [...] Continue Reading…

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Join the Peace Train

Won’t you join me by placing a Peace Train Logo in the Sidebar (or somewhere on your Site) to let the world know that we are United against War and looking for Peace in this the New Year? This movement has been started by Carol of My View of it She has created a variety of images to use as has Jos of NoDirecton To join add one of the available images on your site or create your own and let Carol know so that she can add you to the list. This post also serves as an excuse for [...] Continue Reading…

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Community Building News

I am always really interested in reading of blogs that are running activities aimed at building blogging communities, giving new bloggers some exposure or generally helping out other bloggers. Here are a few that I have read about this week: Snoskred is asking for guest posts from bloggers who want to Get out of their Niche and write posts on any topic they like. I sometimes think it would be good to write about matters other than blogging and wonder about starting a more personal sort of blog. Then I see sense, knowing that I am busy enough as it [...] Continue Reading…

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Blog Action Day – The Environment

“We should be the heart and mind of the Earth, not its malady.So let us be brave and cease thinking of human needs and rights alone,and see that we have harmed the living Earthand need to make our peace with Gaia.”James Lovelock: The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years Effects of global warming include rising sea levels, glacier retreat, and altered patterns of agriculture, extreme weather events, an expansion of tropical diseases, and drastic economic impact. The area covered by sea ice in the Arctic has shrunk to its lowest [...] Continue Reading…

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