August 2006

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• 08.31.06
  Steve Sherlock Exposes “Tom Foolery” in Contest   Growth (5)

  It has come to my attention through Steve Sherlock that some good, old-fashioned ‘Tom Foolery’ may be going on is the Heat of Summer Blog Contest.
  Steve pointed out last night that Phil and I, have a grand total combined votes of fifteen (15) while Pet’s category has One Hundred & Fifty-four (154) votes cast. [...]

• 08.26.06
  Your Heat of Summer Carnival Nominees Are …   Growth (3)

  Here is a list of your Heat of Summer Blog Carnival Contest nominees listed by category.
  Your nominees in the category of “Most Inspiring/Inspirational” are …

  Open letter to CEOs, COOs, CIOs and CFOs across the corporate world
  Recognizing Grace
  Don’t graduate
  The Power of Surrender

  The voting for this category is at Phil Gerbyshak’s Make it Great
  Your nominees in [...]

• 08.26.06
  Heat of Summer Blog Carnival Voting Begins!   Growth (0)

  The Heat of Summer Blog Carnival Contest is complete. The nominations have ceased and the voting is about to begin.
  Each of the host sites are in the process of putting up their voting polls and everyone will have one (1) week to cast your ballots for your favorite in each of the three categories. We [...]

• 08.26.06
  Musical connections   Growth (1)

  I had one of those instant flashbacks to a long time ago apparently triggered by a Cat Stevens song on the radio. I wrote more fully about it here. You may have had this happen to you also.  Do you have a particular song that triggers a memory? How frequently does a song trigger a memory of some [...]

• 08.26.06
  His Holiness Says to Take the Weekend Off   Growth (1)

  From this week’s Levine Breaking News:
  Too much work can be bad for you, even if you are the pope, Pope Benedict said on Sunday.
  Speaking during his Sunday address at his summer residence south of Rome, the pope quoted from the writings of St. Bernard of Chiaravalle, who lived in the 11th and 12th centuries.
  “We have to [...]

• 08.25.06
  Heat of Summer Contest - Less Than 24 Hours Remaining   Growth (0)

  Ladies and Gentlemen, you now have less than twenty-four hours to get your nominations in for the Heat of Summer Blog Carnival. The nominations end tomorrow at noon and then the voting begins.
  You will vote at each host blog for your favorite entry in each category, so there will be three winners in this [...]

• 08.25.06
  Taking Chances   Growth (3)

  This spring I was kinda in a funk, just drifting along, wondering how I was going to make it financially in southern California.  Always that unpleasant cushion at the bottom of my mind that if things got too bad, I could go back home to Mama in Ohio.  (Nevermind that I couldn’t wait to leave 45 [...]

• 08.21.06
  Imagine and ask, please!   Growth (5)

  For several reasons I just quit my job as an internal consultant/HR Developer in a big electricity company here in Germany. My company pays me until december, but I don´t have to come to work…
  OK, I know this sounds strange and even is not typical in Germany not to think about the US probably - [...]

• 08.21.06
  Summer Carnival Update   Growth (0)

  Ladies and Gentlemen the Heat of Summer Blog Carnival has but five days remaining for nominations and then the voting begins. We have received a dozen nominees for all the categories to date. Head over to the host sites to catch the links to the articles.
  I have read all the entries up to this [...]

• 08.21.06
  What I’ve Learned About What I’ve Learned   Growth (1)

  This is my first post here at 100 Bloggers. It’s the first time I’ve done anything like this outside of my own personal blog, and I’m still getting used to the concept of a group thing. I’m hoping that if I make errors like posting the wrong kind of thing in the wrong place, someone [...]

• 08.18.06
  It’s Cooling Down!   Growth (2)

  At Business Unusual, it’s cooling down from this hot summer and the nominations are starting to come in here, also, and a chill (bbrrr) is spreading throughout the neighborhood. In the “Best Use of Colorful Adjectives” the really cool category we have three, so far, with more on the horizon.
  At Business Unusual, we’ll even go [...]

• 08.17.06
  It’s Heating Up!   Growth (2)

  It’s Heating up at petsgardenblog where the silliest blog entry contest is going on.. Only 4 nominees so far.. Use your sense of humor bloggers! get after it! get those posts nominated.. Pet will never reveal who nominated what  Pet and Tigger will never reveal,
  who, what or well ( yes we will..if the price is right) [...]

• 08.17.06
  Absence of Power   Growth (1)

  There is an entirely different feel to the world when there is no electricity. It is as if the world slows down and peace washes in.
  The storm knocked out the power last night in our neighborhood. Everything suddenly felt so still and quiet. There were no distractions, just peace. Since the kids were already asleep [...]

• 08.16.06
  Celebrating Joint Birthdays   Growth (0)

  From Patti Digh writing about her joint birthday with her daughter Emma: In fourteen short years, Emma and I have eaten strawberries as big as our heads together in Israel, seen plays in London together, waited on line at midnight for Harry Potter books together, seen the beautiful [...]

• 08.16.06
  Be special   Growth (2)

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  Originally uploaded by shersteve.

  I don’t want to be just any old flower.
  I don’t want to stick my neck out and have it chopped off.
  Or get pushed back, or put down.
  I want to find my place in the sun.
  See, the sun is rising.
  My time is coming.
  Hurrah for a [...]

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