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MY SON IS A BLOGGER

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Is it bragging when you mention your children's blogs? I dunno. But it can't be that common... yet. My son just moved to Japan for a year to teach English. He has a blog. I think it's great. Read his 23-year-old musings on Japanese culture at tokyotim.blogspot.com. Is it bragging when you mention your children's blogs? I dunno. But it can't be that common... yet. My son just moved to Japan for a year to teach English. He has a blog. I think it's great. Read his 23-year-old musings on Japanese culture at tokyotim.blogspot.com.

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ASK YOUR SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT BLOGGING QUESTION

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I'm working on a report about blogging as a business tool. And I don't want to leave anything out! Please click through on the link below to ask your single most important question about blogging effectively. It's quick and easy. You just type your question in to the form provided and click Submit. We'll randomly pick five folks who will each get a free copy of the report. CLICK HERE to ask your single most important question about blogging I'm working on a report about blogging as a business tool. And I don't want to leave anything out! Please click through on the link below to ask your single most important question about blogging effectively. It's quick and easy. You just type your question in to the form provided and click Submit. We'll randomly pick five folks who will each get a free copy of the report. CLICK HERE to ask your single most important question about blogging effectively.

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BLOGGING CORRECTLY FOR POLITICS

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I'm wondering... do political consultants and candidates need advice on how to launch and maintain a blog as part of a campaign strategy? Please use the comments link below to add your input on blogging for politics. I'm wondering... do political consultants and candidates need advice on how to launch and maintain a blog as part of a campaign strategy? Please use the comments link below to add your input on blogging for politics.

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MENTAL SPACE

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When our power went out last Friday after Hurricane Isabel swept through Washington DC I was pleasantly surprised by the peace and quiet in my office... No electricity, no computer, no electronic files, no online access, no email, no spam. I could think and work without the constant clutter and intrusion of the Internet. I cleaned up stacks of paper that had been sitting for weeks. I found time to take a breath... and to think. It was such a When our power went out last Friday after Hurricane Isabel swept through Washington DC I was pleasantly surprised by the peace and quiet in my office... No electricity, no computer, no electronic files, no online access, no email, no spam. I could think and work without the constant clutter and intrusion of the Internet. I cleaned up stacks of paper that had been sitting for weeks. I found time to take a breath... and to think. It was such a relief. There's a lesson in here someplace...

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EAT MORE TO DROP POUNDS

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That's the headline on a recent issue of Living Fit. Does it make you want to find out more? (Sorry, I couldn't find a Web site for this publication. You're not missing much... ) I had coffee this morning with neighbor and business colleague Tom Graham. Tom maintains that everything he learned about effective copywriting for the Web comes from those schlocky health & fitness magazines at the grocery checkout. His favorite is Men's That's the headline on a recent issue of Living Fit. Does it make you want to find out more? (Sorry, I couldn't find a Web site for this publication. You're not missing much... ) I had coffee this morning with neighbor and business colleague Tom Graham. Tom maintains that everything he learned about effective copywriting for the Web comes from those schlocky health & fitness magazines at the grocery checkout. His favorite is Men's Health. Here's a gotta-read more headline from a recent issue of MH: "7 Pains You Should Never Ignore: These common aches could be nothing. Or something far worse... "

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FORGET SPELL CHECK

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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig! Thanks to B.L. Ochman for this tidbit. It reminds me of when my kids were in 1st grade and they Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig! Thanks to B.L. Ochman for this tidbit. It reminds me of when my kids were in 1st grade and they were encouraged to WRITE... and spelling be damned. "Inventive spelling" (as the teacher called it) was considered a plus. I still have some of their stories, sumwer.

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