Archive for August, 2008

Here’s To You…and Me

When someone gives you a compliment do you bask in the glory or downplay the remark? I admit, when I was younger I eagerly accepted my compliments with bells, whistles and bows,1 but as I grew older, I ate my share of humble pie and then I did the reverse.  After watching me play commendation [...]

Posted on August 29, 2008 at 12:02 am by Natural · Permalink · 40 Comments
In: Awards, Blogging, Technology · Tagged with: ,

Doggone, Grandma

From Blog Photos When I moved to “Hysteria Lane”, I thought the neighborhood was going to be a peaceful one, anything had to be better than where I used to live. Loud music, police sirens, rowdy kids and barking dogs. My previous neighbor had a dog that stayed outside everyday, sometimes even in the rain [...]

Posted on August 25, 2008 at 12:02 am by Natural · Permalink · 47 Comments
In: Neighbors, Pets · Tagged with: ,

Is Your Subscriber Count Showing?

During one of my EC dropping sessions, I stumbled across a post that linked a website that allows you to ‘compare your feedburner subscriber numbers with others’.  Interesting! I assumed if that information was not made public, it was for a reason. When I started blogging I displayed my subscriber count1 because that’s what I [...]

Posted on August 20, 2008 at 12:00 am by Natural · Permalink · 47 Comments
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Traffic: Flaw in Design or Drivers?

It just so happened before I embarked on what should have been a 1.5 hour drive down the NJTP, that I received an email review from The New York Times of a book entitled Traffic. Warning or Coincidence? Let’s just say I sat on the Turnpike for so long, that twice I thought I was [...]

Posted on August 15, 2008 at 2:10 am by Natural · Permalink · 42 Comments
In: Cars, Just Thinking, Traffic · Tagged with: ,

Are You Feeling Guilty Over Something?

From Blog Photos Just out of curiosity, are you feeling guilty about something right now, if so, what is it? You don’t have to confess your sins in the comment section.1 I’m not referring to the guilt we might feel when we do something morally wrong, but just in every day life. Here’s what I’m [...]

Posted on August 7, 2008 at 1:51 am by Natural · Permalink · 57 Comments
In: Just Thinking · Tagged with: ,