It all started with Google Alerts. I subscribe to an alert for "Table for Five". A couple of months ago, I got an alert for a post on "Table for Five Reviews and Giveaways". I clicked the link. Sure enough, it took me to a blog with that title, a blog started in January 2010 by a woman with three kids. I thought to myself well, maybe she didn't realize there's already a blog called Table for Five. So I emailed her. I very politely pointed out that my blog is almost five years old, that I post reviews and giveaways, and that calling her blog the same name as mine would just confuse her readers. I asked her to consider changing the name of her blog. She emailed me back and said NO. No, she said, it's too late to change the name (which, no it's not), and besides she already had a Facebook page set up and she was so proud of herself for doing it, and she wasn't going to change it. Period. WELL THEN. I got an email this morning from one of my RSS email … [Read more...]
Brooke Shields talks about “Furry Vengeance”
Last week I had the pleasure of joining a small group of bloggers on a conference call to talk to Brooke Shields about the movie Furry Vengeance, which opens this Friday in theaters. If you haven't seen the trailer, Furry Vengeance stars Brooke, Brendan Fraser, Ken Jeong ("The Hangover"), Samantha Bee ("The Daily Show" ), Matt Prokop ("High School Musical 3"), and a bunch of cute but ruthless forest animals. Synopsis: A real estate developer moves his family to rural Oregon for his work on a new housing project. But construction threatens the local forest population and the animals come out with fur and feathers flying, seeking to sabotage construction and save their homes. My question for Brooke was why she had chosen to do this movie in particular. Her answer - "The opportunity to work with Brendan, the chance to make a kids' movie, and to entertain adults with smart humor". For her answers to the rest of the questions, I just typed as fast as I could and paraphrased … [Read more...]
A Blogging Declaration of Independence courtesy of IzzyMom
Image by Cornell University Library via Flickr In 2006, one of the most kick-ass bloggers I know wrote a post on her blog IzzyMom she called a "declaration of independence from all ridiculous and counterproductive thoughts and behaviors related to blogging." I am long overdue for re-reading this. I've been obsessing about comments on my posts (or lack thereof) and trying to please everyone except myself. It was relevant in 2006 and it's still relevant today, so for anyone who has been stressing out over their blog, here you go: A Blogging Declaration of Independence 1. I will only write when I feel like writing. I will not allow myself to feel obligated to write a blog post or do any other blog-related activity if I don’t feel like it. 2. I will no longer stop to consider if a post will be boring to other people or use that as a deciding factor in what I write. 3. I will write from my heart and remember that my blog is about me and whatever I want to write … [Read more...]
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