Two weeks ago today, Awkward Laughter crossed a milestone – 1,000 followers. Yippee!
I celebrated like any self-professed nerd would; I geeked out on stats. But my efforts to Excel-erise them got sidetracked when I noticed the crazy list of words and phrases folks used to find this site. Continue reading
Funny thing about voice. What you think you sound like and what you actually sound like are two com-plete-ly different things. You know what I’m talking about if you’ve ever listened to yourself recorded. And in the age of voice mail, who hasn’t? Continue reading
Last night, in a sleep-deprived state of stupidity, I accidentally published a roughest of rough drafts of “Take the Leap: 30 30-Somethings.” Unfortunately, I didn’t discover my mistake until this morning, while I was traveling and didn’t have access to a computer. Continue reading
(Editor’s note: The original version of this post was published in error. I am extremely sorry if you read that incoherent rough draft or received this post in duplicate. You can read my explanation in “My Apologies for Errant Blog Post.”)
I established myself as a bit of risk taker early in life. At age three, I stood in my new swim teacher’s back yard gazing at his pool. I could barely control my excitement about my first swimming lesson.
As soon as we completed introductions, I pointed at the diving board and declared, “I want to jump off that.” Continue reading
Have you ever been in a meeting in which they ask participants to go around the room and state: what’s your name and some fun fact about you?
I have, and it’s caused heart palpitations! Continue reading
WordPress kicked off its Blogging 201: Branding and Growth challenge five days ago, and I’ve been relatively silent.
I’ve commented on a few items in Blogging 201: The Commons (the private community for participants) but otherwise, I’ve simply been covertly completing the assigned tasks. Continue reading
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