By Emma on Sunday, July 22, 2007Filed Under: Starting A Blog, Writing
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I recently had a small surge in my traffic. I thought it was my brilliant writing, but I just discovered that I got a little publicity when my favorite newscaster mentioned me in her blog. After this boost, my [...]
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By Emma on Saturday, July 21, 2007Filed Under: Starting A Blog
Well everyone, today is Saturday and I’m hoping for a little R & R. So I’m going to keep this short and sweet. First off, I would like to thank everyone who has been stopping by and reading my blog. Seeing my stats slightly increase each day is wonderful.
It’s my goal to post every morning [...]
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By Emma on Friday, July 20, 2007Filed Under: Observations, Starting A Blog, Writing
In the 1930s, Bonnie & Clyde became the FBI’s most wanted, and folk heroes, with people who weren’t actually affected by their violence.
I thought bank robbing was a profession of the past. Then suddenly, I keep reading news of recent bank robberies. These modern day bank robberies don’t consist of machine guns, clever disguises, or [...]
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By Emma on Thursday, July 19, 2007Filed Under: Cool Stuff, Making Money, Observations
I’m a huge fan of the Suze Orman show. I’ve seen every episode in the last 5 years and after awhile her solid financial advice starts to sink in. The last couple of weeks there has not been a new episode, so I assumed Suze was on summer vacation. Well I was pleasantly surprised when [...]
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By Emma on Wednesday, July 18, 2007Filed Under: Writing
Ankesh Kothari has a great post about writing one post a day. He uses bullet points to emphasize the fact that:
Writing
Is
Hard
Work
I thought this was a clever use of bullet points, and I agree that it is easier to write 1 post a day than 3 a week. I also believe in the power of [...]
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By Emma on Tuesday, July 17, 2007Filed Under: Observations, Starting A Blog
In Chinese Philosophy Yin and Yang are viewed as complimentary opposites, symbolized, by two opposing, but complementary principles, such as, water and earth for Yin, and fire and wind for Yang. Forces in nature can have Yin/Yang states in movement against each other.
My blogging experience consists of many Yin and Yang states as well. Here [...]
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By Emma on Sunday, July 15, 2007Filed Under: Observations
Ok in my effort to be a better blogger I spend a lot of time reading info on the internet. Also being a Sacramento native I check out News 10 Weather, and what’s going on everyday. I feel, News 10 is the best local news. Anyway while I was browsing the site, I stumbled upon [...]
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By Emma on Saturday, July 14, 2007Filed Under: Blogging
I’ve been putting off starting my blogroll because I wanted really unique and unusual additions to my site. Well I found my first one. This site is not really about writing per se, but it is a great site, with a blog and a forum, and it’s definitely monetized. My first addition is John Stone [...]
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By Emma on Saturday, July 14, 2007Filed Under: Making Money
I’ve noticed the recurring theme for many blogs is making money online. Complete with a breakdown of the amounts earned and from what sources. Well, at this point I don’t have any new earnings to report. But I do have a new online source it’s DayTipper. A site that pays 3.00$ for each tip they [...]
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By Emma on Saturday, July 14, 2007Filed Under: Cool Stuff
Let’s say you are socially inept. You would rather have a root canal, jury duty, and traffic school, all rolled up in one than engage in small talk.
Tonight you are going to a party where networking (which means being charming and engaging in small talk), will make the difference between, staying the valet parking attendant [...]
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