Weekly Wrap Up: Take Three
October 18, 2008
First off, I have been wracking my brain for a catchy title for these lovely weekly summaries with link love. So far I’ve come up with… zilch. Nothing worth mentioning and certainly nothing brilliant enough to use. I’m open to suggestions. My brain is running on caffeine fumes and it shows.
This week’s summary of the best of blogopolis (in my opinion at least, and since I’m paying the Blue Duck bills, the remote control is all mine, hahahaha) has two parts. One is this snazzy compilation below, second is the Blog Action Day Summary from earlier this week. Please feel free to browse both while many bloggers (without OCD) take the weekend off. And just a warning, after this week’s Life with no regrets, Ive been feeling pretty sentimental, so most of these excerpts are about life, not building your business.
The Best of the This Week’s Quotes
“When we write, we discover what’s inside us, bubbling beneath the surface, about to erupt. By getting it down, we’re learning about ourself. E.M. Forster said, “How can I know what I think, till I see what I say?” Word. When we write, we discover what’s inside us, bubbling beneath the surface, about to erupt. By getting it down, we’re learning about ourself. E.M. Forster said, “How can I know what I think, till I see what I say?” Word.” Writer Dad’s guest appearance at Remakablogger. http://michaelmartine.com/2008/10/09/blogger-biographies-writer-dad/
“They’ll tell you things like “Don’t be mean to commenters”. That one really gets on my tits. Sometimes I get assholes on here. If I want to tell them they’re an asshole – that’s my choice. Heck – I even had some idiot show up on here once claiming that blowing up the Twin Towers was an entrepreneurial act. What was I supposed to say? “Great idea – I really admire those entrepreneurs who blow up buildings and murder innocent people.” ?? You will not make money from a blog by being nice to assholes. Assholes don’t visit you to buy and even if they did, you wouldn’t want them as a customer.” Cath Lawson http://cathlawson.com/blog/2008/10/13/making-money-from-a-blog-mistakes-to-avoid/
“I would be lying if I didn’t admit to being scared. Fear nips at my feet and lurks in the shadows, its venomous tongue giving voice to my self doubts. “Who are YOU to think you can write? Everything good has been done. There are no new ideas, no new ways to say things. You suck. Just give up.” But I can’t. There is too much riding on this. This is my earliest dream – to create.Blogger Dad” http://www.bloggerdad.com/
“I love writing. It’s harder than breathing, but easier than doing the dishes.” Sean Platt, http://writerdad.com/writing/on-being-a-chooch/
“In a sugar-rush from a bowl of Captain Crunch, Clark Kent’s Lunchbox hit me. Really, my blog has been like having a child grow up. It was born and I named it, then the next ten months were spent just babbling, drooling and learning how to walk, which is to say I was still figuring things out, but I was growing too.” Ron Mattocks http://www.bloggerdad.com/eight-questions-interview-with-ron-mattocks-of-clark-kents-lunchbox/
Life Happens
I’ll be taking a couple of days off to care for a sick family member out of town, but hopefully I’ll still be able to sneak in a few posts for your entertainment. (We wouldn’t want anyone going through Blue Duck withdrawal, now would we?) But, I may not be around as much to read and join in on the lively discussions that are sure to materialize this week. 
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Oktober Five
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