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Another week has flown by, and I have a whole other set of links for you to check out this weekend, two of which are related to RSS and blogs.
For a complete list of everything I loved this week, check out my Delicious page or my Google Reader Shared Items.
April 18th, 2008
It’s Friday again, and that means it’s time to share some links! This week is a little puny, but I think the links below are totally worth reading. Enjoy!
More later…
April 12th, 2008
Hooray for Friday! I’m so glad the end of the week is here because I have some great reading for you. You definitely don’t want to miss the April Fool’s Day accounts or the definition of wikidemia. Read on…
- Funny April Fool’s Day Jokes. I love April Fool’s Day, and these two accounts of jokes caught my attention. In Band Gets Dropped By Label, an old pal from college fools his friends into thinking his band’s label dropped the band. And lifestudent was ready to give up running when she heard that there are bills on the books to make runners wear helmets during races!
- Banned From Being a Lead Pastor. Well, after a ton of work on EternityJC.com, turns out that my pal Marc is not qualified to be a lead pastor. So much for all my hard work! (OK…it’s sort of a joke…just read the post!)
- Christina Applegate’s Thoughts on Herself If you’re not watching Samantha Who? on ABC, I think you should be. Christina Applegate stars in this clever comedy as a formerly mean girl amnesiac. Turns out that in real life, she’s pretty cool (and a runner).
- SNL Comes to Primetime Everyone knows that I’m an NPR junkie, but did you know that I also like getting my news on Saturday nights? And starting this fall, we’ll be able to get a dose of mid-week news, too. Yippee!
- Lofts 4 Sale. This is really for Springfield natives, but lofts at the Heer’s Tower are going on sale! If only I had $2500 to get in on the action!
- Define Wikidemia. As a former educator who did not allow my students to use Wikipedia as an academic source, I’m a little bit sad to learn that indeed there is a word to describe works that come only from a wiki source.
- It’s Never Too Early. I’m not ready to start bearing children, but, gosh, I hope to have a little editor on my hands! Check out this elementary-schooler who put the folks at the Smithsonian in their place!
- Wanna Be a Serious Blogger? I’ve dabbled in this blogging thing for more than a year, and I still love it, but I’m not sure you can call me a serious blogger? Seriously, can you call my posts of my fear of monkeys serious blogging? How about you? Are you a serious blogger?
There’s your weekend reading. Hope you enjoy!
April 4th, 2008
I’m so glad it’s Friday again! This week has been busy, but I have some worthwhile reading for you. Today you’ll note that there’s not the usual proliferation of fitness/health/running posts; instead I’ve got several cool designer-type stuff for you to check out.
- Bathtub With Built-In Bookshelves It’s no secret that I love books and bookshelves. And I can think of no better way to remodel a bathroom than with a bathtub that also moonlights as a library.
- Couple Wants Wedding Reception at Apple Store OK, so I didn’t get on the Mac train until I met my husband, and personally, I only have an iPod Shuffle, but I have dreams of owning my own MacBook one day. That said, I don’t think anyone can say that Apple Stores are not some of the coolest places to shop, so who wouldn’t want to have a wedding reception there? Why didn’t we think of that?
- Photoshop Express Now Online The designer that is slowly growing in me (courtesy of my hubby) is excited to try out the newly-released Photoshop Express, an free, online version of the photo-editing program we’ve all come to know and love.
- Pantone Offers Colorful Flash Drives I sent this to my hubby today because as a designer, he sort of lives and breathes by Pantone, the color authority in printing and design and the world. So now they’re offering flash drives in signature Pantone colors. If only they Pantone pens, i which I could choose the perfect pigment (in a Uniball pen, of course) with which to write and edit.
- Tricks From Madonna’s Trainer (via Daily Mail) I have envied Madonna’s toned arms (and mad dance skills) for a very long time, and now I know her secret! It’s her trainer and a repertoire of low weights/high reps and dancing.
- Letter To a Great Guy This one is a little random, and you have to watch the video and read the whole letter to really understand it, but here’s the gist: This guy was the first Canadian to medal in gymnastics. He broke both his legs in a training exercise. And he’s hoping to make a comeback. Yeesh!
- Do You Use Recycle Your Grocery Bags? My grocery store started selling reusable grocery sacks this winter, and I picked up a few at the first opportunity. Our consumption of plastic grocery sacks has gone down by an estimated 95%! What are you doing to be green today?
That’s your reading for the weekend! Enjoy
March 28th, 2008
Well, I’ve done it again and let two weeks pass between link-lovin’s. This week you’ll find some great political pieces, writing tips, and as always, random fun. Enjoy!
- Worst Easter Candies for Your Waist Let’s start off this week with something to depress you. Just how much Easter candy did you eat this week?
- Family Friends Race Gender Another great post from David Catanese at KY3. I think we can all relate to skating on thin political ice around friends and family.
- And You Think You’re Tired of the Democratic Campaign! Just imagine how the Democratic staffers feel! We were supposed to have chosen the Democratic nominee by now, but there’s no end in sight. Can you imagine not taking a day off for months at a time?
- California Parents Don’t Have the Right to Homeschool Their Children Did you here about this recent ruling from the CA court system? Unless parents are qualified, they’re no longer allowed to homeschool. I have both family and friends that homeschool their kidlings (and they do a fantastic job), so I’ll be keeping tabs on this news story in the future.
- Would You Confess Your Sins Online I’m not Catholic, but I find this topic fascinating, and much of my research for my thesis involved notions of online religion.
- Top 80 Church Websites ChurchRelevance.com released its list of top 80 church websites this year, and I couldn’t disagree with them more! The sites at the top of their list are Flash-based and not user friendly, but I suppose that a “cool” website trumps usability any day! Who cares if your church website is artsy if your visitors can’t find anything they’re looking for. Hmphf!
- Why Bloggers Should Moderate All Comments My gal pal Teresa is an avid blogger, and she recommends that bloggers moderate all the comments on their blogs. Good arguments to consider for all bloggers.
- Verbicide One of my new favorite blogs is the Mighty Red Pen because the blogger is also an editor. Have you seen “verbing” of words around your home? In recent years, Googling, blogging, and texting have all been “verbed.”
- Nix Those Adjectives and Adverbs This applies to anyone who wants to be a better writer—use plain English and keep your sentences simple. Thanks to the writers over at “So You Want to be Published”!
- Just Say No to These Three Enemies of Clear and Direct Writing Even though I have two degrees in writing, I’m always thankful for reminders in writing well, and this post from Copyblogger teaches us to say no to metadiscourse, redundancy, and pretentious words.
- Four-Word Thinking And blogging of clear and direct writing, now is as good a time as any to introduce my new blog: Four-Word Thinking. What can you say with four words?
- Running Long is a Gift This article from the Runner’s Lounge reminded me that I should be thankful for every mile I run. Running long is indeed a gift, especially when you must limit the miles you go every week.
- Guinness Petitions to Make St. Patrick’s Day a National Holiday I’m just a teeny bit Irish, but that’s reason enough for me to support the movement to make St. Paddy’s Day a national holiday. Agree with the peeps at Guinness? Sign the petition here.
- Daylight Savings Time ≠ Energy Savings Time I’m not the only one still recovering from DST; apparently, the promise that moving the DST schedule earlier in the spring and later in the fall isn’t saving the energy as Congress promised, which just goes to show that we shouldn’t let our lawmakers make scientific decisions.
March 21st, 2008
I’m not sure where I’ve been the last few weeks. I’ve certainly shared plenty of links, but my blogging has been somewhere over the rainbow. And by that I mean, I’m over here in Missouri—nowhere near Kansas, Munchkin Land, or Oz—and my blogging is as illusive as the wizard himself.
OK. I haven’t been awake long enough to know if that analogy was any good. Usually my analogies are crap, so let’s get to the good stuff. Here’s the stuff worth reading from the last few weeks:
- Snowballed and CQ Primary Results Two things from the KY3 Political blog: First, David Catanese got snowballed last night during a live broadcast from Arkansas. I was watching, and it was hilarious. Check out the video, but fast forward to the 2/3 mark…that’s when it gets funny. Oh, and he also posted the results of the CG Primary—if we picked celebrities to hold public office, who would we pick?
- If Paula Can Do It (Running While Pregnant) For the record, I’m not pregnant, though I found out this week that one more friend (this makes six, people) is pregnant. God is preparing Chris and I for the time when we start a family, but until then, I’m reading all I can get my hands on about pregnancy, and this article once again reaffirms that if you’re a runner, running during pregnancy is good for you and the baby.
- Watch Your Tongue! California Town Goes Swear-Free We talked in Bible study this week about sins we cherish and are reluctant to let go of, and one of mine is my language. Sarcasm aside, I have a bit of a potty mouth—a sin I’m working to repent of. It’s hard to have godly sorrow for something I enjoy so much. It’s a vice, I know. So pray for me as I work through this, oh, and read the article about why a California town banned cussing for a week. (I might just have to give that a try!)
- Online Shopping Website Runs Amok! Frickin’ awesome. Go to the site, click something, and watch the Flash magic in action.
- Forget Starbucks! I love Starbucks as much as the next gal, but when I heard about this opportunity to buy great coffee and help a couple adopt a child I couldn’t help but pass the word along! You can help Vince and Alisa raise money for their overseas adoptions by purchasing coffee from the 963 Coffee Project. Excellent!
- Did You Grow Up With Chelsea Clinton, too? I remember the first time I “saw” Chelsea Clinton. I was in fourth grade and Mrs. Thornton’s class stopped our day to watch President Clinton’s inauguration, and I remember a few comments from my fellow ten-year-olds about how ugly Chelsea was with her poofy hair and braces. She’s since blossomed into quite the well-rounded young woman, and regardless of your politics, you’ll find this article about our most private first-daughter fascinating.
- Bibliophile’s Favorite Spot I’m a book lover and dream of having a space like this one day.
- 30-Day Sex Challenge I won’t say if the hubby and I have taken up this challenge, but I found it interesting that this is a church campaign. Apparently, it was so popular the web site exceeded its bandwidth limitations!
- Semi-Colon in the News I think everyone who reads this blog knows how much I love grammar and punctuation, so I’m awfully glad when semi-colons make the news! Next to the em-dash, they’re my favorite way to manipulate a sentence.
- Magnetic Curtains Oh, yes, magnetic curtains, my friends. Simply scrunch them and they stay in place—and they look cool, too.
- The Internet for Dummy Academics I love the guys over at The Scriptorium Daily because they cast an interesting light on religion and culture. Their explanation of the Internet for dummies has nothing to do with religion or culture, but it’s hilarious!
OK, that’s your reading assignment for the week. Enjoy!
March 7th, 2008
Time for a doped up rendition of For-the-Love-of-Links Friday. That’s right. I’m doped up on both varieties of ‘Quil: Day and Ny. I have a tubular head cold and am accumulating quite the mountain of dead, snotty tissues on my coffee table. Regardless of my brain’s fuzziness, I feel like writing, so here’s the summary of what I’ve been reading this week:
Who’s a Fatty? Men’s Fitness released its annual rankings of America’s fittest and fattest cities. Springfield, MO, isn’t listed, but Kansas City was ranked the 15th fittest city. (St. Louis wasn’t listed.)
Olympians Now Allowed to Blog Who knew that until now the International Olympic Committee didn’t allow Olympic athletes to blog? This article at RunToWin.com summarizes blogging limitations and guidelines for Beijing Olympians. I don’t know what I would do if I couldn’t blog during an important event in my life, so it’s good to know that these athletes can share what they’re doing this summer.
Runner-Blogger Shoutouts This week, these three posts/articles piqued my interest. First, there’s the argument for giving the half marathon the status it deserves rather than letting it be the red-headed step-child of road racing.
Second, DistortedVeracity linked to a fascinating review of Dean Karnazes Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner and the parallels of running and religion.
Third, I really enjoyed MomOnTheRun’s article about postpartum depression and running. I think God is getting me ready to one day be a mom because lately I find all things pregnancy-related fascinating. We’re not ready to jump off that cliff yet, but we’re praying about that time.
And last but not least, here’s one more reason I’m thankful to be a woman in America.
That’s all the craziness for now. More next week…
February 16th, 2008
Well, for once I’m going to post my link lovin’ on a Friday. This week’s links feature some great videos, a Google game, some running-blogger (or is it blogging-runner?) shout outs, Google Reader tips, and another reminder that sleep is really important.
Running-Blogger Shout Outs
This week, three posts in particular stood out to me, and as we all know, there’s really no rhyme or reason as to why one post is more interesting to me than another. First, Harri Lammi over at 52Lives.com makes the argument for not losing weight. Ah, yes, we’ve all forgotten our New Year’s resolutions, so we need to convince ourselves that we didn’t need to lose the weight anyway. No really, the argument is to focus on fat loss and muscle gain and not necessarily the numbers on the scale.
Second, Vanilla at Half-Fast.org is about the luckiest guy in the world. Read how he scored some free swag with his blog.
Third, I’ve been following the pregnancy progress at Ugly Toes, and I think it’s awesome how MG is still running in her eighth month of pregnancy. She totally gets hard-core points from me!
Fantastic Flicks, err, Videos
Two videos struck my fancy this week. Thanks to CurlySu for posting the funny dog-peeing-on-the-dude video, and thanks to Taryn for posting the elections-aren’t-just-a-popularity-contest video.
Sleepy Sleeperson
I wish I could post a picture of my cat sleeping on the couch next to me as I write this post, but let’s just say he’s pretty darn cute. David Moldawer wrote this piece about making sleep our number-one priority over at LifeClever.com this week. I followed his advice and slept until 10 this morning. Blissful!
For the Love of Google
It’s no secret that I love Google and that I’m addicted to Google Reader, so I found this guide to Reader keyboard shortcuts especially helpful to my gReader use.
And finally, here’s a game you can use to waste the rest of your Friday. It gives you a handful of images generated by a search on Google, and you have to guess the keyword. If you’re fast enough, you get time bonuses. Oh, go ahead and try it. You know you want to!
That’s it for this week, more lovin’ next Friday!
February 8th, 2008
Again, I’m a day late on the link lovin’, but at least I’m sticking to my commitment to share what I’ve been reading, right? Here goes nothing…
Kansas City Tornado Policy
My friend Maggie wrote this note on Facebook this week, so unless you have a Facebook account, the link won’t do much for you. Her Kansas City Weather Procedure was so funny, I had to include it:
Weather Update Procedure
NEW TORNADO POLICY for Kansas City, MO
In case of possible tornadoes sweeping through the State of Missouri, we ask that all Missourians take shelter at Arrowhead Stadium. We are certain that a touchdown will not occur there. Thank you for your cooperation.
I love the Kansas City Chiefs as much as anyone, but let’s deal with reality and just say it: The Chiefs suck.
Should You Vote On Super Tuesday?
It’s no secret that I enjoy politics, so when I took the quiz at DontVote.org I certainly didn’t think I would fail. Apparently I do better at recognizing celebrities than I do at recognizing politicians, but in my defense, I don’t think it’s fair that the quiz is based on pictures…I listen to the radio, for crying out loud!
Improv at Grand Central Station
This is totally random, but totally awesome! Over 200 Improve Everywhere agents freeze at Grand Central Station at the exact same time and stay that way for five minutes. This video highlights the escapade. You’ll love it!
Running Blog Shout Outs
This week, FrayedLaces and RunningTwig had posts that I loved. FrayedLaces explained the “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Runners” and Running Twig identifies the 31 things she’s thankful for on her 31st birthday. What a great idea for all of us!
More next week, and maybe I’ll get them posted on Friday!
February 1st, 2008
Let’s pretend that I’m publishing this issue of For-the-Love-of-Links Friday on Friday instead of Monday. I had good intentions; in fact, I had the links selected and everything but never had a chance to get this sucker published. So here we go…
B-Fit B-Day Challenge
I’ll be 26 this year, and I don’t want to wait until I’m 30 or 40 to prove to myself how fit I am, so this challenge will help me to be fit no matter what my birthday cake says.
Does Donating Blood Effect Your Running?
OK, it’s been a while since I’ve given blood, but it’s on my calendar to do this Sunday at my church’s blood drive. This article gives us runners the skinny on how donating will effect our running.
Too Cold to Exercise? Try Another Excuse
We had quite the cold spell in the Ozarks last week, and I admit I was a weenie and ran inside. I miss running outside, and this article motivated me to get on the road, no matter the temperature.
The Life Cycle of Cells Phones
I’m on my fourth or fifth cell phone since starting college, and I never quite know what to do with my old phone when I replace it. Come to find out, cell phones are toxic to the environment when left in landfills and whole phones and phone parts can be recycled. GeekSugar filled me in on the details, and now I know what to do with those phones I have laying around the house.
Linden’s New Year’s Resolutions
I know it’s the end of January and that it’s a bit late to be making New Year’s resolutions, but I could not pass up mentioning Linden’s New Year’s Resolutions. Since moving to Germany in September, Linden has turned herself inside out, upside down by staying organized in her office and home, by losing weight and working out, and by having an overall better outlook on life. I am so proud of “Linden 2.0.”
January 26th, 2008
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