Advice from Harry Anderson

From the Dallas Observer:

"Everyone's life would be improved if they do could one great magic trick," said Anderson, winding up. "And tell one great joke, play one tune on the piano and do one great origami fold."

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How many can you do? 

It's in you to give

Andrea from the Fishbowl always has something interesting up her sleeve like creating her own advent calendar or the Shopping Embargo of 2009.

For Valentine's Day, she's rallying the troupes for a bloggy blood drive.

What do you say? Are you in?






She's also linked to another worthy cause.

It has begun (and Sweetmama's first Mother's Day Off Spa-A-Thon)

It's IComLeavWe time again! Join the Conversation.

The code for this doodle and other doodles you can use on your blog can be found at Doodles.

And from Marla's blog:

Raising money for a good cause is important, but who needs to run 10k, spin for 2 hours, or walk for 24 hours, when you could just spend the day at the spa? Well, with Sweetmama's first Mother's Day Off Spa-A-Thon you can! I'm proud to announce that we have partnered with the SickKids Foundation to host this very special event. It will take place on Saturday, October 25th from 1-5pm at Andrew Richards Designs.

Enjoy an afternoon of manicures, massages, yoga/pilates, boot camp, make up applications, and much more from some of our favourite sponsors like Gee Beauty, Dermalogica, Pilates for Life and Track Fitness! Plus there will be sweet treats provided from Flour Girls, Genuine Health, Track Snacks, and Vitamin Water.

If that's not enough, here are a few more reasons why you should buy a ticket:

1. You don't need to be a Sweetmama, or a mama, for that matter! It is just a day for women to kick back, relax and enjoy some "me" time, all for a good cause. Show your support without wearing a support bra!

2. The value of the gift bags is already over $175, so you'll more than make it back the ticket price in sweet swag!

3. Even if you can't make it that day, you should buy a ticket. Why? Because the money is for a great cause, and I will personally put your gift bag away for you so that you can enjoy it another day.


GET PAMPERED FOR A GOOD CAUSE!
GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

Invitation to "Tuesday Teasers"

Do you have a visual mind?

Do you like puzzles?

Do you like prizes?

Then get thee over to Skeet's Stuff and see how quickly you can solve this week's puzzle!

NaComLeavMo update

Brigindo over at dirt and rocks tells us that we're already halfway through NaComLeavMo.

Status report: I'm 3 comments behind.

Not bad considering I entered the challenge 9 days in! (Yes, I had a tonne of catching-up to do!)

Given that there are over 200 official participants (of which I am not, as I didn't register in time) there is no chance that I'm even going to attempt the "Iron Commenter" challenge of hitting all the participants blogs and commenting.

Still, it's nice to see I'm in good shape for a strong finish!

(And welcome to everyone who's come here via NaComLeavMo and via Mel's Show and Tell!)

NaComLeavMo: Better late than never

NaComLeavMo: More Conversation Than You Can Shake a Stick at

I'm late at getting in the game, but this is a "Na" -style contest that even I can commit to! (Or at least I think I can.)

NaComLeavMo:

"Blog writing for a month is all good and fine; but what about the other side of blogging--the comment leaving? Comment leaving is an integral part of blogging. Without comments, blog posts are as flat as...Flat Stanley. Blogging is a conversation."

"mark somewhere on your calendar that you are going to leave 5 comments a day and return one comment a day between May 25 and June 25. In other words, you will do your normal blog reading, but you will make sure that you leave at least 5 comments a day and regardless of how many comments you usually receive, you will return at least 1 comment by going to a commentor's blog and leaving a comment there. If you do not have any comments that day (perhaps you didn't write a new post or your blog falls into a strange, other-worldly commentless abyss), simply jump to the participant's list below and pick a new blog and leave a comment."

"New people who have never commented on your blog before take precedence over usual commentors. All commenting is done on the honour system--if you tell me you left the requisite amount of comments each day, I'm going to believe you. Try to spread your comments around--it's okay to comment on the same person's blog each day, but it's better to hit new ones continuously. Please try to visit once all of the blogs listed on the participant's list at some point during the course of the month. Even if you don't leave a comment."

"if you miss a day, you can double up your comment leaving (10 comments and 2 returns) the next day. If you miss three days, triple your comment leaving when you return, so on and so on."

[from Stirrup Queens and Sperm Palace Jesters , via Dirts and Rocks]

Here goes nothing!