Don't forget to sign up for my upcoming
one-day blogging workshops.
Dating and Love Quote of the Day"When I was 14, I wished on a shooting star that I would find the man of my dreams. I met him. He sucks. I want somebody else,"
said Katie.
Bowl Ads Bring Blog Buzz, but Ultimately FizzleNMS surveyed over 27 million blogs, website, message boards and online communities, including over a hundred of the most influential marketing and advertising sites live-blogging the event.
NMS found that while the ads generated record levels of conversation, consumers generally regarded them as 'a snooze fest,' and several reviewers live-blogging the ads actually gave up mid-game 'out of boredom.', via
NMS &
Market Wire.
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If I Were a Rich ManThis morning, in the office, I overheard a conversation about real estate that went like this, "I am tired of my condo but I can't afford anthing else until I find a sugar daddy."
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Apartment Keepers Keep My ApartmentI discovered
Apartment Keepers, my
cleaning service, on Craigslist over a year ago and have been sane ever since.
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The Game was Better Than the Ads During Superbowl 40The people who are in the know, such as Pete Snyder and his gang from New Media Strategies, fancy the Superbowl ads this year -- Superbowl XL -- to be
playing it safe and
going for the gags. Via
New Media Sphere,
WSJ,
Reuters.
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All the Dead Sexy Go Daddy Superbowl AdsI love
Steamy Car Wash but who wouldn't?
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Signing Up For Chemistry.com from a Woman's Perspective"Sign-up takes about 30 minutes, and yields a profile similar to a Myers-Briggs characterization."
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Chemistry.com Through a Woman's Eyes"I joined
chemstry.com as a preliminary member (aka, non-paying) after
reading about it on
www.chrisabraham.com."
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Why Don't Guys Ask Me Out?A
gentle reader asks, "Why don't guys ever like me? I'm not thats ugly. People say I'm not fat, I'm not ugly.... then why don't guys ask me out?" Any advice for her? She needs our help.
Regex Reminder to Myself for a Common Grep TaskIf you need to
grep from a search string to the end of line, you can do that with ".*$"
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Only in DC is a 120 IQ Not Impressive At AllWashingtonians don't consider an IQ of 120 worth
bragging about.
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WSJ Coverage of What About Clients Blawg by Dan Hull and Hull & McGuireMy buddy
Dan Hull got some
brilliant coverage over at the WSJ.
Dan writes a law blog (or blawg) called
What About Clients and the coverage is in response to a
help-wanted ad Dan posted,
Wanted: Natural Born Marketer From Hope, Arkansas.
Cindy Sheehan Should Have Been EjectedFor strict reasons of protocol and respect, Cindy Sheehan should never have been let into the State of the Union wearing a hoodie and a t-shirt.
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Is it eHarmony or eDissonance?For shits and giggles I dropped the $50 for a month just to see what
all the hubbub's about.
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Carrie Gress has a Cool BioWhen your friend has a
cool bio, you tend to want to brag. Prestige by association sort of thing.
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Rumor and SpeculationPeople online are
spreading rumors about me.
State of Chris Abraham - Because the Medium is the Message Blog
A Manual Typewriter is More Fetish than Functional"Is there still romance in typewriters," asks the
Washington Post? I worship my
Hermes 3000 but she is more
objet d'art than writer's tool for me anymore.
State of the Blogosphere on State of the UnionSurveying the most influential liberal and conservative political blogs and communities,
NMS research uncovered the following surprising results, culled from the blogosphere. Via
New Media Sense and
Market Wire.
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Answering eHarmony QuestionsOne of the questions on
eHarmony is 8. Other than your appearance, what is the first thing that people notice about you?
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Brangelina Buys a Home in Washington DCThe ever classy and reputable Angeline Jolie and her boyfriend Brad Pitt and their illegitimate child Brangelina Jolie-Pitt are moving to Washington according to
DomePunks and
Wonkette.
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President Bush on Face the Nation SundayAfter
watching President Bush on TV last Sunday morning, I can see why everyone that knows him on a personal level really likes him.
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Married is the New SingleSince
married is the new separated,
separated is the new divorced, and
divorced is the new single, that married guy is pretty much available anyway based on simple associative logic.
Married is the New Separated"Well he is married but his wife doesn't get him like I do. I really inderstand him. We have a real connection, the kind of connection I can't find in anyone else."
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Divorced is the New SingleDon't worry divorced Washington men, its all right.
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Separated is the New DivorcedSingle Washington women in their thirties are dating men whose marriages aren't even cold yet. These thirty-somethings are dating in the separation zone.
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God Save the Ford TaurusAfter just an evening and a morning, the Ford Taurus feels dangerous to me.
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Steve McQueen Lyrics by Sheryl CrowWhen I told Mark how I am embracing my
inner Steve McQueen, he sent me the lyrics to the
Sheryl Crow song Steve McQueen.
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There Will Always be Someone Smarter, More Popular, and More BeautifulThere will always be someone who is smarter, more popular, richer, and more beautiful than
you are. Ain't that the truth.
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A Blog of Your Own, A: How to Write Your WorldIf you are already a blogger and want to take it to the nest level then I have a one-day course for you,
Blog of Your Own, A: How to Write Your World. Come on and
join me on February 28th.
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How to Blog Blogging Class Coming up in WashingtonI am conducting an introductory class on blogging called
Starting a Blog for
The Writer's Center on February 21st and would like you
to attend.
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Test Post From Palm txGiving my new
Wi-Fi Palm tx a go. On my way to some serious
moblogging.
Why I Am Not A Painter by Frank O'Hara"Why I Am Not A Painter" from
Why I Am Not a Painter and Other Poems by Frank O'Hara
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Oatmeal by Galway Kinnell"Oatmeal" by Galway Kinnell from
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The Ferrari 599 GTB Proves God is Italianmore
You are a DIRECTOR/negotiatorI heard the gang at the
Jack Diamond Morning Show on 107.3FM this morning promoting
Chemistry.com so I thought I would
take a look. Use code: MIX.
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Oprah Winfrey - The Queen Has No ClothesI know how Oprah Winfrey feels. She feels naked, exposed, and duped. She feels the fool. And she blames James Frey and his supposed memoir,
A Million Little Pieces. Forgive me, but Oprah is no naïf. The indignance is on behalf of her earnest, artless and naïve audience.
Does Oprah Profit from James Frey's Success?James Frey is now a household name because of
A Million Little Pieces thanks to Oprah Winfrey, mostly due to this afternoon's dressing down.
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Oprah's Dressing Down is the Best Thing Ever for Selling James Frey BooksAlthough James Frey has already sold a billion copies of
A Million Little Pieces thanks to Oprah, after today's interview, James Frey will sell a trillion more of both
A Million Little Pieces and
My Friend Leonard. Everybody in the office wants to read it now, even me.
Support an Olympic Team for the District of Columbia"Please Support the efforts of the
DC Olympic Committee to field
Olympic teams for the District of Columbia (DC)."
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James Frey is Gonna Get a Whooping from Oprah at 4 TodayA Million Little Pieces by James Frey is fiction dressed as a memoir.
Oprah doesn't like being duped. To quote
Corrie, "I would NEVER, EVER want to be on Oprah's bad sad."
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The Washington DC Winter Olympic Curling Team"As you may know, the District of Columbia is not part of the 50 states that make up the United States."
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Farscape Almost Got AwayAfter watching
one episode of Farscape, I was hooked. And I don't like space opera dramas, either. Especially ones with freaky aliens.
Farscape rocks.
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Get Your Hasselhoff OnDon't be a hater, he's
Hooked on a Feeling.
My Renewed Love Affair With FriendsterI had assumed that
Friendster had withered and died but apparently its still going strong enough to
thoroughly amuse me.
Sighting of Chris Abraham at Harvard Yard
My First Trademark Registration
I Need a New Host for this BlogPlease email me with recommendations for a new hosting company.
Mine sucks.
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Using GWU's Course Audit Program to Prepare for the GMATI am setting my sights on getting an
MBA. I have the raw material and experience but need to do
lots of remediation.
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February 06, 2006 in Weblogs
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No Need to be Curious as a College Student Any MoreWhile literacy requires intellectual curiosity, being successful at most 4-year universities
does not.
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My New Badger Hair Shaving BrushWhile loafing around Cambridge, I stopped to look at
shaving brushes at
Colonial Drug.
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Parked My Arse in Harvard YardI have enjoyed my trip here to Cambridge, Somerville, and Upton, MA. Thanks be to
Janna! And also, thanks so much to Andrew and Marcia for dinner and to
Anthony for drinks.
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Gutman Library at Harvard UniversityI am spending a sunny, blue, 50F day in Cambridge, MA, with lovely
Janna. Could
HBS be in my future?
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Trying to Figure Out Blogpulse's Profiles NeighborhoodI am trying to figure out
my place in Blogpulse's Profiles Neighborhood. Very queer.
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The Olympus SP-350 is My Next Purchase as a Professional ShooterIn a couple weeks I am going to order an
Olympus SP-350 8MP Digital Camera.
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The Blogosphere Exists and it Can Include MSMIMHO, the blogosphere has nothing to do with blogs-proper. Rather, it is an interconnected system of "conversation" and "echo" that
MSM needs to adopt or perish. Via
New Media Sense,
BoingBoing, and
MediaGuy.
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Advertising in Video Blogs, Podcasting & Other User Generated MediaCorrie Zielinski explores
Advertising in Video Blogs, Podcasting & Other User Generated Media on
New Media Sense. Check it out. "I’m all for a well placed sponsorship, promotion or advertisement in podcasts or videoblogs," Corrie says.
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Fisking is Fact Checking By the Bloggers for the PeopleAfter attending a
panel discussion on blogging at the
Hudson Institute, I now know that the blogosphere has taken a cue from the
New Yorker's mad skills in fact checking, known as
fisking.
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Europe, America and the Blogosphere at the Hudson InstituteI attended a panel discussion at the
Hudson Institute entitled Europe, America and the Blogosphere. Very interesting.
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PostSecret Book Now AvailableThere is a new
PostSecret book that
just came out a little while ago.
Check it out!
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail-in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard. Awesome.
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I, Chris Abraham, Watch American IdolI have caught
American Idol for the last two nights.
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Unwell Orwell: War for Domestic Crowd ControlIn
Complete Deniability Through Constant War I quoted
Orwell's writing from
Nineteen Eighty-Four II.9. Upon further mulling, I wanted to share that war can be about "taking mountains and winning" or it can be about "domestic crowd control."
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Black 2003 E39 BMW M5 with 11,500 Miles at BMW of ArlngtonI just spent some time with the finest example of the best interpretation of the finest car ever made.
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All Hail to the Maryland Rescue SquadMy buddy Zeefe is a badass. Read all about his squad,
the Maryland Rescue Squad.
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The E39 BMW 5-Series has the Worse Cup Holders EverThe E39 BMW 5-Series (1997-2003) has the worse cup holder I have ever experienced. I have poured more coffee into the carpeting and the floorboards than into my mouth.
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Chris Abraham Hanging with the Jailbait on MySpaceMySpace is
in the news.
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King Kong SuckedI repeat,
King Kong sucked so badly that I walked out. I don't walk out. My
temporary suspension of disbelief could not hold out past hour 2.
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The Writer's Center's Open HouseAlthough I got a late start, I enjoyed visiting
The Writer's Center Open House last Saturday from 12-3 as
an instructor.
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Let's Go Caps!: NHL 06 on Xbox is AddictiveAlthough I
told you I bought the game, I have actually been really enjoying my copy of
NHL 06 for my XBOX.
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Comprehensive Nicole Richie Diet CoverageEnjoy my complete coverage with
The Nicole Richie Diet,
Nicole Richie is Wasting Away Beautifully,
Nicole Richie's Diet Regimen,
Who Knows Nicole Richie's Diet Regimen,
LEAVE NICOLE RICHIE ALONE !!!!,
I Love Nicole I Want to Look Like Her, Any Suggestions?, and
Nicole Richie is Just Not Eating. Enjoy!
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To the Richies: What the Hell is an Eating Coach?"Lionel Richie is so concerned over his scary skinny daughter Nicole's health that he has hired her an eating coach, reports the new issue of In Touch Weekly." Via
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