Fav quotes and nosey, old men

Thumbs up from the guy spying on my work at the coffeeshop

Sunday last week, I enjoyed the company of many Starbucks' customers and one that enjoyed everything on my laptop.
Here's the rest of the week's favorite quotes. Enjoy!

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Found	Quote
Fri, Sep 23	“Jury duty today. So far... zzzzzz.” Anonymous (I don't rat on my friends)
Sat, Sep 24	“The thing is, you don't actually NEED to know how to crochet. You NEED to know how to drift, escape handcuffs, and swordfight.” Bill Cameron.
Sun, Sep 25	“The Gentleman next to me at coffee shop is snooping on my screen. I am especially interesting to nosey, old men.” Carol Doane
Mon, Sep 26	“HAPPY B-Day, kiddo.” Mom of a great kid :-)
Tue, Sep 27	“Don't copy your competition because they are probably doing it wrong.” Jimmy Mackin, on the worst mistakes you can make on Facebook.
Wed, Sep 28	“I know I'm a little late to the game but I've become a fan of The Big Bang Theory.” Karen Kuzmack.
Thur, Sep 29	“Arrrrr. 'Twas a successful catarrrract surgery. It'll be sad to lose the eyepatch, though.” Steve Woodward.

Fav quotes and Melanie Sherman's brain cells

A good blogger will make you think.

A great blogger will make you laugh.

Melanie Sherman delivers every time. Her post this week took us straight into the brain.

"It is said we only use 10% of our brain. I like to think of that 10% as a thriving metropolis, like New York City (and I'm the mayor). But as in NYC, there are brain cell murders going on, and drive-by shootings by the "Stress Gang." So if I started getting low on virtual memory, why wouldn't I get on Amazon.com and order some new cells from the suburbs of my brain (the 90%) that aren't being used, to be delivered into my memory center in the heart of my city? I mean, really, what are those brain cells in my suburbs doing, anyway?

So I did a little research and found out the brain cells I'm not currently using are all part of a National Park System in my brain, and they cannot be used for any other purpose. My brain is made up of 10% city, and 90% National Park." From Meanderings of Melanie.

Let's get out into the park service and collect our brains, and here's my favorite quotes of the week!

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Found	Source	Quote
Fri, Sep 9	Twitter	“I thought I was an only child, but it seems I have a sister.” Bill Cameron, objecting.
Sat, Sep 10	Facebook	OH (overheard) by Ken Bilderback: “We didn’t make whiskey, and they didn’t milk cows.”
Sun, Sep 11		(Drawn. Not spoken). Original artwork from David Speranza, deaf cartoonist living in Vancouver. His work debuted here.
Mon, Sep 12	Stories Matter	“Write a book about idealism clashing with reality and the need for both to be present in our lives.” Chris Martin. [Amen]
Tue, Sep 13	Twitter	“OH by @TheClassicCarol: Nixon was the original Palin.”
Wed, Sep 14	Bike Portland	“Nobody cares more about price than a newbie.” Michael Andersen, a guy who goes almost everywhere by carrying his bicycle on TriMet.
Thur, Sep 15	Blog	“...a hormone called cortisol, which kills brain cells in the hippocampus (I think that was the campus where I lived during my college years--).” Melanie Sherman, covering the brain on her blog.

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Fav quotes beginning with chicken, ending with bacon

Go ahead. Speak your mind. Do it online. Don't chicken out.

Someone is listening.

Here's my favorite quotes of the week!

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Found	Source	Quote
Fri, Sep 2	Twitter	I walk out into my yard and make clucking noises. They quiet right down.” Bill Cameron, NW author and Chicken Whisperer.
Sat, Sep 3	Twitter	“Confirmed, submitted, #vaguetweet.” Cheryl Bledsoe, Emergency Manager and vague tweeter.
Sun, Sep 4	Twitter	“I have only worn flip-flops for the past two weeks. My feet aren't happy about putting shoes on for church this morning!” Chris Hyde, pastor and anti-shoe activist.
Mon, Sep 5	Twitter	“Just took my 1115th mugshot! http://www.dailymugshot.com/DaleChumbley.” Dale Chumbley, Realtor® and self-photographer.
Tue, Sep 6	Twitter	“I'm still here. That is all.” M. Rae Anderson, Author and bliss follower.
Wed, Sep 7	Twitter	“Sometimes I wonder if my office neighbors are only paid to throw things against our shared wall.” Michael Perozzo, before installing earplugs.
Thur, Sep 8	Twitter	“A few brave poets are sampling our hot bacon latte special.” Cover to Cover Books, bookstore and purveyor of bacon.

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Fav quotes of the week and one big gorilla

Gorilla and baby in the wild. Photo by Kristen.

From the blog, The Next Chapters, Kristen takes us on a trip to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forestus in search of gorillas. Kristen is an intern with the VOLSET Foundation in Mukono District of Uganda.

"We literally had a life or death decision to make. Do I skip the trip (the non-refundable, un-repeatable, un-re-schedulable trip) and go to the doctor in case I was experiencing the beginning of some crazy African disease? OR: Do I ignore . . . [Read more ...]

Here's the favorite quotes of the week!

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Found	Source	Quote
Fri, Aug 5	Twitter	"Did I really just order a stack of man cakes?" Chris Martin
Sat, Aug 6	Twitter	"I'd say it's a gateway drug to the colon." Mary Rarick, in response to overhearing, 'the semicolon is a gateway drug to the period.'
Sun, Aug 7	Twitter	"RIP Mark O. Hatfield, a great governor for Oregon & statesman." Cheryl Bledsoe
Mon, Aug 8	Twitter	"OMG! I'm wearing a sweater (in Aug)." Noland Hoshino
Tue, Aug 9	Twitter	"I am so not turning the heat on tonight!" M. Edward Borasky
Wed, Aug 10	Twitter	"It's how I keep you away from boys. I date their dads. #quote #mom cc/ @TheClassicCarol" @schoolbound, kid sidekick to a super hero mom busy living where Apples Get Wet.
Thur, Aug 11	Twitter	"I did not plan on the general public learning about my Spongebob Squarepant undies." Bill Cameron, a guy who eats bacon and writes.

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Leave your best stuff it in the comments section. Let's share!

Fav quotes of the week and big bugs

From the blog, The Next Chapters, Kristen gives us a reality check and shares her experience interning with VOLSET Foundation in the Mukono District of Uganda.

"Yes-I recognize the insects are enormous. Yes-I am aware that traveling in this part of the world isn't exactly easy for young women from America. Yes-I have thought about the fact that I have never lived without running water. And Yes-Giving up my toilet, Facebook access, and ice-cream are going to be hard.

HOWEVER: No-I'm not crazy. [Read more ...]

Here's some other quotes discovered last week.

In the last seven days, what's the best thing you heard?

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Found	Source	Quote
Fri, July 29	Twitter	"The Senate needs some viagra because they are sounding incredibly impotent." Chris Martin while watching CSPAN.
Sat, July 30	Facebook	"We thrive off of negativity because it's easier to feel and takes far less effort." Tyler Presnell, safe driving advocate.
Sun, July 31	Twitter	"You are very skeery." Author Bill Cameron, tweeting to his literary agent, Janet Reid.
Mon, Aug 1	Twitter	"Sometimes I wonder if other parents think I'm the child they never had... I'm being well behaved." @schoolbound, tweeting while eating dinner with a friend's family.
Tue, Aug 2	Twitter	"Trite quotes won't fix our Econ. Nor will rigid ideology." Carla Axtman, Rabblerouser extraordinaire, and editor for Blue Oregon.
Wed, Aug 3	Twitter	"Dear person reading this, You're here because you're actively procrastinating or avoiding real work, aren't you? It's OK. Me, too." Michael Perozzo, stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-lookin' nerf herder.
Thur, Aug 4	Mission Hot Mama	"Sometimes you need to just take an unexpected turn off the path you are on." Jenni Hogan, KIRO7 Eyewitness News traffic anchor, inspiring other mamas to unleash their inner hotness.

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Send the best stuff you found to TheClassicCarol (at) gmail (dot) com, or feel free to leave it in the comments section. Let's share!

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Fav quotes of the week: hope and wonder

Here's some fun from the last week. 

In the last seven days, what's the best thing you heard?

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Found	Source	Quote
Fri, July 22	Twitter	"Forty is in my rear-view window, honey. It only gets better." Mary Rarick
Sat, July 23	Blog	"QR codes can deliver e-coupons right in the store."  Maryanne Conlin
Sun, July 24	Blog	"If I'm already here, why are you discounting your product?" Carol Doane, in response to in-store QR codes
Mon, July 25	Blog	"Good research does involve imagination" Ted, from bookeywookey
Tue, July 26	NPR	"Everyone can change — everyone." Patrick Lundvick, former drug hustler, ex-inmate, and new job-seeker
Wed, July 27	Twitter	"I'm full of it...heading to Home Depot to buy 2 new toilets. Who's with me?" Noland Hoshino, on remodeling
Thur, July 28	Twitter	"Last night, I dreamed I made a death metal band angry, and I spent the whole night trying to fix the relationship." Bill Cameron

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Social Media for Writers Presentation

Social Media for Writers

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Thank you to everyone who attended the Vancouver Writer's Mixer at our temporary digs at Angst Gallery while Cover to Cover Books puts itself back together after the smoke and water damage from the fire next door. As promised, here's the presentation I shared with the group. I'm looking forward to your feedback on what you try that works. It was amazing, even to me, when author Ron Gompertz announced book sales of No Roads Lead to Rome increased by almost 30% when he tried just one of these ideas.

Of course, I have to thank Melanie Sherman for being my co-conspirator in testing many of these concepts. Her blog Meanderings of Melanie Sherman is an excellent example of how dull, everyday events can be morphed into laugh out loud experiences. Melanie's perspective on life and work should be required reading for all wannabe authors.

Thanks also to Bill Cameron for sharing his experience on Twitter. I can't wait to meet your agent, Janet Reid, and truly explain how I put you in the street. I anticipate it will be a memorable moment . . . for both of us.

To Carolyn J. Rose, thank you so much for your support, for the delicious dinners where we discussed (bragged about) these ideas and for letting me use you as a guinea pig.

And, Mel, thanks for pretending like you knew me, when I pretended to know you!

Topics I covered included: using Blogger, Facebook, Flickr, Flock, Friend or Follow, Goodbye Buddy, FriendFeed, Gmail, Google Analytics, Google Profile, Guerrilla-Media, Hootsuite, Like button, Plancast, Gist and lots of other fun stuff.

Let me know what you accomplish.

Best wishes, everyone!