Everyday Bliss

*** Update to the update 4/22: I’m going all the way home, to San Francisco on Saturday, 4/24, British Airways came thru with a last minute cancellation, called and booked me in. Wahoo! Leaving the rest as it was below though for posterity and export, to quote Bill Burroughs.   ***

Here it is folks, selected highlights of being stuck as a traveller behind “The Grey Curtain”:

If you’ve been following the Paris Adventure Online, following me on Twitter or reading my updates on Facebook (pretty much the main places I’m posting while travelling) you know that like thousands of others, I’ve been stranded in Europe by the volcanic ash cloud.

And wait for it…this just in on April 21st: Heathrow now back open. Thank the Lord! Whose name apparently, is Adonis. Nope, I’m not kidding. Lord Adonis is the British Secretary of Transport in charge of such things.

The image at right was taken from BBC News on April 21 at 12:30pm Paris time. These travellers have been dossing down in the airport for almost a week, finally got boarding cards today, and are celebrating with champagne. I’m for a hot tub, massage and liberal application of chocolate, myself.

And then there were the inevitable gallows humor jokes that sprang up on Twitter and Facebook. One of the best I heard was “No, no Iceland…we said send us all your CASH. Regards, Europe”.  Here’s a random selection  of others from Britain’s Channel 4 News:

@hjortur: Sorry for the flight delays, Europe. We were aiming for London, but it’s hard to be accurate when firing a volcano .

@andylockran: ”Iceland goes bankrupt, then manages to set their island on fire. This has insurance scam written all over it”.

@pdacosta: “The last wish of the Icelandic economy was to have its ashes scattered over Europe”.

@islandpastor: “Waiter, there’s volcanic ash in my soup”… Waiter: “I know, it’s a no-fly zone”

The Personal-Ash End Of Things

Like many others, I’ve been rebooked – five times at this point. Like others, had cases packed & was literally in taxi ready to go when I fortunately got emergency call from British Airways not to come to airport.  This was the only time btw (and the third time I was rebooked) that BA notifications worked.

BA was helpful as possible but would absolutely not book me on a flight to San Francisco. I was offered any place else in Europe, when the cloud lifted, but no place in North America.

Like many others, I was reduced to begging. They’d heard it all before and while sympathetic, were not going to offer me a refund so I could book another airline that *was* flying.

“I’ll take anything to the American continent – Canada, Mexico, Peru – you go to Peru, I can see a British Airways flight to Lima from Madrid – how about that? I can get to Madrid on the train….bus…donkey cart. Anything!”

Finally, after I squeaked my wheel loud and hard enough, and made an absolute pest of myself by calling every fifteen minutes: “Ms Webster, I see this is the ninth time you’ve contacted us today, let’s see what we can do to get you home” – that’s the ticket folks! I was offered a flight out this Saturday the 24th to Phoenix, AZ. I took it and resumed praying the thing would go through.

We’re hearing that Katla, the second dormant Icelandic volcano and a bigger, nastier one (?!) is rumbling. My comment on the Facebook Ashcloud page was: “Now everybody, all together now: ‘Lullabye, and goodnight, and with roses bedight…’ Everyone keep singing ’til we all get home!”

Vagabond Coaches League & Rescue Tug

Molly (@shaboom) Gordon tweeted me that Michael Bungay (@boxofcrayons) Stanier was similarly stuck in Amsterdam. I joked with him over Twitter that we should call ourselves the “Vagabond Coaches League”, rent a tugboat and chug around European ports of call picking up stranded coaches and ferry the lot of us back home.

It would be just like Thomas Leonard’s Y2K RV trip across America to promote coaching.  We could party the night away, film the whole thing and sell book, DVDs and t-shirts as a product. It’d be a gas, gas, gas! (but no ash). Here’s our official t-shirt. Feel free to put this on your site if you’re a coach and were stranded by the ash. 

Although as to coaching, there were several opportunities for that. Group of British women tourists openly weeping in a cafe at hearing their flight was (yet-again) cancelled. When they said I could help I taught them EFT as in such situations people like to do anything to be proactive and EFT is one of the most active of the energy therapies.

We tapped and when that took the edge off, I taught them ETHOS to take them all the way into consciousness around the fact that they were safe, well fed and had a place to stay until they could get home. This is something I too am giving thanks for. They loved ETHOS and one said felt like stepping into her massage therapist’s office – it calmed her immediately. I left them with these two tools, the internet sites for more info and went off to see a museum I hadn’t gotten to see yet.

I’m good – I have a place to stay until Friday and then will do a hotel room for one night. Hopefully the shuttle I’d booked will take me to the airport rea-a-a-ally early as the flight is at gawdawful o’clock in the morning…

Short-Term Panic, Emotional Immunity & Other Biscuitry

While people were frantic to get back to their homes, we heard of fighting on trains and busses, bloodied noses on the Eurostar and a riot in Madrid. It was a relief to receive an email from ETHOS In Paris workshop participants, Anne & Jerome, saying they’d made it back to the UK with their children safely. On the whole however, I believe it’s been a time of great cameraderie, gallows humor and all.

Several older Brits I heard in cafes hearked back to the days of rationing during and after World War II.

“Ay-up lass,” one said to me philosophically “we’re all in it together. There’s nowt any one of us can do ’til that buggerin’ ash-hole’s done spewin’ its filth. Best sit tight and have another cuppa.” Rational wisdom from the mouth of a wizened Yorkshireman* old enough to be my grandpa, yet spry as a spring chicken and loaded down with Parisian goodies for his “young’uns”.

When the times get tough, the tough apparently go shopping.

But on the other paw, like many in private moments, I was caught in the grip of short-term panic and negative emotions. “Oh no, what if I never get home! What if that damned mountain spews for a year like it did in the 1800’s!”. Cue tears, railing at the universe in general and feeling sorry for myself in specific.

The worst was the feeling of stark loneliness when I was on the phone for hours with British Airways in the re-re-re-re-re-booking of my flights time after time. The toll that the stress of “not knowing” took was tremendous and had me falling into bed early, too exhausted to go out.

I wailed on the phone to my ever-patient husband who was doing his best to cope and was upset in his own right. I cried on the shoulders of friends while simultaneously trying not to. I was evil to a neighbor who snorted “Merde, l’Americaine!” for the tenth time to my face. He subsided in shock and hasn’t squeaked a word to me since. In short, I had a “little kitty fit” as we call it, when one of the cats throws a tantrum.

Once it was over, I set about employing the energy tools I had in my arsenal to shore up my Emotional Immunity. This is something I’ll be writing about more in the future, but the basis is the AM Energizers & PM Harmonizer exercises from my Everyday Bliss For Busy Women book.

How’s YOUR Emotional Immunity?

You can greatly increase it by simply tapping a round of EFT – with or without any intention or setup phrase behind it, and then doing an ETHOS set, ending up by stepping aside into Unlimited Self. When I do that, problems disappear like magic and the way is opened for me to do more productive things.

More productive like packing (done=done) and looking forward to my flight. In addition to getting home, it’s one of the best sleeps I’ve had on an airplane. British Airways is one of the few to offer full lie-down seats in Business class. Most seats that say they lie down flat only recline to within 30 degrees of flat so you’re at a kind of odd angle. I can actually stretch out in the BA sleeping pod and snooze almost as good as in bed at home. There’s a tv with on-demand movies, a plug for your laptop and peripherals and lockable storage drawer for same. You get a real sense of privacy and they provide earplugs and an eyeshade so the world goes away.

Somebody on Twitter asked about the food. They actually use china and silver service, with all the booze those who imbibe can hold. The kitchen is open through the journey with all the snacks and drinks you like and the flight attendants were some of the sweetest, even though they were in the middle of an industrial action when I flew. My halibut on the journey out was done to a turn and the veggies were crisp and good. How on earth do they do that aboard a plane?

I’m giving great thanks for all the many blessings this experience has been. Extra time with good friends, the ability to see myself rise to the occasion and surpass what I thought were my limits, increased love and expansiveness and…other things.

Will I make it back home this Saturday? Time will tell. And I’ll keep you updated.

Tune in next week for Maryam’s continuing adventures in: “Ash The World Turns”….

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Picture credit:  The Yorkshire Man by Mick Cawston: http://www.corsini.co.uk/fineart/yorkshire-terrier-prints.shtml

This is my good buddy Andy Wibbels. He lives in San Francisco and works at Six Apart, the folks who bring you TypePad, Moveable Type and Vox. We’ve built our businesses together and been friends for years – ever since his very first Easy Bake Weblogs class in 2003. If I had little brothers, they would be Andy and his partner Ron.

Andy btw, is holding a boxed set of Seth Godin’s books that Seth sent him out of the blue this week. What a smile maker! Seth, ya scored big there.

Anyway, every time Andy and I get together it ends up being like an episode of Animaniacs. All photos taken of us together show complete silliness & often caffeine-fueled manic laughter. I’m rocking the asylum here after a tour of Six Apart, and talking blogging, speaking, product and class creation and general shop.

This was after dinner…and before the cognitive dissonance that later ensued… Dinner was at French restaurant Fringale (excellent) on 3rd, and thought I’d found a great garage under the Hearst building. Just a half block from the boys’ flat in the trendy part of Mission (just across the street from SFMOMA). What could be simpler? The sign said “closes at midnight” but I knew I’d be back before then.

Mind that, because assumption that people will do what they say is crucial to the madcap part of the evening. Fringale was great, even if my haricots verts were a tad underdone. The lambchop (which I have only a crappy picture of, sorry) was excellent as was the gluten-free flourless chocolate cake (like lava or mousse cake – omg) and a very perky cappucino. All in all – I’ll go back and take The Bear.

We take a beautiful ten minute walk back to Andy & Ron’s place, passing through Yerba Buena Gardens and ending up in this lovely view of the SF MOMA building all lit up for the holidays. It gets all cosy back at the plantantion with Ron’s enthusiastic telling of Filipino ghost stories and the mountain his family owns that sports its own hot spring and fumarole.

The time drew short so the boys were kind enough to walk me to my car. I paid the attendant and the fellows mention there’s no pedestrian exit.

There was no auto egress either, and now is where we descend gently into the madcap portion of the evening.

It’s a tale of roundy-ramp walking, yelling back and forth to other inmates, trapped behind their own chainlink curtains, searching for an emergency phone number or exit, finding none and finally calling 911.

I got a very nice dispatcher on the line who commiserated with me and promised not to leave us there all night. She got a car to come right away, which was amazing in a city like San Francisco on a Saturday night where there are just as likely to be knife fights, meth labs and killer disco to police. Kudos to ya, lady dispatcher.

Thank you as well to the officers of SFPD car 1257 who came, laughed at us just a wee bit (all in good fun, we were laughing too by that time – in the sheer terror of relief) and sprung us by summoning the California Pizza Kitchen manager who was still at work and had his own key.

Ron and I went up the roundy-ramp to get to the bathrooms and who should we see but the clerk who took our money. “WHERE WERE YOU AND WHY DID YOU LOCK US IN” got no reply but confused burbling. He keyed us into the gents though, and came down to apologize for locking up before we’d left. By then the cops and the CPK guy had done the business and Andy had the Murano pointed out of the garage and ready to go.

Cue more hugs and agreeing that we escaped lightly considering in many cities they’d let you sit until morning. In San Francisco on a Saturday night there were surely other more serious crimes like the knife fights, meth lab explosions and serial-killer disco of the Castro sprouting like dragon’s teeth on a field of bloodmeal.

But the police man and woman were prompt, professional, courteous and rescued our stranded butts. Kudos SFPD. Respect.

But the madcappery wasn’t finished. After dropping the boys off at their flat I took 280 which was clear as a bell until a fog giant slapped a meaty arm down on the tarmac ’round about Pacifica, and followed it with a leg and half his body. Socked in completely up through my Woodside exit, traffic slowed to a 25 mph crawl.

Fortunately, I was listening to a really good exposé on KQED done by the Brazilian arm of GreenPeace, on the Amazon rainforest environmental scofflaws. They were kicking ass and naming names like Adidas, Nike and McDonalds. They know exactly where these companies are slashing and burning the Amazon to grow meat and leather product cattle. And they’re outting the big box companies.

*yes*

I tracked the group when I got home – go here and read more:

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/busted-in-brazil100100

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/press/releases/with-just-10-days-left-to-aver

And that’s about a typical Saturday night in San Francisco with good buddies, good food, good conversation and a bitchin’ police force. Peace out y’all.

One of the things that I’ve truly “gotten” on my hiatus is that I have not allowed myself enough down-time and really need some quality unplugging. No computer, no tv, getting back to a spare, but rich, non-tech lifestyle. Accordingly, for the entire month of April, but for the master class in ETHOS I’m doing for Adela Rubio:

http://selfcaremastery.com/maryam

and a radio interview I’m doing for Connecting Women, I will be completely offline AND off email – our offices, help desk and all connection outlets will be closed.

I’d like to share a lesson from this that I have learned as it will be beneficial for anyone to think about. That is, we have many yardsticks in our lives – many ways of measuring the shoulds and musts. And though we may have come to the point of removing the words “should” and “must” from our vocabulary, those very ideas exist in our molecular structure as strong encodings.

In my case, the coding was around “I *should* be able to rest from a week of work in the two days of the weekend and be okay” and “I *should* be able to  work during the day from 9-5 as others do”.

But my system is not set up that way – it never has  been. I’m an owl, not a lark. A small percentage of the extremely creative (some call them “renaissance people”) have biorhythms that predispose them to work at their best, and to high proficiency on a variety of topics, later in the day. Voltaire, DaVinci, Michelangelo, Tesla and Bill Clinton are among those whose bodies also favored a night-owl lifestyle. I work best in the late afternoon and evening, sleep around 6 – 7 hours at most (7 is almost too much and 8 is definitely oversleeping) and usually work on several projects at once by preference. And I need more than two days to be “off” on the weekend.

My long-suffering workhorse parents despaired of me ever being respectable in the sleep department. I happily created in the wee hours, even as a child. Well-meaning though it was, they used every moral imperative to suggest that I was not a righteous person for being a night-owl and if I kept up “these shenanigans” I would not mature into a good upstanding citizen. Mother consulted Reverend Pegues when I was seven over this perceived fault, with the result that I was awakened every morning at 6am without fail to pray and read the Bible before school in the hopes of rehabilitating my wayward biorhythms.

It didn’t work. I slept through third period in school, refusing to be rousted, and stayed up at night until my body told me it was time to sleep. It exasperated Mother no end, but she finally gave up and when she saw that I was doing cool things – nature photography and essays in philosophy at that point.  She even briefly catered to my 10pm dinner habit  and harbored hopes that I might turn into Imogen Cunningham. No such luck though.

In the intervening years, I’ve found it’s always best to do what my body tells me it needs. When I do that, I am never sick or tired, and am always at my best and sharpest.

Late last year however,  though it was a relatively minor thing, I fell prey again to the moralizing of others around my natural biorhythms and tried to be early-to-bed-early-to-rise to join with a group of yoga friends who were all early risers and determined to make me one as well. And I mean, sunrise type early, greeting the day with Surya Namaskar as the sun crested the local Diablo hills.

The result was that I became out of sorts and was tired quite a lot which is very unusual for me. And even though I love writing more than life itself sometimes, computers, Twitter and email began to irritate me severely. These were cardinal signs to me that I was not honoring my body’s needs and was one of the ingredients in my decision to take a hiatus from business in January.

I naievely thought that my break would begin in January, but no, tying up ends so I actually could take a break took well into February. Then a conference came in March with heavy email, Twitter involvement and text messaging before and after, pushing things even further out.

So drop-dead earnest here, April is my month off. Completely away from the computer. Even cellphone. Don’t send me an EM, IM, DM, TxT or Skypee because I’m nailing the keyboard to the desk upside down and locking the mouse in a drawer. Not kidding.

I’m taking this unplugged break both for my own self-care and health, as well as research for an interesting article, or it might even be a book that I am writing. It keeps extending itself so it could well be the next book. <grin> More much later about that though.

The Moral of the Story Is… that there is no moral imperative around what the body needs. Each of us is wonderfully diverse in our unique makeup.  We all have slightly to profoundly different needs for food, water, sunshine or darkness, sleep or waking, downtime,  romance-time, exercise and alone-time.

That old biblical verse about the plank in your own eye comes to bear here. If someone in your life isn’t configured the same way you are don’t bring your judgements against them. Take care of your own needs and support each other to extreme and joyous acts of self-care, no matter what the hands on the clock say, no matter how different you might be to each others.

Diversity is what makes the world go ’round, be interesting and create genius.

Meanwhile, have a *beautiful* and *joyous* spring!

With Love,
Maryam

(For 3-way Natural No-Junk Deodorant recipe, scroll to the bottom)

In my unending quest for a natural, junk-and-aluminum-free deodorant, I’ve tried them all. None work past a few hours which is basically what I would get with soap and water alone. Recently a friend clued me to the otherwise-pristine Tom’s Of Maine product, “Natural Long-Lasting Care 12 Hour Odor Protection Aluminum-Free Deodorant Stick”. This stick smells like Lemondrop candy and contains both lemongrass and hops to inhibit odor-causing bacteria. And it works like a charm, up into the next day.

But wait a minute shoppers, the first ingredient is propylene glycol, which is a potential poison. Propylene Glycol is chemically related to ethylene glycol, the syrupy ingredient in antifreeze and is used as a less-toxic antifreeze itself – it’s that pink stuff you’ve seen hosed over your winter flight to de-ice wings of the plane.

Saving lives that way = great. But “PG” as it is often noted in ingredient listings, has been directly implicated in cases of iatrogenic renal toxicity (1) when used as a carrier for intravenous solutions. And skin contact causes “…moderate skin irritation. Contact with the skin may cause erythema, dryness, and defatting” (multiply this if you apply deodorant directly after shaving) with chronic use causing “reproductive and fetal effects. Laboratory experiments have resulted in mutagenic effects. Exposure to large doses may cause central nervous system depression…” (2)

Odd that this substance would turn up in products destined for the most delicate skin on our bodies! PG is used to make a stick deodorant solidify. Hey Tom’s – if you’re listening, what about vegetable glycerine or Zimea as a substitute for propylene glycol? Or ANYTHING but this unnatural substance? Derived from natural gas though you say it is, it’s not something I want on my body.

And if you’re going with “The Crystal” in solid or spray form, be aware that it contains potassium alum, a salt of aluminum, so you’re still getting aluminum under your arms.

While the Tom’s deodorant doesn’t thankfully carry alum or parabens, many so-called “natural” deodorants do. Parabens are an even more toxic substance. Methyl, ethyl and propyl paraben are common preservatives in many cosmetics and have been implicated in breast cancer (3, 4) as they mimic the action of estrogen, which has been implicated in breast tumor growth.

From a great article from Dr. Kris McGrath which has great graphic of lymph proliferation into breast tissue at: http://bit.ly/y0kVT

“In a recent study 18 of 20 breast tumors contained parabens (synthetic preservatives) found in underarm products. Parabens mimic estrogen, and estrogen can drive tumor growth (Journal of Applied Toxicology, February, 2004).

The underarm is a gateway to the lymphatic system, which is an essential part of the immune system, and helps the body fight infection and diseases such as cancer”

Okay, so what can we do about all this who want a deodorant and don’t want to pay the poisonous piper? Either find a viable commercial option, or make your own! I’ve made my own deodorant for ages and while it’s not a perfect solution, if you’re worried about breast toxicity, it’s worthwhile to experiment. Recipes follow, but first…

Dr. McGrath whom quoted above, writes for a site that I’ve just been in contact with, TerraNaturals.

The formulary and owner, Tanya Workman, assures me her products contain NO PG, NO Parabens and NO aluminum or other unhappy junk. Just what do they contain and how do they work? That’s a really interesting topic! I interviewed Tanya and that will be the subject of a new article. But in the meantime, if you’d like to look, research or purchase, you can do that by clicking the banner above, OR, make your own.

Auntie M’s Natural Deodorant Recipe

Please understand that with any natural deodorant you may need to re-apply partway through your day for maximum effect. This may be a hassle, but it beats the living shit out of having breast cancer. My sympathies for those who find this a “bore” are on par with my sympathies with those who find drinking lots of water to be inconvenient because god-forbid, they might have to pee. ‘Nuff said.

Caveat: Essential oils are strong by themselves and must be used sparingly on human skin. NEVER ingest essential oils. Mix ONLY 6 drops of any of the following organic essential oils, or use any two in combination. These oils are universally regarded as safe and non-irritating in low concentrations but your mileage may vary, so be sensitive to your own reactions. Including vegetable glycerine where noted below will soothe skin and minimize irritation.

Anti-Bacterial /Anti-Odor Oils:
cedar, clary sage, cypress, lavender, lemon, lemongrass, orange, rosewood, sandalwood, tea tree, thyme

A good mix is clary sage, lemon, tea tree and lavender. Another is lemongrass, tea tree, cypress, cedar & sandalwood. Or a simple mixture of lavender and tea tree. Try different mixtures for yourself and see which you like.

Add 1/8tsp Vitamin E oil, or pierce two Vitamin E oil capsules and add to the oil mix. Vitamin E is a stabilizer and will act to preserve the essential oil mix. You could also use benzoin tincture if you are going with an alcohol base.

For a Spray:

Add the oil mixture to 1/2 cup vodka or Everclear alcohol and put in a spray bottle. Mix in a few drops of vegetable glycerine and a tablespoon of water. Shake well each time you use.

For a Powder:

Mix oils into 1/2 cup cornstarch and 1/2 cup baking soda thoroughly with a fork. Baking soda is a deodorizer and neutralizes the acids that odor-causing bacteria secrete. Cornstarch is now recommended over talc as a body powder as it causes no lung complications if inhaled, and is what is found in commercial baby powders. Caution: don’t use baby powder as it contains other chemicals you and baby don’t need! Plain, inexpensive cornstarch from the grocery store works just fine.

Place the soda, cornstarch, essential oil mixture into an clean spice container with a shaker top and shake well before each use. Wash underarms, pat dry and apply deodorant with a powder puff, or dry hands.

For a Deodorant Cream:

If you want a slightly wetter mixture, or deodorant the consistency of a cream, make the powder version and add vegetable glycerine or a good organic facial cold cream by the teaspoon, blending with a fork until desired consistency is achieved. This will be more moisturizing on the delicate skin of the armpit. Stop just short of the point where mixture would become too greasy for comfort.

When using this version it can be sticky. You can powder the cream down with plain cornstarch or make a special fragrant powder with a few drops of sandalwood or ylang-ylang, for the purpose. The cream form is ideal for putting into a container and taking with you for re-use throughout your day. Great form for taking to the gym, along with a small shaker of deodorant powder.

BTW, all of these recipes work well on feet, too!

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• RT @ev: Wishing there was some chocolate in the office |M: Lacking chocolate, have salsa. Hits same receptors on the tongue…sort of. #
• RT @scanneratplay: @maryamwebster Nummy. Every morning it makes you decide once more that you want to live again |M: Amen, Barbara! #
• Okay, outta da house for tonights ever-amazing NLP Cafe in Mountain View, CA w/ @tomhoobyar and select lovelies. Later gators. Party on! #
• RT @unmarketing: @leesabarnes its’ in ur DM, rock it!! |M: Girl, we got backup potential on this. 8-way confcall recording?? #
• #smt09 I LOVE Tweetlater. Night or 2 b4 I Tweetlater most of my day (w/liberal RTs!), leaving time free 4 work, only tweet occ. during day #
• RT @leesabarnes: oh cool b/c i sing soprano – 1st soprano |M: Alas, deepening as i age. By the time I’m 70, I’ll sound like Barry White! #
• Roaches, mold & leaking roof. Do. Not. Eat. The. Peanut. http://is.gd/hC9H #
• #smt09 Schedule post on blog, then Tweetlater a tweet to pop out w/link to blog post 5 min. after blog post goes live @leesabarnes #
• My Posterous can post to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, more but make sure you UNHOOK all others that do this or risk double posting! #smt09 #
• #smt09 Shama Hyder is talking WordPress plugins – my thing! @leesabarnes translates WP plugin as “plain black dress” bling – rofl! #
• Get your Everyday Bliss on, w/(alternative) Girlfriend Power. Heartwarming odd couple video: http://TwitPWR.com/363/ #
• Afternoon funny: Internet pr0n, circa 1994 “Hello, ssshsshssss, Goodbye!” http://TwitPWR.com/35W/ If u were in college then, you’ll ROTFL #
• RT @AdamUrbanski: RT @Rumford: 1981 primitive internet newspaper vid http://TwitPWR.com/35U/ |M: OMG! CRTs, $0 monetization & HANDSET MODEMS #
• RT @charlesjorlando: Thinking of getting another tattoo… suggestions? |M: “Tribal” wicked cool for getting u chicka-boom action – ROTFL #
• Doing research: Ever “divorced” a BFF? What was most valuble takeaway? Please hashtag: #DivoBFF #
• Nasty EM frm sales-y guy I UF’d. I will unfollow you in a heartbeat if you pee in my cornflakes. Period, end of sentence. Don’t go there. #
• RT @RedHotCopy: RT @EmilyCarpenter: FOLLOW FAIL: The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You @ Twitter. @abartelby. http://tinyurl.com/a8e4rh. #
• RT @NancyMarmolejo: RT andymatic “If someone can see your enlarged pores, they better be paying you a lot of money” http://snipr.com/awexd #
• RT @leesabarnes: @maryamwebster yes, i broke up wBFF. lesson learned? when our values are NOT aligned, i can no longer stay quiet. |M: Amen! #
• RT @lizmarshall: RT @melcoach: Nu Manifesto will show you why you are the biggest BOTTLENECK to your own success http://tinyurl.com/b54quc #
• Ever “divorced” a BFF? What was most valuble takeaway? Me: No relatonship is worth ANY hassle. I don’t owe you, & you don’t own me. #DivoBFF #
• Snail venom is calcium channel blocker, relieves severe/chronic pain, lk morphine – w/o narcotic effects (gr8 but dang…) http://is.gd/hA1p #
• Oh yeah, Obama’s on it with a bonnet. Big boys getting sent to school: http://is.gd/hpb2 #
• RT @marcharty: RT: Brian Solis launches a cool tool today: http://poprl.com/FAj will try it out… #
• Oo, hit on a good one: Chi.mp, manages your online identity, content, yadda-yadda and can control who sees what http://www.chi.mp/ #
• Great guide to Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soul, Susan Harrow, has cool free marketing tips: http://is.gd/hvDR #
• :::internal thought process: gee beezus, think i can brand that “Whole Life Enema” thing? hurts in process but dang! excellent results! ::: #
• No wimpy resolutions @ New Years – I took Whole Life Enema! Shed: my whole biz, false “bff”, 7 more lbs, False Expectations Appearing Real #
• Studying Venezia Palazzo Ducale & musing on inadvertent bindrunes in mosaics, but then N. Italic precursor OHN runic, maybe not an accident #
• EX-cellent idea – get a bunch of Gmail accts & convert your unused GBs into file storage. Sweet! Mac, Windoze, Linux: http://jijr.com/pgj #
• Via @alexmandossian: “Zero Base” inbox=no leftover emails. How: read & respond, read & ignore or read & delete. http://twurl.nl/wbcc07 #
• Email-whelm cure @alexmandossian: 1.Categorize rev. chrono order 2. Take 45 sec ea. 2 flag critical 3.Delete non-critical http://is.gd/hv1O #
• via @jeffherring One post at http://jijr.com/pgb RT’s from there to Twitter to Facebook, one step easy. Cool! #
• Screw heels. Wishlist: Keen Newports in Heliotrope (like Welch’s!), Camo (!) & Pinecone. Corp USA, what’ll it take 2 accept comfort on job? #
• Via @jeffherring 5 Criteria 4 Great Internet Business: content creation, traffic generation, list building, repurposing, product creation #
• RT @guykawasaki: Did I tweet this already? Coffee linked to lower dementia. http://adjix.com/uud9 | M: Guy, you need another latte #
• #dailyprax Before anything else goes in, mug of warm water, juice 1/2 lemon, alkalinizes body & preps digestion for a good day. #
• Meet Cool Dude @finoleo: “My heart filled w/joy meeting wonderful enlightened ones on twitter. healers all -breakers of this world’s chains” #
• RT @JeremyNelms: How do I reset remaining API on TweetDeck before it wants to? | Jeremy, fiddle your DM & RT settings down to 0 #
• RT @coachdavender: @pooririshman …so much to Joomla, glad I found it | M: Oo, Davender! You must do http://bit.ly/17s6n 4 bloggy goodness! #
• RT @CoachDeb: Who’s with me? Who loves that natural HIGH that comes from intense workout at gym or on beach? |M: Oh yeah, bebe! #
• Last life lesson of Baby Grace surpassingly beautiful act of complete surrender & forgiveness. Bless you sweet baby. http://bit.ly/Q94z #
• Severe OMFG. Wish I could unread horrible story of murder of Baby Grace. Her last words. Tears upon tears. What cn we do? http://bit.ly/Q94z #
• RT @AccessEnergy: If you judge it, you can’t be it. Anything you can’t be, you will become the effect of. |M: Hi, think u mean “@ affect of” #
• Lukewrm date w/hubby @ Sushi Tomo, Palo Alto. Lukewm as rm temp 58F. Outdoor temp – *sniffle* Cuppa joe, ahoy! #
• Wowser! Buddy just told me I got a Twitter Grade of 96.5/100 from @grader & made SFBay Elite. Jumpin Jimminy! See: http://bit.ly/XQy9 #
• If you love our boy @andymatic and you use (or want to use) Typepad to blog with, you’ll wanna catch his official class: http://bit.ly/zZLx #
• Love to @andymatic – go see yrself! (chuckling at lightspeed, this is so cool) http://bit.ly/lphn #
• Oh here’s a great tip @jeffherring says bring notebook to line @ grocerystore & copy title ideas – those titles researched 10x over #smt09 #
• Kickin’ exensions for Firefox & Gmail: http://bit.ly/7UDp #
• RT @kgbmiller3: @maryamwebster thanks for the supersonic typing skills ! Helping me with my note taking LOL #smt09 |M: Welcome! #
• leesabarnes: @maryamwebster how did you get jeff’s 5 criteria down so quickly? #smt09 |M: Taugt self 2 type 2x faster than ppl speak. #
• RT @CoachDeb: who’s an expert in LinkedIn? |M: Deb, you gotta go to the GURUS of LinkedIn @pmurrah @chrismucillo ! #
• Starbucks decaf-dearth update: they’ll brew a cup on demand aftr 12pm (if you really, really like the taste of papercup) http://bit.ly/15Xf1 #
• RT @thatspeaker: you get bonuses & great communication info if you sign up today… http://tinyurl.com/c667st (please ReTweet if pos) #
• RT @thatspeaker: is confused.. but that’s the first state of learning, right ? |M: OMG, can I say how much I *admire* Aileen Bennett? #
• In spring, @jeffherring & @alexmandossian launching “Repurposing University” – using same thing over & over 4 gr8 results #smt09 #
• RT @leesabarnes: sorry, too many 5s in wt loss. lost 15-lbs, not 155-lbs. |M: Still, nothing to sneeze at. Tell yr story Leesa – u inspire! #
• #smt09 Yes, rabid speaker here @jeffherring. Highly addicted article writer. “the profits are what I really get xcited abt” YOU GO DUDE! #
• #smt09 @jeffherring on @leesabarnes socmedia telesummit: Repurposing Your Articles on Twitter, Episode #5 http://tinyurl.com/as58cp #
• #SMT09- Listening to Jeff Herring on @leesabarnes Social media telesummit presentation on social article-marketing #
• RT @scanneratplay: @maryamwebster Peets…I once shared the kind I like best, thn there wasn’t any for 2 years! |M: Maj Dickinsons& Garuda! #
• Can I say that I am a confirmed, blithering idiot ga-ga in love w/”professional crush” @NancyMarmolejo? AWESOMENESS on #smt09 #
• RT @marcharty: Starbucks stops brewing decaf aftr noon: http://budurl.com/t8e6 They’ll save $400 mill |M: Tears it. Am confrmed Peets Fan. #
• RT @MichaelMillman: thank you to ALL (who responded to POLL question about self labeled gurus. |M: Michael – collation @ ?? Wld like 2 see! #
• Oo, we loves Jasons. Hubby is Jason – J. Random WonderBear. Here’s a Jason all Twitterites should know. The Open kind: http://bit.ly/dmo #
• RT @leesabarnes: i…lost 155lb since jul |M: So is this a book, a course or a blog post. C’mon Leesa, give! Big hugs…. #
• RT @leesabarnes: i went from a size 16 to a size 12 in just 150 days, (lost 155lb since jul) |M: WOOHOO! Go girl! Me2, 56 lbs dwn since May! #
• RT @unmarketing: G’nite all, long Daddy day here. Be well |M: OMG, Stratt-o-caster is off Twitter! Will wondrs nvr cease. Hav good ‘n buddy! #
• RT @MichaelMillman: POLL: Do you think it’s apporpriate for anyone 2 label themselves a “guru”? |M: It’s a choice…but one I wouldn’t make #
• RT @marknolan Wow, lots of very cool graphic design ideas at Before & After magazine https://www.bamagazine.com/ #
• RT @MichaelMillman: POLL – How do u react internally 2 someone who labels themselves as a “guru” online? |M: If THEY label self: “Cheezle” #
• RT @RedHotCopy: My cat totally put her butt in my face. Why do cats think that’s cool? |M: ROTFL! Mine do that 2. It’s smell me, I WUV OO! #
• RT @litekepr: I contact bloggers daily, offer free promo if host authors for me – if I can’t reach them, no promo #smt09 |M: Gr8 strtegy! #
• My #dailyprax: Yoga thru the day. Keeps me limber as I’m a workin’ stiff. Walking, singing & inner-body meditation. Tea @ Om sweet Om #
• Meditation 4me is rejuvenating state of clarity, giving me access 2 higher levels of awareness & connection, into harmony/unity #dailyprax #
• RT @ShermanHu: Chat IM Tip: http://www.hab.la is free, add 2 ur site & chat w site visitors using ur fav IM client. #
• RT @MichaelMillman: TERRIBLE AUTO DM FILE: “Tx 4 following me <NAME> I rly appreciate opportunity 4 U to get to know me & my work better.” #
• RT @WarrenWhitlock: @maryamwebster do you use homeopathy? |M: Ay-up Warren, do. ??’s Feel free to DM! #
• Seth Godin’s excellent “How To Send Email” (and not look like a spam-handed dufus) http://is.gd/fkst Marketers, sit up & pay attention! #
• Social media is not a life raft says @chrisbrogan http://jijr.com/rEw #
• Obama’s Citizen Briefing Ideas site: http://twurl.nl/3hf6rc Right now the second most popular idea is to decriminalize marijuana possession #
• U R Important 2 Me. I try 2 show U by speaking w/U, commenting back & responding to yr messages… http://snipr.com/aquao by @chrisbrogan #
• 5 Career Tips Women Should Run From by the beautifully expressive @penelopetrunk http://is.gd/fxj5 #
• 2much! RT @penelopetrunk: Obsessively watching moms @ school evr since reading you can tell how orgasmic woman is by gait: http://is.gd/hfmr #
• RT @nancymarmolejo New post- Social Networking Landing Pages: Got One? http://twurl.nl/ea2fy8 #
• What your walk reveals about you & other body language indicators http://snipr.com/aqt3l Good blog& nifty writing by @penelopetrunk #
• Brilliance from @shermanhu, how 2 attract, engage & convert prospects to customers through LIVE Video Broadcasts http://jijr.com/p4s #smt09 #
• Where all the single guys – and gals – are: http://short.to/nmv Ok singles, get moving! Time to enrich the economy & DATE! #
• Listening to @shermanhu on #smt09. Did you know you can love hundreds of ppl at once & get link love like crazee? Live video, where its at! #
• Do U do The Hu? @shermanhu ’s Half Hour Huddle Monday, beautifully diverse, very valuable. Hu Watch, U Learn: http://short.to/o1c #smt09 #
• Twitter’s Valuation, $73.52 an Active User? http://snipr.com/aqshj |M: I objects! I iz worth at least $147.50! #
• RT @colligan If u move yr feeds from Feedburner using Google, make sure you fall ALL dir. if using the YourBrand feature. http://ff.im/KQ5c #
• Website Traffic Tool Review: Compete.com may not be ‘all that’ competitive – http://short.to/np7 #
• Humanizing your Brand, one Customer at a time. “Brands that refuse to listen have already signed off on their future” http://short.to/np6 #
• RT @WarrenWhitlock: Homeopathy works with us… not on us http://www.homeopathyworks.net/ #
• Anquan Boldin’s temper tantrum during the NFC championship game. You can run, but you CANNOT HIDE from the media: http://short.to/np4 #
• FAIL WHALE ALERT: If you offr high tix class, do NOT say: “Don’t email me btween classes, I just don’t hv time 2 cope w/you.” Arrrggh! #
• This is an oldie, but a goodie on how to Start with Social Media: http://jijr.com/rCW #
• RT @deswalsh: @maryamwebster *blushes* | M: hee! is a true story. #
• RT @leesabarnes: did you know i can sew? http://tinyurl.com/an89×6 | M: Oo girlfriend – respect!!! (see this folks, good lessons 4 us) #
• Just wnted 2 say @deswalsh is ackowledged as one of the NICEST sweetest bloggers by no less than Mr. Blogwild @andymatic himslf #smt09 #
• RT @ShermanHu: @maryamwebster woot!woot! for hot dates! | M: Muahaha, as hot as it got, we decided on new virus-ware & had lattes!! #
• Ok folks, knockin’ off for today. Have hot date w/hubby & extra antiviral software review. *sigh* One day, this too shall pass. Have fun! #
• I hope she got a pile o’cash for this…33 days with 5000 poisonous scorpions, The Scorpion Queen: http://short.to/nog #
• Podcast Happiness: a microblogging app for voice: Snapvine – widgets incl. talking photo, voice player & voice blog http://is.gd/heFi #
• New to Twitter? You need to visit the Twicki! Fan and legacy apps for you all at: http://snipr.com/aqkfw #
• Make your blog Tweetable! Twitthis makes it one-click easy: http://www.twitthis.com/ #
• Saft on the possibly inevitable nationalization of banks in US and Britain: http://is.gd/heEi (how long can we stand nat’lization safely?) #
• RT @boxofcrayons: RT @unmarketing: GREAT post on how to use Tweetdeck http://ub0.cc/8c/Z [yep, TweetDeck made Twitter sane] |M: Gr8 post! #
• In “thank freaking God” dept: Obama will act 2 reverse Bush’s stupider anti-climate policies. CA emission-control! http://snipr.com/aqkyi #
• Via @levyj413 @adrielhampton List of gov’t tweeters looks suspiciously like one run by @govtwit (also a consultant): http://twurl.nl/xxc6os #
• Track & dynamically optimize engagement on your website with Nuconomy – it’s free & goes beyond the obvious. http://is.gd/heAu #
• Aww! @penelopetrunk: Silver lining of not hving boyfriend is when my son wakes up middle of the night &crawls into my bed it’s still cute #
• Via @odemagazine Nat’l Film Board of Canada to release “more than 700 films, clips &trailers” free on its website. http://bit.ly/9wK8 #
• RT @ShermanHu: “Attract, Engage, Convert Prospects To Customers By Leveraging Live Video Broadcasting” my preso 2morrow #smt09 #
• FaceBook Fail @joelcomm: “Can’t give U specific msg rates that have been deemed abusive…pls b cautious 2 avoid hitting limit again” WTF?! #
• RT @joelcomm: I’m back on Facebook! Read all about it – http://TwitPWR.com/faceback/ |M: Wahoo Joel! Way to go! Congrats! #
• Tx Ellen! & @ellenbritt Gong Xi Fa Cai (Happy Chinese New Year of the Ox) to Ellen, Queen of Everyday Qi! http://hex.io/4ve #RedEnvelope09 #
• Via @shaboom: Feed us the complete meal. RT @colinaclark: avoid one of my biggest wordpress pet peeves. http://tinyurl.com/aeev9a #
• Pharma-horror: Over 21 pharmaceutical drugs R in India’s water supply, breeding drug-resist bacteria. B-A-D karma: http://short.to/nmj #
• On a Windows PC? Converting iPod video? Check out MediaCell: http://snipr.com/aqgjj #
• Web 2.0 must-see Memory Jogger Tool: takes text, EM, IM, web, phone, rss, cal. Record anything 4 later play with Requall http://is.gd/hej6 #
• If u go aluminum-free, you’ll be interested in Terra Naturals: lists all ingredients in their deodorants. Larch – sweet! http://is.gd/hei6 #
• One, the first Ethical bottled water in Australia, donates to clean water in Asia, Africa: http://snipr.com/aqdac #
• FollowFail=Tweets like: “You might want to take a look at my blog & become regular readr. Feel free to look around my blog & leave comment” #
• Run an online Shop? Sounds Cool Dept: Adgregate: aggregating micro-markets thru transactional banners: buys via widget. http://jijr.com/r2P #
• 1 in 6 people lack access to clean drinking water. @playpumps for more & spread the word: http://playpumps.org (remember merry-go-rounds?) #
• via @odemagazine 4,300 Egyptian tombs indic8 an ancient necropolis nr Cairo larger than previously thought. http://bit.ly/x6QV |M: Mummies! #
• Gd Writing! RT: @penelopetrunk Son’s bunny hiding undr car. Wrking @ home til bunny decides 2 come back in house. Or I decide 2 run him over #
• RT @mysterymarketer “Think big & don’t listen 2 ppl who tell u it can’t be done.Life’s too short 2 think small.” TimFerriss #
• RT @shaboom: RT @coachdavender: RT @lifehacker Free audiobook of Stephen Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People http://is.gd/gVgD #
• RT @zaibatsu: The 25 People Responsible For The Global Financial Crisis http://bit.ly/DHtu #
• Return of the Kon-Tiki – Thor Heyerdahl, where are you when we need you?! Looks fun: http://snipr.com/aqlc2 #
• Hugs!!! @penelopetrunk RT:In divorce court, Signed papers. A high-five to my lawyer. A hug to my ex. And then a surprise: A few quick tears. #
• RT @MarkNolan: Majestic old trees of western USA disappearing 2x as fast as they were 3 decades ago – http://TwitPWR.com/2Qg/ | M: Oh no! #
• Never become a reservoir; always remain a river. – Osho #
• Hey bloggers! (esp if like me U use Joomla) Did U know about PostLater? Let’s U do same thing as Tweetlater 4 yr blog: http://short.to/ni7 #
• Always remain adventurous. Nevr forget that life belongs 2 theexplorers. It doesn’t belong to the static; it belongs 2 the flowing. -Osho #
• SocMedia hapy: BlogtalkRadio like Ustream(ref: @shermanhu http://short.to/ni0) http://jijr.com/rrl TalkShoe: http://jijr.com/rrm 4 @pmurrah #
• OMG, you must see @unmarketing remarkable ‘do: http://www.twitpic.com/119g3 The cuteness factor is truly amazing! #

• RT @TechCoach: Ever watched the BBC series Planet Earth? | M: Gave this to The Bear for his Christmas & we both LOVE IT. Our nu default DVD! #
• RT @connectingwomen: RT @sarahprout Calling all bizwomen! Want to be in an eBook & get FREE ongoing publicity? http://tinyurl.com/amh9ka #
• RT @MarkNolan: “I want u to get swept away. I want u to levitate. I want u to sing with rapture and dance like a dervish.” ~ Meet Joe Black #
• TWITIP: If U use more than one “reposting” svc like Twitter Facebook app AND Ping.fm etc. – DISABLE all but one, or u get annoying repeats! #
• BTW peeps – trojans all cleaned, thanks be to the heroic J. Random Bear who fought, cursed, spasmed & had fits until all was clean. Whew! #
• Just testing settings at Ping.fm. With any luck, this will help save time microblogging so I can focus on building relationships w/frnds! #
• RT @ShermanHu: RT @thedvshow: “Producing Video Podcasts” free PDF guide 4 media pros: http://tinyurl.com/bxa9yp #
• In the WTF File: RT @mashable: Reading “Wife murdered for Facebook status” (sounds horrific) http://tinyurl.com/cz7ft7 #
• RT @guykawasaki: how death works http://adjix.com/2umg #
• RT @unmarketing: The Five Steps of Twitter Success: Follow, Reply, Retweet, Share, Repeat #
• RT @unmarketing: The more I tweet, the more I meet. Get into the conversation people. Engage, Interact, Build. #
• RT @lizmarshall: testing out TweetDeck | M: Welcome to Tweetdeck, Liz!! Makes you feel like Captain Of The Universe, ROTFL! #
• RT @waynekelly: Want FREE media publicity for your coaching, business? List how at: http://www.onairpublicity.com/class3.html #
• RT @leesabarnes: here’s some info on release/consent forms for podcasting – http://is.gd/h1Sb #smt09 #
• RT @odemagazine: Oxfam’s green grannies share tips about being more eco-friendly http://tinyurl.com/dxt5ds #
• RT @unmarketing: Powerful women inspire me… they succeed despite having to deal with men | M: Thanks for saying it, opposite also tru #
• Auntie M’s Recipe 4 Bootleg Baileys: 1 part Irish Whiskey + 1/2 part manufacturers cream + 1/16 part sugar. Enjoy & watch fer them revnooers #
• RT @boxofcrayons: @maryamwebster *no-one’s* as Twaddicted as @unmarketing… rumour he’s had thumb grafts |M: Where I get me sum dat action? #
• RT @NatalieTM: Capt Morgans,Kahlua 1/2&1/2 ….no sub 4 Baileys. |M: ROTFL!! Use cream, best is producers or manufacturers 4 bking industry #
• Fighting nasty computer viruses. If I missed a DM or reply, please don’t take offense. Am not as Twaddict as @unmarketing, but I do try #
• My #followfriday TruValue & Smile Bringers: @adamurbanski, @unmarketing, @leesabarnes, @ellenbritt, @shaboom, @shermanhu, @terrizsoloceo #
• OMG just had a thot (ok, quit laughing) – if u TweetALot, don’t set up FaceBook to RT you. Could max you out and go @joelcomm on yr profile! #
• RT @learn_marketing: New video blog: Start Internet Marketing – How to Find A Niche http://tinyurl.com/cfxerk #
• RT @guykawasaki: Galileo may get eyes checked posthumously. http://ow.ly/5Cj |M: Galileo: “The skew was on purpose, dammit! Sheesh!” #
• RT @momfluential: Fiddle Faddle sues Poppycock? |M: Mary Poppins needs 2 open a can Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious on BOTH their a55ets #
• RT @pamslim: much appreciated press in BusinessWeek article: “A Guide to Self-Employment” http://tinyurl.com/cjkfd9 #
• RT @DeniseWakeman #myfirstjob phlebotomist (drawing blood frm hospital patients) |M: Scary: they let me do that as 14yo V. A. CandyStriper! #
• 1st 2 jobs concurrnt: VINYL RECORD SALES @ J. C. Penneys (was cool then) & dishwashing @ Tony’s Pizza – circa 1975 Columbia MO. #myfirstjob #
• RT @DeniseWakeman: I c thrs new Friday twitter fun: What was your first job? Use #myfirstjob and track the tweets here: http://bit.ly/157Fq #
• OMG, I made @leesabarnes rockstarlette list! w00T! RT i also have @FatLossQuickie @nancytierney @maryamwebster…..as well #smt09 #
• RT @Have you seen Tweepler? Great tool to manage your “twitter relationships status” in one place http://TwitPWR.com/2CG #
• RT @TravisGreenlee: Hey hey, not sure if you heard… @JoelComm was booted from facebook today. |M: Travis has solution: http://bit.ly/VwIE #
• RT @mashable: How Should President Obama Use Twitter? (please RT!) – http://tinyurl.com/atyjxt #
• RT @joelcomm: FACEBOOK BOOTED ME FOR HAVING TOO MANY FRIENDS! Spread the word! – http://TwitPWR.com/faceboot/ |M: OMG Joel, feel yr pain! #
• RT @mashable: 50+ New Tools for Torrenting http://zz.gd/a4f2e1 | M: Serving Auntie M’s Standard Warning now to SCAN & avoid virii!! #
• RT @MarkNolan: Wht limiting belief could u let go of 2day? Think of 1 that has weighed u down long enough. Cut it loose & let it float awy. #
• Just off phone w/ @andymatic (get well soon, A!) on subject of Trojans. He said “not on Mac”. Well, not unless u pirate: http://bit.ly/17WYX #
• How to get great traffic by giving the perfect testimonial from @bobtheteacher http://bit.ly/Qhjq #
• RT @terrygreen3309: Lou Bortone and Blog Squad replays are up now #smt09 | M: Clients all morning so thanks, Terry, looking forward! #
• RT @guykawasaki: Ads in big mags plummeted in 2008 http://adjix.com/qt3k | M: Best Bet – Social Media Marketing! #
• Eset’s offering a free online scan of “viruses your current soln. let slip thru” – caught all my Trojans (nasty things!) http://bit.ly/DWSC #
• RT @unmarketing: If u get in a mind rut, put on a tune and rock it 4 a song, I mean belt it! | M: “Take Me To The River” – Aretha-style #
• About my last: AVG & Norton failed. Wily Trojan virii all over office computers. My tech recommends this 4 faster, betr: http://bit.ly/x3iu #
• RT @unmarketing: @maryamwebster thank-ya rockstar | M: Welcome, now tht I got the trojans off my computr! TechRec: http://bit.ly/x3iu #
• Do you have “Cyber Eyes”? I do, fuzzy from staring at the monitor all day. Found a great yoga article to help: http://bit.ly/pTZ6 #
• RT @unmarketing: 6k followers! w00t!! | M: Scott that’s fantastic! Congratulations!! #’s important bcause u can spread the love further! #
• RT @learn_marketing: New video blog: Advanced Techniques in Google Analytics http://tinyurl.com/atsdqe #
• RT @dianecesa: Need a break? http://tinyurl.com/comwhd Me too! | M: Luv Diane Cesa’s tweets. Gecko & Dragon poses releasd hips gr8 last nt. #
• RT @jenlouden: @maryamwebster thanks my dear – Jen, people seem to be favoring BlogTalkRadio nowadays, distr. seems betr done. Thots, ppl?? #
• RT @alexmandossian: 4 writers block? 6 steps to help you, http://ping.fm/PQKHR |M: Gr8 reminder of ol’ faves from my newsdesk days – tx! #
• RT @pmurrah: 5 LinkedIn Tips today – http://www.42for24.com – #4 Show your expertise – answer a LinkedIn Question |M: Boy is this a good 1! #
• RT @jenlouden: Podcast research – I’m doing a podcast, what is the best distribution approach? |M: Jen, try blogtalkradio.com talkshoe.com #
• RT @takethereins: Honesty is the answer. Are you on social media to network and make money or to make friends? #smt09 #
• #smt09 Who else thinks Adam Urbanski has the most….*urbane* (sorry!) voice? Persuasion via 1) content 2) belivable tonal values – killer. #
• RT @leesabarnes: if you’ve seen movie Stepbrothers, you’ll understand relationship that exists btwn @adamurbanski and @unmarketing #smt09 #
• RT @DeniseWakeman: @unmarketing – if u want influencers 2 notice you, start converation, reply 2 what they tweet, retweet their stuff #smt09 #
• RT @DeniseWakeman: @unmarketing – authenticity is the best marketing tool. #smt09 #
• RT @denisewakeman: @maryamwebster My advise to clients is 80/20 for value vs promo tweets #smt09 |M: THX Denise!!! #
• IME, Twitter forces the unnecessary out of yr conversation, reduces yr message to the ESSENCE #smt09 #
• #smt09 – Hey, I’m not only a writer, I’m verbose w/it! Lrn 2 shrtn by deletng vowls whn poss! #
• GR8 Rule of Thumb @unmarketing: If u see yr own PROMO tweet in yr twitter page, don’t promo again until it’s GONE. Mk it abt HELPING #smt09 #
• RT @lizmarshall: On Twitter, use your pic. “I connect with people, I don’t connect with logos.” – @unmarketing #smt09 #
• RT @LizMarshall: No doubt: @unmarketing has ROCKED the house today at #smt09. Definitely must-follow 2 see authentic, relevant mkting #
• RT @leesabarnes: @maryamwebster **sniff sniff** thx 4 kind words |M: Aw Leesa, yr an avatar! What, yr NOT following Leesa? Do It! #smt09 #
• RT @Chutisa: Jet lag more intense rom New york to Europe than from LA. to Europe. Anyone experienced this? | M: IME – geostress increasing #
• RT @connectingwomen: RT @ricksanchezcnn President Obama just signed executive order, U-S will no longer torture |M: About damn time! #
• RT @ellenbritt: RT @BobTheTeacher: How To Give A Great Testimonial For More Traffic http://tinyurl.com/aacuag | Great tips!| #
• RT @pmurrah: @maryamwebster – you’re back on computer! R all trojans gone? | M: Nope, bt hubby gt me up on ancient laptop (slow bt ok) #
• RT @andymatic: Add Your Blog to Facebook – http://tinyurl.com/ajxomd | M: Professor Andy Wibbels! Oh, I am so proud, bro! #
• RT @ShermanHu: ★ In honor of #obama as 44th Pres, 44% disc on http://TutorialU.com tuts, 4 da 1st 44 peeps, code: obama44 (/ends 01/31) #
• RT @leesabarnes: sorry folks, i forgot my line wasn’t on mute and here i am laughing… |M: Leesa, U exude authenticity this wy! #smt09 #
• RT @unmarketing: Stephen Lewis is one of my idols. The definition of authentic giving http://www.stephenlewisfoundation.org/ |M: Gd stuff! #
• Good Eggs Win Good Rep: RT @tacojohns: “We didn’t make @mashable’s “Best Twitter Brands” list, but we’re happy 2have the mny fans we do.” #
• RT @DeniseWakeman: Use http://www.tweetchat.com (room = #smt09) to follow tweetstream 4 Social Media telesummit @unmarketing – he’s COOL! #
• RT @pmurrah: 5 LinkedIn Tips 2 Celebrate our book launch today–http://www.42for24.com – #2 Profile – Clearly spell out reasons to contact u #
• RT @learn_marketing: New video blog: How to Set up a Free Teleconference Call (for Podcasting) http://tinyurl.com/dkgbdf #
• RT @colligan: The tech and what you do with the tech r 2 diff things. Don’t be marked by tech – be marked by who you are. http://ff.im/IfSg #
• Buddies @pmurrah & @CFOStrategist: Book launch today! Get thr 5 LinkedIn Strategy Tips – http://www.42for24.com – congrats Peggy, David & Chris!!! #
• UGH! Somhow tho we hv AVG (full), Norton & Spyware removal s’ware, EVERY COMPUTER IN HOUSE INF. W/ TROJANS. Be awhil b4 I’m back, ppl. :-p #
• U R not xpert if u say U R #2: “The drone level zombies then start to stalk any innocent Twitter user they can find…”http://bit.ly/1xsDza #
• Are you being stalked by the Twitter Undead? Rant worth reading: http://bit.ly/1xsDza #
• RT @RedHotCopy: RT @clay_cotton: Inform your audience that what you are offering that is unique and dwindling: Scarcity confers value. #
• Genius meme “No longer cn u just be a Marketplace Molester, “info-product” pusher or List Pimp” Luv it! Here: http://bit.ly/XCU0 #
• #smt09 in CHARM article http://bit.ly/XCU0 @coachdeb (or, JP) says for “R” 1st: Radiate Desire and in 2nd instance, “Reinforce”. Exp, pls? #
• RT @FatLossQuickie: SocMedia Telesummit rockin! Members lets get in the facebook group |M: Thx 2 @colligan, I no lngr login 2 FB #smt09 #
• RT @CoachDeb: RTing me:I’m Twitaholic! Video: http://snipurl.com/twitaddict #smt09 Moi: Hv blistrs on fingrs, hubby threatn 2 tk laptop awy! #
• Attn Twaddicts! Catch @coachdeb on @andy_bumatai show – replay 4 us Statesiders & foreign nat’ls will be: http://bit.ly/P8oF #smt09 #
• OMG, check out @coachdeb ’s rant on List Pimps http://bit.ly/XCU0 – I SO am going to be passing this on to people! ROTFL! #smt09 #
• RT @leesabarnes: reserved the webcast until 9:15 and was so captivated i forgot to extend it #smt09 | NP Leesa, have done same thng myself! #
• sooutdoors: #smt09 – I unfollowed a guy who tweeted abt 40 a day, but reuters news stuff, his local area news & OCCASIONAL useful2me tweets #
• To avoid “Twitter: Yer Doin’ It Wrong” be relentless provider of tru valu. Good ydstick: 8 infotweets to 1 or 2 ‘my book here’ tweet #smt09 #
• Um. “Twitter Fail”: Many colleagues speak about being on Twitter like spiders on webs just waitng 2 pounce out tidbit 2 market self #smt09 #
• RT @stagingdiva: Facebook appeals 2 most needy clients by its nature. Is it wrth opening u up to their long emails? #smt09 | M: Agreement… #
• RT @CarrieAnderson: RT @CoachDeb “I don’t do long emails anymore” …brava! #smt09 | M: OH YEAH!!! #
• Immense Takeaway @CoachDeb Don’t have to be the only one talking, shut up more, ask questions (coachy!) & salt w/yr keywords #smt09 #
• RT @guykawasaki: 10 Online Learning Tools for Students http://ow.ly/4ZZ #
• #smt09 What was that phone # that @colligan gave this AM for phoning-in tweets?? #
• Just finished speaking w/ @pmurrah and @CFOStrategist on their book launch “42 Rules for 24 Hour Success on LinkedIn” #
• A True Thing: When people behave negatively 2 u, just remember that “that’s their business, not mine. This is not my life. It’s illusion” #
• RT @life_enthusiast: RT @CarlaYoung: Stop worrying about who is or isn’t following u on facebook / twitter and focus on who is engaging w/u. #
• Major ROTFL for those w/cats. Me to Noush-cat: “I was on Tweetdeck & cldn’t let u in until now. Wld you like something from the TreatDeck?” #
• RT @joelcomm: Want to see a VERY cool new Twitter service to manage your followers? http://tweepler.com |M: Just tried, v. cool!! #
• Reading http://bit.ly/v1zm & great mktg quote: “Reading is the new going out” hits: economy, perceived intelligence, social status, wowser! #
• Reheat on last: if they like yr free tchotchke & it has link 2 yr optin, ONLY ppl QUALIFYING THMSELF click – remove spamopts entirely #smt09 #
• RT @SavingGrace: never asked 4 optin.when i write ebook |M: I’m taking awy if they like ebook, they opt-in – gr8 way 2 qualify ppl! #smt09 #
• Takeaways: @dmscott “email capturing can kill viral campaign. You want people to talk abt u, spread ur ideas, tell ur stories” #smt09 #
• The original post-it jaguar controversy post: http://bit.ly/oiPZ #smt09 #
• RT @TweetingTrends: New Twitter Trend : #smt09 http://minurl.org/Qv8 – hey, we’re a trend!!! #
• RT @pgforte: yes! Anthony Stewart Head star on Buffy. | M: OMG, whatta hunk. Saw whole thing in England, then US -GR8 campaign #smt09 #
• RT @KaryD: Takeaways from @dmscott – “genuine,” “play nice,” “sincerity.” Quite simply, this says it ALL. #smt09 #
• Original Post-it note Jaguar: http://bit.ly/5Twm #smt09 #
• Re: Toilet: RT @leesabarnes: go to youtube.com then enter cwstoilet to watch the video @dmscott suggested #smt09 #
• RT @dulcitalove: The concepts shared in just 75 minutes at the Social Media Telesummit is way beyond How to Tweet; much broader #smt09 #
• Contrast the hotel industry’s impersonal sites w/those of the vacation cottage industry who cater 2 buyer persona REALLY WELL #smt09 #
• In #SWOM webinar w/Guy Kawasaki who asks “Can u do good demo”? (get better, Guy!) & also (natch) switch to Mac 4 betr connect 2 projectr #
• RT @learn_marketing: New video blog: Free SEO Tools – SEO Toolbar Project Tutorial http://tinyurl.com/9ry5qk #
• Set up yr blogging through microblogging service – Ping.fm uber service all othrs @ bottom of its page #smt09 #
• http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ #smt09 #
• (that was a happy manic going “whoo yeah!” and in 15 mins, yeah!” pumps fist in air) @colligan #smt09 #
• Wait – isn’t Jaiku going away? Didn’t it get canned? @colligan #smt09 #
• In the Social Media Telesummit with Leesa Barnes & Paul Colligan, Soc Media in 15 mins a Day! #smt09 #
• R U like me, an author? Check the SWOM Wednesday Webinar: “Word of Mouth in Book Publishing,” on 1/28, I’ll be there! http://twurl.nl/7qlu78 #
• Goodnight Twitter, following my bliss by signing off while I still have evening left to spend w/loved ones #
• Just off webinar strait. n2 client mtg, out & into Twitr 2 catch up, hubby calld Me: “Retweet me n 20″ – @unmarketing gotcha beat #Twaddict #
• MY ? Was Gig-ness? RT @ShermanHu: electronic Pulse Smartpen Storage: 1GB NAND ( over 100 hrs ) or 2GB NAND (ovr 200 hour) | M: Hail, yeah! #
• RT @unmarketing: Daily reminder to read other tweets and comment/reply/retweet. Nothing about you. Build, interact, give. #
• On @wendyYbailey closing strategies seminar. Get in here! http://twurl.nl/o0r24g #
• RT @BianaBabinsky: rt @mitziszereto Google orders first layoffs in its history http://ff.im/GxHR | WHOA! #
• RT @guykawasaki: Voice knitting machine transfers vocal melodies to a piece of clothing http://ow.ly/4Hx | M: As Guy would say “HOLY KAW!” #
• RT @NatalieTM: Trying out Tweetdeck. Fancy schmancy! |M: Welcome to the Twitter Upper Tier, Natalie! (ROFL) @shermanhu sez “CommadoTweetin” #
• RT @wendyYbailey: Master Irresistible Close 2Nite at 6:30 ET. I filled my practice w/it. http://twurl.nl/o0r24g |M: Look 4wrd 2 joining U! #
• Lunch: Italian sausage, white bean, kale w/leek & rocambole garlic (hothoused in the kitchen window) soup. Glutenfree foccacia. Mmm…. #
• RT @KarlBarndt: Cool software 4 speeding up Flash vids. Get thru long instructional videos at light speed: http://tinyurl.com/6kdtrs #
• RT @BianaBabinsky: what is one marketing action yr taking 2day 2 move yr biz FORWARD? share with others! | M: Education on Soc Media Mktg! #
• RT @dianecesa: Yoga Blog Post: Sounds of Celebration: Yesterday I joyfully celebrated my birthday and today I wa.. http://tinyurl.com/a4n9td #
• RT @jenlouden: There is greatness in the air today; it feels like many are asking, “What can I do to rise up and be part of this glory?” #
• Ok, back to work. But god, what a nice three hour Happy Meal!!! #inaug09 #
• If you market anything on the internet, though some of it’s not going to be “you”, pay attention to @learn_marketing tweets #
• RT @mashable: MORE Mindblowing Numbers from the Obama Inauguration (updated with fresh stats!) http://tinyurl.com/9z9bgp #
• RT @coachdavender: RT @knealemann Jon Favreau http://tinyurl.com/8n4fgm (Obama’s speech written by 27yr-old at Starbucks!) |M: How American! #
• RT @ellenbritt: 50 Websites you’ll wonder how you lived without! http://bit.ly/12k1k #
• First blog post @ new White House site, not by Obama, but good: http://tinyurl.com/6tdmhy #inaug09 #
• Nice: RT @megfowler: haiku for obama: the sun rises on / a nation rising to stand / hard work? ” yes we can”. #inaug09 #
• OMG! ATTN FAIL: Catfight in Oakland: Black neighbor 2 white: “I hve more right to feel joy @ this inaug than you – yr white” WTF?!! #inaug09 #
• This is the first time we have ever really had a *rockstar* in the White House. Obama=media savvy, handsome, acutely aware of image #inaug09 #
• CBS reports Bernice King daughter of MLK said that African Americans can no longer use old excuses for not achieving, getting ahead #inaug09 #
• RT @learn_marketing: New video blog: Free Premium Social Media WordPress Theme: WicketPixie http://tinyurl.com/8hxj57 #
• I can’t unglue myself from tv – rewatching vows. Feels like America got married to itself, rather than inaugurated prez…. #inaug09 #
• #Inaug09 lunch: Seafood Stew, Pheasant &Duck w/sour chery chutney, molases swt potatoes, apple cinnamon spongecake glace. Abe Lincoln insp. #
• RT @ellenbritt: Doing tax , discovered Marketing Qi officially 6-fig business! U can do it w/action daily M: ELLEN! Congrats!!!! W00T!!!! #
• While realizing grand illusion, emotions afloat so addictive & pleasant, gd study asleep -vs- awake. America, slumbering, wakens. #inaug09 #
• TV commentators saying it’s a bad move for Bush to do farewell press conf. Think he’ll regret it. Hilites failures not successes. #inaug09 #
• RT @guykawasaki: Text of Obama’s speech http://adjix.com/ap8r More on Obama at http://obama.alltop.com/ #inaug09 #
• RT @marcharty: hey Obama is left handed…i knew we had something in common, lol | M: Yet another Southpaw – welcome 2 club, Marc! #
• RT @ culturite: Sam Cooke sang it best in the original: http://bit.ly/d50T (M: RT’ing a link u can listen 2 w/o logging in!) #
• RT @ShermanHu: Discovered Obama’s a southpaw, while signing docs! WOOT! (@ least he’s in “right mind”) #inaug09 | M: KEWL! me leftie 2! #
• RT @andymatic: Nation to Bush “KTHNXBAI. LYLAS. Love ya, mean it!” | M: Oh Andy, you crack me up! #inaug09 #
• and OMG Dr. Phil, how anti-climactic – switchin’ channel! #inaug09 #
• Does anyone else feel ever-so-slightly post orgasmically relaxed and happy? #inaug09 #
• “There are 10 Balls going on, the Obamas are going to them all” – KRON4 Newscaster | M: Oh Michelle, I hope you’re wearing flats! #inaug09 #
• “A salute, a hug, a handshake a couple of kisses and there they go” – KRON4 newscaster #inaug09 #
• RT @ellenbritt: Now that change has come to govt, let’s make change happen in our own circles of influence.: roll up sleeves & get to work! #
• Wakey-wakey eggs & bakey America. Out with the old, in with the new. Chopper loading. Takeoff in 3–2–1… #inaug09 #
• RT @TechCoach: I thought I would see more shots of Oprah during the inauguration #inaug09 Did I miss her? | M: Yeah, I didn’t see her @ all! #
• RT @jensteer: I just had a major out of body moment. Is this really happening? It seems so surreal. | M: Um…yeah. still floating #inaug09 #
• The NEW Whitehouse – Change is already ftp’d, firewalled and in place: http://www.whitehouse.gov/ #inaug09 #
• look at Obama’s grin thru the prayer! #inaug09 #
• “When black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yella can be mello when red man can get ahead man” #inaug09 #
• RT @pamslim: an elder voice is one of the most beautiful sounds in the world. | M: Amen. Teary recalling he was Dr. King contemp. #inaug09 #
• “Help us make choices on the side of love not hate, inclusion not exclusion & as we leave mtntop, help us hold onto fellowship…” #inaug09 #
• “What if the mightiest word is love, beyond marital…love that has no need to provoke grievance…” #inaug09 #
• RT @ShermanHu: RT: @jensteer: “Your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.” #inaug09 #
• OH I AM SO PROUD! I’m proud of Barack Obama, I’m proud man my age is president, I’m proud of Michelle & the kids, I’m proud of USA #inaug09 #
• “….& w/eyes fixed on horizon we carried forth that great gift of freedom and delivered it safely to future generations” #inaug09 #
• “When we were tested, we refused to let this journey end, we did not turn back nor did we falter ….” #inaug09 #
• Obama is one year younger than I am. Oh, I am SO PROUD #inaug09 #
• “What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility, that we have duties to ourselves, nation & world that we seize gladly” #inaug09 #
• RT @andymatic Probably the first time non-believers/atheists have ever been mentioned in an inaugural speech #inaug09 #
• “We can no longer ignore suffering outside our borders…we cannot consume resources without regard to their effect.” #inaug09 #
• “We cannot help but believe the old hatreds will someday pass…and America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace” #inaug09 #
• “We’ll responsibly leave Iraq to it’s people and leave Afghanistan” – Obama speech #inaug09 #
• RT @CatfishMaw: #inaug09 Lord of Dance is bad song… \ M: Song is “Simple Gifts”, a Quaker tune, NOT LOD. Same tune, VERY diff song! #
• The nation cannot prosper long when it only favors the prosperous – Obama speech YES!! #inaug09 #
• ? Not whether our gov’t too big or too strong but whether it works. Those who manage will b held 2 account, in light of day. #inaug09 #
• (totally ignored husband going out door saying “bye honey” Me, 4 mins later: “have a good day honey!… honey? well shoot…) #inaug09 #
• Obama knew the lines better than the Chief Justice. Go Barack! And if button-poppin’ pride has a face, it would be MICHELLE! #inaug09 #
• THE SMILE! #inaug09 #
• RT: egriffith: John Williams score! Obama is a Jedi! (Or is he Harry Potter? Schindler? Superman?) #inaug09 #
• “Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free…” #inaug09 #
• He’s so *regal* looking! #inaug09 #
• RT @TechCoach: Anyone else in tears? #inaug09 | M: Oh yeah. #
• Aretha! Oh it must be super-duper cold. What a hat! #inaug09 #
• RT @mashable: What Type of Apps Would You Most Like to See for Blackberry? ( http://zz.gd/5edd11 ) | Btr web brwser, MP3playr, PandoraClient #
• *whew* spent last five hours w/bookkeeper incl. dinner. Love my bookkeeper but dang, what a session! Nearly have 2008 straightened out. Yay! #
• RT @shaboom: RT @adage: What I Lrned When Facebook Disabled Acct http://tinyurl.com/7oar7d | M: Hey, this hapnd2 me 2. No exp. 2 me eithr #
• RT @shaboom: RT @musecrossing: Today is Tenderness Toward Existence Day. Fitting. (Dunno who decided, but I like the sentiment.) #
• RT @BianaBabinsky: @maryamwebster, didn’t know that you sing – very cool | M: Hey Biana, ja, I do! Can bust into coloratura ocasionaly! #
• btw, that last ( http://bit.ly/Rrxa ) was courtesy of and a tippo of the hat to @JoeDavison. Thanx Joe! #
• In biz? You NEED TO KNOW Erickson’s presupposition handling: Invisible Close Tech! http://bit.ly/Rrxa #
• Hey @tomhoobyar – check this out. (btw Oo! KEWL!) RT @JoeDavison: thanks to @jasonmoffatt for this link http://nlpcopywriting.com/ #
• RT @kimnishida: Wow, @SuzanneEvans offering free, live biz makeover sessions! Check it out & sign up here: http://focusedclarity.com #
• RT @kimnishida: Inspired by this today: http://thekingcenter.org/ #
• RT @ShermanHu: RT @Scobleizer: ?? to the Twitter world: What outcome you want out of Twitter? | M: To help out, make frnds & lrn nu things! #
• RT @Positive_Thinkr: “Let your soul be your pilot, let your soul guide you, it will guide you well.” ~Sting #
• Skyping w/@andymatic who says the “Thesis” WordPress theme r0x http://bit.ly/FPSy So…Thesis, or Revolution http://bit.ly/2pufvV for me? #
• Observations on Equanimity http://is.gd/guUZ #
• I’m with @unmarketing from yesterday – auto-follows…ugh! Actually received one clearly frm autorespondr user “Hi <$firstname$>…” AGGH! #
• RT @KendallCoach: Miracles we want R just waiting 4 us to adjust our mindset, R emotions and our sense of deservability so we can receive! #
• RT @TerriZSoloCEO: @maryamwebster so, why aren’t you singing in a group anymore?? | M: Evaporated, as things do. Nothing in my area #
• #12Keys2Bliss 7. Get up, get out, get Connected. Life doesn’t happen in vacuum, neither will your bliss. Isolation causes rigidity. #
• #12Keys2Bliss 6. Deliberately choose joy of Consciousness. Anything that dulls perception of present adds 2 the illusion u live. Wake up. #
• #12Keys2Bliss 5. U can focus successfully on a max of 3 things @ a time. KNOW wht is Most Important in yr life & focus on that exclusively. #
• #12Keys2Bliss 4. Stay in the Present moment. Resist temptation 2 allow emotions 2 pull u out of yr center. Focus on breathing 2 be hr Now. #
• going to late dinnr w/hubby – all restaurants closed erly as 2morow is MLK day. looking… #
• Sat nxt2 angel invstrs. Appropos on radio: Red Hot Chili Peppers “Californication” #
• At Il Fornaio, Palo Alto. Gd food but beef ragu hd wheat – uncmfy tum! Leek chard soup-mmm! #
• RT @TerriZSoloCEO: @maryamwebster hey there maryam! | M: How do! Terri? Exellent hike today, got to read book 2. Freedom – wow! #
• Gr-r-8 Advice! | RT @TerriZSoloCEO: We must b willng 2 get rid of life we’ve plannd, 2 have the life that’s waiting 4 us. -Joseph Campbell #
• Omg, park hz wifi – big fat sign. No, no. MUST RESIST! Hubby: “resistance futile” 3-2-1, Hike! #
• Ok, outta here! #
• 1more b4 I go: “All of life comes 2 me w/ease, grace & joy & I hv all resources I will ever need 2 solv any prob I’ll evr hav” #10millPeeps #
• Himself aftr procrastinating 2 hrs (women will get this one) “Will you get OFF Twtr for godsake? Let’s GO.” Me: *giggle* “Yes dear” ROTFL! #
• Goombye 4 bit Tweepers, hv fun, love each other, be of great cheer and get some fresh air 2day – no mattr how cold & crispy. Love 2 u… #
• RT @paulgram: @maryamwebster I like it, #10MillPeeps it is! | M: Awesome Paul! Hash it folks! #
• HALLE-FREAKIN’-LUJAH, himself finally finished making/eating gourmet Mexican extravaganza. Redwood hike ahoy – W00000t!!!! #
• RT @paulgram: awesome RTs t2 what u would tweet 10 million people. I should have setup a hashtag! | M: Suggest #10MillPeeps #
• RT @maryamwebster: @coachdavender: Bravo 4 bng willing 2 try smthing tht cld soar or fall. | M: Actualy NO poss. of failur…only happiness! #
• THX D! RT @coachdavender: Bravo 4 being willing to let go of wht works 2try smthing tht cld soar or fall flat. Either way, you grow.Success! #
• RT @MarkNolan: Life = this present moment, this precious day, the opportunity 2make it worthwhile. Best wishes for a wonderful day today. #
• RT @NatalieTM: @maryamwebster Sounds like you really know how to honor yourself! Thanks for sharing. | M: It’s my pleasure, thx Natalie! #
• RT @brightwings: @maryamwebster bon voyage my friend! wishing you awesome moments & deep joy | M: Thanks Nancy! Appreciate U – hugs! #
• (loving reading the backchat from this morning’s & aft. recounting of talks, concerts #inauguration @ Lincoln Memorial) #
• (*sigh*…Now hubby decides he needs to make food for fortification b4 hike. Mah boots are a’tappin…but it does give more time 2 Tweet…) #
• Awesm advice frm Darren Rowse RT frm a gal who shld kno, the JV Queen Herself: @ellenbritt: Get deals w/bigshots: http://tinyurl.com/98l6df #
• RT @ellmcgirt: RT @heathr Pete Seeger looks *joyous.* Ok 60’s hippies. I get it now. Tx for holding some vision. Man it took a while. #
• Oo, great list here: RT @smartstartcoach: For 6 free web-based photo editor tools go here: http://tinyurl.com/7v2jdw #
• M: Peeps, ANY WAY AROUND THIS? | RT @MichaelMillman: @unmarketing ..TweetDeck memory usage. Leave it open& it uses HUGE amounts of RAM #
• In case you didn’t catch it before, I’ve destroyed my business. Fun, profit to follow! (yes) Story: http://short.to/ldx #
• RT @ebenpagan: You are incredible. Utterly unique. Not an accident. Chosen from all eternity. |M: Oo, Eben, me like. From Tutu’s speech? #
• RT @unmarketing: @maryamwebster Sweet, it’s gonna be awesome |M: So Scott….do you Madison? (oblique, Rocky Horror sub-ref lol) #
• RT @InfinityVal: @maryamwebster Admire you taking some time off 2 follow your bliss. All the best | M: Thanks sweetie, appreciate it! #
• Oo, me LIKE: RT @unmarketing: With making a rockstar grp in tweetdeck, me=VIP bouncr that only picks pretty ppl, except I pick pretty minds #
• USEFUL RT @unmarketing: to filter urself out of the DM column in tweetdeck hange it to “username” make the”+” to “-” and type in ur username #
• RT @ebenpagan: Good leaders don’t turn away from problems. They face them head on.| M: Though sometimes walking away is the best answer #
• Hubby now pawing thru laundry 4 clean unders. (rolls eyes) Ladies, if u evr attacked, BITE – they nvr expect that (tv movie, luv Ashley Jud) #
• RT @wendyYbailey: NLP rocks! Irresistible Close, 90 minute webinar on Tues: http://twurl.nl/i4e4a4 | M: As NLP Maven myself, I endorse! #
• RT @LynneKlippel: Blessings on your new journey- will be watching 2 see what u cre8 nxt. Blessings on yr courage & new life | M: Tx Lynne! #
• RT @unmarketing: …but I dance like a monkey on crack. | M: Oh Scott, we simply MUST party. Monkey on crack is my kinda dance prtner! #
• Oh no Gemma, the Carlin quote was in ref. to the airline safety lecture…”put yr seatbk frwrd b4 takeoff” don’t remember album tho, sry! #
• RT @unmarketing: I love…dance. If I’m in ur city & you hook up any of these… | M: Will rok yr sox off, danceflr in SF!! Party @Fillmore? #
• RT @unmarketing: If I went hiking here, i’d make it 5 ft b4 frzng | M: I alwys hate 2 do this but…is 75F here. Hubby ready in 3,2,1… #
• RT @mindgardener: Congratulations on your courage to follow your heart | M: Thanks so much Mindgardener – it’s been very joyful! #
• RT @MiraclesGalore: Maryam, so happy to hear that you are following your bliss! | M: Hey Joanne, thanks! Evry1’s been so supportive! #
• Ack, hubby procrastinating on getting out. Me=Tweeting & yeah @unmarketing, some folks actuly DO log off Twitr! Is calld: Havng A Life #
• That’s it for now folks, I’m off to spend the afternoon hiking in redwoods. Water, thick sox & compass, checkity check. W00t! Cya l8r… #
• Tip for having a life: End of day u prolly still hv lot of gd tweets. Pre-Tweet some of thse 2 free up some time next day: http://is.gd/gkog #
• Celebratng bliss of freedom by turning OFF computer more. New opt. 4 keepng trak: follow my Tweets & Friend me on FB: http://twurl.nl/738oqf #
• If you wake up every morning & uncreate & destroy your biz & relationships, you’ll b open 2 infinite new possibilities + defeat rigidity. #
• And now…*drumroll please*: “How 2 Destroy Yr Biz 4 Fun & Profit” @ http://short.to/ldx What, you thot I’m kidding abt profit? Heck no! #

• RT @jasonmcclain, othewise, video r0x! My soc media marketing clients, please view Jason’s gr8 client acquisition video: http://is.gd/fiRb #
• Tweeple Alrt: XLNT social marketing rainbow from @briansolis & JESS33: http://is.gd/1h7B Click the larger sizes and check comment tags! #
• RT @shermanhu: WOW! Twitter.Grader.com score 100%… Dude, *I* scored 90. Which amazng considring me = noob…me also = gd writr tho’ ;-D #
• Using http://mind42.com w/my bookeeper 2 lay out ‘09 financial projections. Try if u need collaborative m’mapping. Excellent, fast interface #
• RT @shermanhu: RT me: “Back 2 re-mindmapping ‘09 marketng… “(SH: Gr8 4 U MW!!) S, rding yr tweets…great minds think alike I see! #
• RT @shermanhu: Watch “The Mom Song” on YouTube: http://snipurl.com/themomsong – brilliant, funny, oh so real. S – I laughed ’til I cried! #
• Moon-date 2nite: when @ perigee Moon is near the horizon, illusion mks it larger. Get on hill, photo thru trees. 4 best shot: aim @ horizon #
• Biggest Moon of 2009 Tonight!!! Get’cher telephoto lenses out folks & celebrants – bundle up well b4 circle! (thermos o’ hot choc on “stun”) #
• Enjoyed break frm keys after all-nighter w/sistah circle undr moonlite. Back 2 re-mindmapping ‘09 marketing + blog calendars & ‘08 analysis. #
• Welcome & howdy! @ BedrosKeuilian & @motivational – a fine day to you. #
• RT@smartstartcoach Sharing: Transcending – Words on Women and Strength http://tinyurl.com/6kqqhg My exec women clients, u must see this! #
• “The Twitter Happiness score for maryamwebster is 595: Ridiculously Happy” http://happytweets.com Mks sense as i am “everyday Bliss” lady! #
• Not your Mom’s Waldorf: dice celry, red+grn onion, chix, walnut, carot, parsley, cilantro, FRESH red currants, curried yogurt-mayo. OMG-ness #
• RT @shermanhu RT: …key is 2 use tools, not 2 depend on them. This is the same reason 2 learn a martial art – so you don’t HAVE to use it. #
• On my way to an Access chiropractic session with Richard Allen. OMG! Talk about Body Bliss… Mmmm, good! #
• Every1 on Magic bandwagon now! RU w/us? Get YOUR YEAR OF MAGIC: http://bit.ly/4EzSd2 Then, read Oprah’s Magic List http://bit.ly/magiclist #
• 2bzy2tweet2day! Dinner: cream o’heirlom tomato w/garlic, fresh dill & herbs de Provence, brie-cheddar homemade croutons, broccoli, merlot… #

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• For BEST Visibility in left-side Twitter bakgrnd: restrict left colum to MAX 1 5/8″ OR 120px W and 550px or 7 5/8 H – see mine 4 example! #
• New Year’s luck secured: made XLNT pot of Dad’s recipe blackeyed peas, ham & onions w/mom’s recipe pure corn (no wheat!) cornbread. Oh YEAH! #
• Wish U Tweeples a Happy New Year! Join Me Jan 6, free: ETHOS Method 4 Transformation, Healing & Radiant Resolve: http://snipurl.com/9cld3 #
• Kit-kat “The Tosh” making herself a complete silly by sitting in bidet and begging for water 2b turned on. Me: “You’re a cat” Her: “And?” #
• just back from dinner with hubby & lovely truffled asparagus, brussels sprouts & spinach salad…oh & there was some kind of steak, 2… LOL #
• Retweeting must-read pal & Networking/Branding Maven @krishnade: Twine & Twitter, Social Networking Tools For 2009 http://tinyurl.com/975md8 #
• Check TOTALLY COOL & ever-puckish @Shermanhu “Half Hour Huddle” Soc.Netwrkng vids New: hthttp://is.gd/e473 Beautiful “twilight” @sarahu! #
• back from mountains, lovely holiday, relaxing now for the rest of week – woohoo! If u emailed while i was gone, its *buried* – EM again pls! #

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