The H-Town Bloggers are getting together tonight at Star Pizza! It’s been years since I’ve been there – so I can’t wait! Want to come and join us?
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Author: Christine
Christine is an Avenger of Sexiness. Her Superpower is helping Hot Mamas grow their Confidence by rediscovering their Beauty. She lives in the Heights in Houston, Texas, works as a boudoir photographer, and writes about running a Business of Awesome. In her spare time, she loves to knit, especially when she travels. She & her husband Mike have a food blog at Spoon & Knife.
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The Results are In…
The moment we have all been waiting for … the results for today’s vote are finally in at Big Blogger All-Star! Rusty … 31 votes. Christine … 19 votes. Serra? 91 votes. It should be noted that the last vote only had 98 votes total – so at 141 votes, I think we had an effect on the game. WHOO HOO!!!
I would like to take a moment to thank all of the following people for their support yesterday & today. Visit them, they are all wonderful: Donna, Robyn, Jennifer, Kristine, Promo, Kymberlie, Christine, Statia, Ginadapooh, Ciscley (especially for her posts on the message board and in her blog too!), Ste, Dreamwolf, Amy, Wendell, Shelli (thanks for the cool graphic!), Mike (who said the 19 people that voted for me suck), Katie, Gina, the original pink Christine, Geri (who blogged about it for me too!), Charity, pero, Stacey, Lisa, Ed K. for his “Save Christine” campaign, Rusty for his “plea” post, and last but not least, Rannie and Shel, my Blogwhore Masters who taught me everything I know about TRULY being a blogwhore. Thank you. All of you.
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Well, Ahoy There!
Not only have I now learned the origin of “ahoy”, I have also learned this interesting little tidbit about the way we answer the phone:
“Alexander Graham Bell suggested “ahoy!” as the standard telephone greeting, but it didn’t catch on–for obvious reasons, you may think. Don’t be so sure. Brooklyn College professor Allen Koenigsberg, author of The Patent History of the Phonograph, argues that the word that did catch on, “hello,” was previously unknown and may have been invented by the man who proposed it, Thomas Edison.”
Well now, isn’t that interesting! [via Erik who is not only hip, he’s smart too!]
I would like to take a moment to wish Brian Kane a very happy birthday! I would spank him, but the wife might not be too happy about that. Instead I’ll just quietly hum “Happy Birthday to You” in his honor. I don’t have to pay royalty fees* if I just hum it to myself, do I? (Trust me, you don’t want me to sing it. No, really – you don’t.)
On a separate note, you have until 6pm PST (9pm EST/8pm CST) to vote for SERRA at the Yahoo Big Blogger Group. Go to the polls section and vote in the top poll. I have to say, your support has been overwhelming and I sincerely thank all of you that have taken the time to vote. A special thank you to Ed K. for his passionate “Save Christine Campaign” (I posted it in the “more” section if you want to read it) and to Shelli for the special Big Pink Cookie button she made for me (it’s in her sidebar on the right.) More thanks to come later – but trust me, I am grateful!
* The copyright doesn’t run out until 2021.
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300 Exposures…
Rannie the Photojunkie has come up with another fantastic photography related project called 300 Exposures. He is looking for 30 people to sign up and each submit 10 photos. He will then set up a Gallery of the submitted photos for each day. I think it’s a fantastic idea, so I signed up. Have you? Head on over to Photojunkie!