Brave New World…
Think about connections, connectedness, being linked together, synchronicity, serendipity, community, oneness.
Liz Strauss asked. I thought about it. Amy Derby asked again. I thought about it.
“Connected” used to be a metaphysical thing to me (which I agreed with, in my zen-like way). Now it’s so real. Email anyone, anywhere, anytime!
Sometimes, more connected than I want to be. Sometimes businesslike, sometimes personal, sometimes, even raw. Yes. We are all connected, and I try to keep my emails as full of my personality as if I were there to shake your hand or touch your shoulder before speaking.
For me, it starts with the subject line.
In 25 Words:
Email subject like a bow on a present
My feelings summed up in keystrokes, commanding you:
Smile! Laugh! Miss me?
Open with a grin, dear.
Are you connected, too? Find your own way to say it in exactly 25 words, then visit the 25 Words That Connect Us Project to join in!
Grow and be well,
Kelly Erickson
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6 October 2008, 10:12 am
In 25 words:
I respond to my comments;
you are invited into my blog like I would invite you into my house.
I do not ignore my guests.
Urban Panther’s last blog post…Finally, the Panther talks about manjigglies!
6 October 2008, 1:07 pm
Kelly, I still love it.
Panther, dear, I just came from your manjigglies post and am still laughing.
6 October 2008, 2:34 pm
Panther,
Uh, oh, with links like that in CommentLuv, who’ll stop here to read? Not even me!
I like your 25 Words. The fact that it’s your virtual house is something we should all remember a little more often. Thanks!
Amy,
Thank you again. Sometimes midnight inspiration’s all right, and sometimes it expires at 12:01 am. Y’never know.
Regards,
Kelly
6 October 2008, 4:57 pm
Kelly
I thought you didn’t do Memes!!
6 October 2008, 6:59 pm
Smiling here….hm…will have to come up with something… very clever subject lines up there…LOL
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6 October 2008, 9:41 pm
Dear Friar,
If I can get your knee involved I’ll do a meme. That’s my new rule.
Janice,
And a wink to you.
Until later,
Kelly
6 October 2008, 9:56 pm
Hmmm…
Howcum your Comment Luv didn’t register my latest post?
Oh well. No big deal.
Just wondering, that’s all.
Friar’s last blog post…The Happy-Mealer
6 October 2008, 9:56 pm
Oh, NOW it does!!!
(??).
Friar’s last blog post…The Happy-Mealer
6 October 2008, 10:32 pm
Friar,
That’s CommentLuv voodoo. Whenever I recomment to see if something’s wrong, it works fine, wherever I am. Most annoying.
Great, funny post today, by the way. Glad CommentLuv is picking it up now.
Later,
Kelly
8 October 2008, 2:41 am
Kelly not do memes?
*dies laughing*
*rises*
But seriously, I’ve gotta say your screenshot of your inbox is way cooler than the 25 word thing. I’ve been thinking about how friggen awesome that is all day — especially the part of the day when I couldn’t retrieve my own inbox and I was way jealous… but I digress.
You should start a “screenshot your inbox” meme.
*poke poke*
Amy Derby’s last blog post…Life gives us what we need when we need it. Receiving what it gives us is a whole other thing.
8 October 2008, 7:02 am
Amy,
And I didn’t even put links to the other memes I’ve done (with equal reluctance) this time.
Nah, I can’t start one. Ouch! I have another meme to do tomorrow. I’m a sucker for memes that don’t mention they’re memes.
Still trying to work Friar’s knee into it…
Later,
Kelly
8 October 2008, 7:03 am
Ooh, cool new banner at WFH. I can’t keep up with all your tweaking. Very funny.
8 October 2008, 10:32 am
Oh good. Another meme. I was afraid I would soon be going through withdrawal. I was getting tagged for three a week for a while and now nothing. LOL
Ooh, and thank you. Insomnia friggen sucks.
Amy Derby’s last blog post…Hump Day Reading for the Restless Soul
8 October 2008, 10:34 am
P.S., Friar, it seems the new version of commentluv sucks. Just one more reason to never upgrade anything. New-and-improved usually ain’t good.
Amy Derby’s last blog post…Hump Day Reading for the Restless Soul
8 October 2008, 1:38 pm
Amy,
Shh! I love CommentLuv! No jinxing!
The recent queen of tweaking sez new-and-improved ain’t good. LOL.
Later,
kelly
8 October 2008, 1:40 pm
Heh. Touche.
Seriously though, it seems like every blog I visit that’s using the new version the feeds don’t get picked up half the time. I never had that happen before. I wonder what they did differently to make that happen?
Ok, shh-ing now.
Amy Derby’s last blog post…Hump Day Reading for the Restless Soul
8 October 2008, 1:59 pm
Amy,
This topic has been running through the comments here for a couple of weeks now. It starts here, if you want to catch up on the problems and the author, Andy Bailey’s take on it.
I had much worse problems with CommentLuv at other places before I upgraded and registered this site. Now the only place I personally have issues is at MWP, and I think most folks are getting proper credit here more often, too. Upgrading and registering your own site helps Andy to do some technical pingy-thingy faster when you’re commenting elsewhere as well as helping on your own blog, so it’s a good thing all around. Other than that, it seems that CommentLuv’s popularity is beginning to outstrip his servers, and we who love the Luv have to have a bit of patience during his growing pains.
We should all have such great problems. He’s becoming famous, and he’s a nice guy to boot. I’m happy for him.
Later,
Kelly
8 October 2008, 2:08 pm
Overload… That makes sense. I’m still kinda glad I stuck with the old version, as I haven’t seen a single case of feeds not showing up yet. Maybe I’ve just been lukcy. Who knows.
Least someone nice is getting famous for once.
Amy Derby’s last blog post…Hump Day Reading for the Restless Soul