Happy Birthday, IZEA!
By Laurie | June 29, 2009
Guess what?! It’s IZEA’s third birthday today! I can’t believe how quickly time flies! It seems like yesterday that I was sitting at my desk in our apartment wondering if Ted and the gang were going to pop by on a Postie Patrol mission. Now we have upgraded to a house, and I’ve since gotten a new car too. I would like to think that PPP and IZEA have a lot to do with that. The extra money I was able to earn and save really helped to make our lives better, and I will always be grateful. You can also read more about my love of IZEA here.
In honor of their birthday, how would you like to win a ticket to IZEAFest at SeaWorld October 1-4? That’s a $229 value that includes a free ticket to the park! I am going to make this easy. Simply write a post on your blog about why you want to go to IZEAFest linking back to this entry on my blog and you are entered. If you would like to join my SuperCrew in SocialSpark (and aren’t already a member of another crew), I will give you an extra entry. You can also tweet this message for a third entry:
I want to win a ticket to @IZEAFest at SeaWorld from @laurie_pooh: http://tinyrul.com/freeizeafest
Please leave me a comment on this entry for each thing that you will do. I will select a winner on Monday, July 6. Good Luck!
Check out more about IZEAFest on their website!
Topics: Insiders Super Crew | 5 Comments »
Happy 6th Birthday, Brownie!
By Laurie | June 24, 2009
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Today was Brownie’s birthday. We met Dave for a special lunch at Sonic where he dinned on the meat patty of a Jr. Burger, as seems to have become the annual tradition the past few years. He went up into D’s office and mingled with his co-workers before returning home for a well-deserved nap. It a good life!
Update: I took lots of pictures and plan on uploading them to this post eventually. |
Topics: Furry Friends | 3 Comments »
I *heart* Mashable
By Laurie | June 23, 2009
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I wanted to write a small update to say that I was named a runner-up in the Mashable.com Stories for Good Contest (click the link for my entry) which was a really nice surprise and honor, especially since I learned about the contest at the very last minute. |
I won a copy of The Social Media Bible thanks to Wiley.com, a link on Mashable’s website, and even better yet I am now being followed on Twitter by my “Internet crush,” Pete Cashmore. That is pretty darn cool in my opinion. I think I might need to come up with more interesting tweets from now on though.
You can still donate to their Summer of Social Good fund by clicking on the widget below:
Topics: Daily Ramble | 1 Comment »
Whrrl me to BlogHer and SocialLuxe Lounge
By Laurie | June 23, 2009
I almost don’t want to post this, because I don’t want anyone else to know that you can enter to win a trip to BlogHer and the SocialLuxe Lounge, a super cool swanky party in Chicago! I stayed up all night on Sunday into Monday morning working on my entry, so I figured I would share. I am sure you have read my tweets and other sad posts about missing the opportunity to get a ticket to the conference before it sold out. I am on the wait-list for a ticket, but I am pretty sure there is zero chance of that ever happening. SocialLuxe and Whrrl (my new favorite website!) is my last and only hope.
Topics: Daily Ramble | No Comments »
The Stars Don’t Lie
By Laurie | June 22, 2009
| Remember my post last week about Kimberley Vlaeminck?
I’m sure you will be shocked to hear this, but the Girl with 56 stars tattooed on her face admits she lied. Pretty much nobody with common sense that read or heard about the story believed her, and now the truth has come out. It happened almost exactly as most people had suspected. She “adored” her face full of stars when she left the tattoo parlor, but her father was none-too-pleased with her when she arrived home… so she lied, said she fell asleep, and threatened to sue. The tattoo artist was actually nice enough to offer to cover part of the cost to remove some of the stars since she was unhappy (even though he did NOTHING wrong), but he has since changed his mind. Personally I do not blame him. |
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Topics: Daily Ramble, Entertainment | 2 Comments »
