Aaron and I were just talking about this. It deserves a reprisal. It’s the funniest thing EVER!
The boy drives 3+ hours round-trip from Nashville to see me almost every single week. I’ve had the idea for this gift for a while, but I only just acted on it yesterday. I did a little research and found this, which is a nearly-perfect example of the gift I hoped to give. I’m starting with the 15-day freebie, then if it all goes to plan, I’ll sign up for real. This guy seems to like it. I wish someone would work out that the real improvement over all of this would be the ability to download these things online as MP3s, although then I would hope for more than 2 at a time. That’s probably a violation of something or another, and they’d probably make you buy the things then. Maybe MP3s that stopped working after a certain period of time? There are a few MP3s on the site, but they are no better than the ones you can get here. Anyway, the boy has now filled his "bookshelf," and the first two are on the way.
I completely agree with this woman about how best to write killer blog posts. Especially the part about white space and keeping the posts short. I know there are days when one must ramble, but don’t expect anyone but your closest friends to read those long posts. Even your closest friends won’t read those if they are having a busy day. I’m just saying.
Another thought I’d like to add is that it’s important not to blog too often. More than 2-3 blog posts on a single blog in a day, and I shift into super-skim mode. Give your posts a little time to sink in before you start adding more.
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Ice cream adventure update: Tonight Aaron and I made Baci Ice Cream (as in chocolate hazelnut ice cream), and it wasn’t nearly as good as the Cheesecake Ice Cream of last weekend. A whole bottle of Nutella and a candy bar and a half of 70% cocoa chocolate, and it just wasn’t that good. Go figure!
From KnoxNews:
‘Hustle & Flow’ snatched up for $16 million
By JOHN BEIFUSS, Scripps Howard News Service
January 29, 2005PARK CITY, Utah – Craig Brewer’s "Hustle & Flow," the low-budget independent movie shot last summer on the inner-city streets of Memphis, was snapped up this month in a Sundance Film Festival-record deal worth $16 million.
"This is historic, not just for Memphis but for independent filmmaking," said Brewer, the 33-year-old writer-director…
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Apparently Smoking Mickeys are very punk rock. I know one of them. Does that make me punk rock by proxy?
