If This Doesn’t Get You All Misty-Eyed You’re Dead to Me
What I find "mad, mad, mad, I tell you! mad," about Newsweek’s Fineman, ABC’s Tapper Boast A Balanced Diet of Blogs are all the ghastly comments.
"The Noble is one of the best sports cars in the world." - R&T
"To be successful it is essential to do what you love and follow your passion."
By reading the Internet through a newsfeed aggregator, I have become less interested in article context and more excited about article content.
I find that when it comes to dating relationships I have a tendency to be a little willful.
BL Ochman just mentioned the blog I use to help teach my blogging students blogging, Applied Blogging Workshop, on her blog, WhatsNextOnline.com, in the form of tha article, Articles About Blogs and Blogging, "Chris Abraham has published a links to scores of articles about blogging and how to blog on Applied Blogging Workshop."
The following statement is a complete lie, "He destroyed one of the finest cars on Earth, maybe the finest."
At 3:47 PM Glenn Reynolds wrote the following, "HOWARD FINEMAN lists the blogs he reads." Via Instapundit.
Like Howard Mortman, Michael Savage was a guilty pleasure of mine until Mr. Savage left American Right on XM Radio. Luckily, I have just discovered from Extreme Mortman that you can grab the Michael Savage show on WTNT AM 570 from 6PM-10PM. Every night.
If this were an actual emergency, you would have been instructed where to tune in in your area for further news and developments. I repeat, this is only a test.
Counting Hugh Hewitt in his posse, Extreme Mortman continues to take the inside-the-beltway political blogosphere by storm with Howard Mortman’s latest article, Blogs The Famous Media Reads: Howard Fineman.
Its really amusing to see what search terms in 2005 resulted in a link to this blog.
I am bursting to tell you all that it looks like I am getting married soon!
I only make a couple bucks-a-day from all the Google Adsense ads I have on this site. Why do I do it?
Thanks to the powerful comment spam and trackback spam removal tools built into version 3.2 of Movable Type Personal Unlimited I have been able to safely remove "comment moderation" from this blog. So far, so good.
Although I am only a quarter of the way into Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, I am duly impressed.
It has almost been a year since I wrote Don’t Save the Whales.
If you love and honor God and think finding a mate in a world that has the three-date rule is impossible, try eHarmony.
ecto is in fact very underwhelming and buggy but if you need an inexpensive Windows or Mac client software for your blogging pleasure then give it a go. It offers a trial so you can try it out.
This is an attempt at using ecto. I am not sure if it is full-featured enough. Pretty bare-bones.
We all neet to encourage Tiya to keep on truckin’ with her new blog, Splash Maven.
Industries worth hundreds of millions of dollars are getting their butt kicked by this simple blog because Google favors blogs in an obvious and shameless way.
Jeff Dufour of The Hill reads some pretty interesting blogs, according to Extreme Mortman.
WordPress 2.0.1 and Movable Type 3.2 are must-haves to combat comment spam and trackback spam! Do it today!
It’s was snap to upgrade from Movable Type 3.15 to Movable Type 3.2!
According to the National Post and Rutgers University, "Research indicates that better [male] dancers attract both more mates and more desirable mates."
To the folks who read my blog, especially those of you who take the time to comment, I am sorry that some of them disappeared. They were hidden under an avalanche of comment spam.
I love being described as "an expert on corporate blogging and building on-line communities, and a very interesting human" for once without it being me saying it. Via What About Clients?™
If you are now on Zoloft because the Writer’s Center and the Arlington Arts Center cancelled Blog of Your Own, A: How to Write Your World at noon on February 28th then be blue no more*.
My first blogging workshop for the Writer’s Center and Arlington Arts Center went off smashingly and the students and I got along swimmingly but it wasn’t perfect. Luckily, it turns out to benefit the class and me. Mas tiempo para nosotros.
Ten future bloggers are going to be learning to blog in my noontime Starting a Blog workshop. Thanks to the Writer’s Center (and David Gelles) for the opportunity.
Although I have to admit readily that XM Pops keeps the pop in classical music but who cares? I am preparing my introduction to blogging class tomorrow and this sweet music tames the savage beast
I decided that my blog articles need a little more je ne sais quoi and that requires writing more of myself into its "pages." Taking Writing the Personal Essay with Natalie Wexler every Saturday from 1:30-4 for the next four Satudays is what I feel I need.
Revision of Godspeed is Between 2.9 and 8 Knots for my personal essay class at the Writer’s Center.
I admire Lori Gottlieb because she can write boldly and honestly. Start with The Penis Diaries. Then, move on to Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self. She is brilliant.
Back in the day when I was a high school writing teacher and member of TMN, I started a collaborative writing project called Item 8. I was 27.
Divorce makes me so sad but the idea of post-divorce dating makes me suicidal.
Irreverent: showing lack of due respect or veneration; "irreverent scholars mocking sacred things"; "noisy irreverent tourists," impertinent: characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner," and godless: not revering god
I believe that creative, unique, and numerous blog categories are an effective method for gaming the blogosphere. More is better.
Although its called The Seamstress Sutra, by Marie Cheng, on Trash Can Sutra, I think its all about the "perfect jeans."
Go ahead, I dare you to search for butt jeans on Google.
In January 2006, almost 75% of my repeat visitors read this blog via some sort of syndicated feed.
"Sailing takes time, and it takes its own time which has nothing to do with either my desire or the requirements of society. The moment one becomes willful enough to disrespect the nature of the sea is the day something breaks." From Godspeed is Between 2.9 and 8 Knots
Congrats to our friend Steve Rubel for getting a cool big bucks PR job as Senior Vice President. Via AdAge
According to Sifry’s new State of the Blogosphere Part Two, Technorati has a new offering called Technorati Explore.
Now, when you search for keywords, tags, mentions, or phrases searches on Technorati, your returns can be filtered according to the authority of the mentions. The higher the authority, the fewer returns.
Thanks to Corrie I only missed David Sifry’s State of the Blogosphere Part Two by only a day.
Thanks to Corrie I now know I am Moya from Farscape. I love Farscape.
"The purpose of the Relationship Essentials phase [on Chemistry.com] is to immedidately provide basic information about your relationship values."
"Once you have expressed interest in someone who has expressed interest in you, Chemistry.com puts that person in the Active Matches bin."
Thanks to Celina, we have all of these random Valentine’s Day facts care of the History Channel.
We can’t all be David Gelles but even us regular Joes need to look better. Via A Bad Man in a Bad Place
All of my lovers and girlfriends have been the result of a simple face-to-face meeting.
I know we all have friends who have stories about how they found their sweet baboo on an online dating sites but what about the stories of the failures? Bob Sullivan thinks so too. He wrote The Demise of Online Dating? Maybe.
When it comes to growing my business relationships, LinkedIn is very useful to me. Come check out the new public web profiles
Via One Minute News by Dina Kaplan.
Welcome to Howard Mortman and his blog Extreme Mortman as the newest member of my RSS feed and my blogroll. Check out Extreme Valentines.
I hope you were still too busy to check out my inaugural podcast so feel free to listen now to the podcast. If you like it, feel free to subscribe via iTunes!
If you would like to attend my one-day blogging workshop, Starting a Blog, for free please tell me why in the comments section. Two lucky winners get to attend for free!
Although I have raved about Grey’s Anatomy before, I have to say that the ensemble cast, including Christina Ricci, outdid themselves. The second part of the Code Black episode last night was the best yet.
Please feel free to subscribe to my podcast using iTunes and get it right on your iPod. Too heavy on the Bolero — needs more cow bell.
Please feel free to listen to my inaugural podcast called A Fortnight with Chris Abraham.
The plaintext nature of SMS text messaging is the one thing that makes TextPayMe disconcerting. Via Wired
I was thinking about my car and the cars I have had and they have been accurate representations of who I am, not who I want to become as I had thought.
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Don’t forget to sign up for my upcoming one-day blogging workshops.
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"When I was 14, I wished on a shooting star that I would find the man of my dreams. I met him. He sucks. I want somebody else," said Katie.
Dating and Love Quote of the Day
"When I was 14, I wished on a shooting star that I would find the man of my dreams. I met him. He sucks. I want somebody else," said Katie.
Bowl Ads Bring Blog Buzz, but Ultimately Fizzle
NMS surveyed over 27 million blogs, website, message boards and online communities, including over a hundred of the most influential marketing and advertising sites live-blogging the event. NMS found that while the ads generated record levels of conversation, consumers generally regarded them as ‘a snooze fest,’ and several reviewers live-blogging the ads actually gave up mid-game ‘out of boredom.’, via NMS & Market Wire.
This morning, in the office, I overheard a conversation about real estate that went like this, "I am tired of my condo but I can’t afford anthing else until I find a sugar daddy."
Apartment Keepers Keep My Apartment
I discovered Apartment Keepers, my cleaning service, on Craigslist over a year ago and have been sane ever since.
The Game was Better Than the Ads During Superbowl 40
The people who are in the know, such as Pete Snyder and his gang from New Media Strategies, fancy the Superbowl ads this year — Superbowl XL — to be playing it safe and going for the gags. Via New Media Sphere, WSJ, Reuters.
All the Dead Sexy Go Daddy Superbowl Ads
I love Steamy Car Wash but who wouldn’t?
Signing Up For Chemistry.com from a Woman’s Perspective
"Sign-up takes about 30 minutes, and yields a profile similar to a Myers-Briggs characterization."
Chemistry.com Through a Woman’s Eyes
"I joined chemstry.com as a preliminary member (aka, non-paying) after reading about it on www.chrisabraham.com."
A gentle reader asks, "Why don’t guys ever like me? I’m not thats ugly. People say I’m not fat, I’m not ugly…. then why don’t guys ask me out?" Any advice for her? She needs our help.
Regex Reminder to Myself for a Common Grep Task
If you need to grep from a search string to the end of line, you can do that with ".*$"
Only in DC is a 120 IQ Not Impressive At All
Washingtonians don’t consider an IQ of 120 worth bragging about.
WSJ Coverage of What About Clients Blawg by Dan Hull and Hull & McGuire
My buddy Dan Hull got some brilliant coverage over at the WSJ.
Dan writes a law blog (or blawg) called What About Clients and the coverage is in response to a help-wanted ad Dan posted, Wanted: Natural Born Marketer From Hope, Arkansas.
Cindy Sheehan Should Have Been Ejected
For strict reasons of protocol and respect, Cindy Sheehan should never have been let into the State of the Union wearing a hoodie and a t-shirt.
Is it eHarmony or eDissonance?
For shits and giggles I dropped the $50 for a month just to see what all the hubbub’s about.
When your friend has a cool bio, you tend to want to brag. Prestige by association sort of thing.
People online are spreading rumors about me.
State of Chris Abraham - Because the Medium is the Message Blog
A Manual Typewriter is More Fetish than Functional
"Is there still romance in typewriters," asks the Washington Post? I worship my Hermes 3000 but she is more objet d’art than writer’s tool for me anymore.
State of the Blogosphere on State of the Union
Surveying the most influential liberal and conservative political blogs and communities, NMS research uncovered the following surprising results, culled from the blogosphere. Via New Media Sense and Market Wire.
One of the questions on eHarmony is 8. Other than your appearance, what is the first thing that people notice about you?
Brangelina Buys a Home in Washington DC
The ever classy and reputable Angeline Jolie and her boyfriend Brad Pitt and their illegitimate child Brangelina Jolie-Pitt are moving to Washington according to DomePunks and Wonkette.
President Bush on Face the Nation Sunday
After watching President Bush on TV last Sunday morning, I can see why everyone that knows him on a personal level really likes him.
Since married is the new separated, separated is the new divorced, and divorced is the new single, that married guy is pretty much available anyway based on simple associative logic.
"Well he is married but his wife doesn’t get him like I do. I really inderstand him. We have a real connection, the kind of connection I can’t find in anyone else."
Don’t worry divorced Washington men, its all right.
Single Washington women in their thirties are dating men whose marriages aren’t even cold yet. These thirty-somethings are dating in the separation zone.
After just an evening and a morning, the Ford Taurus feels dangerous to me.
Steve McQueen Lyrics by Sheryl Crow
When I told Mark how I am embracing my inner Steve McQueen, he sent me the lyrics to the Sheryl Crow song Steve McQueen.
There Will Always be Someone Smarter, More Popular, and More Beautiful
There will always be someone who is smarter, more popular, richer, and more beautiful than you are. Ain’t that the truth.
A Blog of Your Own, A: How to Write Your World
If you are already a blogger and want to take it to the nest level then I have a one-day course for you, Blog of Your Own, A: How to Write Your World. Come on and join me on February 28th.
How to Blog Blogging Class Coming up in Washington
I am conducting an introductory class on blogging called Starting a Blog for The Writer’s Center on February 21st and would like you to attend.
Giving my new Wi-Fi Palm t|x a go. On my way to some serious moblogging.
Why I Am Not A Painter by Frank O’Hara
"Why I Am Not A Painter" from Why I Am Not a Painter and Other Poems by Frank O’Hara
"Oatmeal" by Galway Kinnell from A New Selected Poems
The Ferrari 599 GTB Proves God is Italian
I heard the gang at the Jack Diamond Morning Show on 107.3FM this morning promoting Chemistry.com so I thought I would take a look. Use code: MIX.
Oprah Winfrey - The Queen Has No Clothes
I know how Oprah Winfrey feels. She feels naked, exposed, and duped. She feels the fool. And she blames James Frey and his supposed memoir, A Million Little Pieces. Forgive me, but Oprah is no naïf. The indignance is on behalf of her earnest, artless and naïve audience.
Does Oprah Profit from James Frey’s Success?
James Frey is now a household name because of A Million Little Pieces thanks to Oprah Winfrey, mostly due to this afternoon’s dressing down.
Oprah’s Dressing Down is the Best Thing Ever for Selling James Frey Books
Although James Frey has already sold a billion copies of A Million Little Pieces thanks to Oprah, after today’s interview, James Frey will sell a trillion more of both A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard. Everybody in the office wants to read it now, even me.
Support an Olympic Team for the District of Columbia
"Please Support the efforts of the DC Olympic Committee to field Olympic teams for the District of Columbia (DC)."
James Frey is Gonna Get a Whooping from Oprah at 4 Today
A Million Little Pieces by James Frey is fiction dressed as a memoir. Oprah doesn’t like being duped. To quote Corrie, "I would NEVER, EVER want to be on Oprah’s bad sad."
The Washington DC Winter Olympic Curling Team
"As you may know, the District of Columbia is not part of the 50 states that make up the United States."
After watching one episode of Farscape, I was hooked. And I don’t like space opera dramas, either. Especially ones with freaky aliens. Farscape rocks.
Don’t be a hater, he’s Hooked on a Feeling.
My Renewed Love Affair With Friendster
I had assumed that Friendster had withered and died but apparently its still going strong enough to thoroughly amuse me.
Sighting of Chris Abraham at Harvard Yard
My First Trademark Registration
I Need a New Host for this Blog
Please email me with recommendations for a new hosting company. Mine sucks.
Using GWU’s Course Audit Program to Prepare for the GMAT
I am setting my sights on getting an MBA. I have the raw material and experience but need to do lots of remediation.
