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Friday, June 13, 2003 ( 12:24 PM ) Melody Hoop Dreams The people who own our office building have installed a basketball goal at the back of our parking lot. Belinda is in heaven. I don't remember if I ever filled you in on the outcome of our basketball goal saga (scroll to the bottom). We got the darn thing up, and then the base ended up having a leak. The next week, Indiana got hit with major windstorms, and it ended up falling over in the yard. We were so depressed that we just left it there for a few days. Finally we just decided to take it apart and cart it back to Toys 'R Us, who re-funded our money no questions asked. Now that there's a goal at work AND at the gym, there's really no reason for us to have one at home. Belinda and I went out and shot hoops at lunch. It makes me a little bit uncomfortable because I'm not very good, and from my floor, me and all of my fellow acquisitions editors and my publisher have a fantastic view of the hoop. They can't fire me based on limited athletic ability, can they? # Thursday, June 12, 2003 ( 10:34 AM ) Melody This message brought to you by the letter S Belinda and I have recently discovered one of the world's most perfect foods-- Soy Crisps. Seriously. If you have a Trader Joe's in your town, go right now. They are 120 calories per 18 crisps with only 2g of fat and NO saturated fat. They're low carb and have 8g of protein, 6.5 of those from soy! They smell and taste like real chips, not tofu. They come in White Cheddar or BBQ. I recommend the BBQ. They're better than most of the fat-filled chips on the market, and they don't leave you feeling greasy or guilty afterwards. I LOVE them. Now if I could just find a believable soy/fat-free low calorie substitute for pizza. # Tuesday, June 10, 2003 ( 10:05 AM ) Melody Death and Destruction on West 67th Because of me and my lead foot, an innocent squirrel met an untimely end this morning. I can't help but wonder if he had a partner somewhere-- someone who's still waiting for him to return with breakfast. I'm incapable of recovering gracefully from an animal hit. I don't really believe in the inherrent goodness of humankind, but I do believe in it for animals. I'm no vegetarian. I like a T-bone as much as the next girl, but give it a face, and I just break down. Of course, this is the one morning in one hundred that I decide to wear eye make-up. Once I hit a cat on the way to work. I saw it briefly before impact but wasn't able to brake fast enough. It looked like it was having such a good morning-- just on its way to check out the antiques store on the corner, you know. Then, crunch. I stopped to look behind me and make sure it was dead. Belinda laughs, but I think it's my responsibility to make sure an animal is out of its misery if I run it over. I'll go back and run it over again if I have to. It was flattened. I sat in the car and cried for 20 minutes. # Monday, June 09, 2003 ( 1:59 PM ) Melody Seeking Feedback About Blogging Books Hoping that other bloggers will respond, I'm going to talk about something that perhaps I shouldn't. I've been wanting for some time now to publish a book about blogging in the For Dummies series, but I've been told that blogging is so simple no one needs a book about it. Do you think this is true? Other blogging books on the market are kind of sucking wind, and if the answer to why isn't that it's too simple, then I don't know why they're not selling. Do you? If you were going to write a book on blogging, what audience would you target? If you were going to buy a book on blogging, what would you expect it to cover? What about blogging isn't completely intuitive? I appreciate all responses. # |
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