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That’s it… I am having a joke contest… on that post where we are tring to set the record for the most comments ever on a blog post…

Posted on February 24, 2014 by pouringmyartout

There are just too many depressing posts today… poverty, abuse, depression, lost love, broken hearts… there is only one way to counteract this tidal wave of negativity. A joke contest. There will be two categories: 1. Best joke… 2. Worst … Continue reading →

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I am starting a revolution… sort of…

Posted on February 18, 2014 by pouringmyartout

But this is a revolution that takes us back to the way things used to be… so I am calling it: Retrolution!!! For years, those of us that were born in the 60’s and came of age in the 70’s … Continue reading →

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We did it… 15,000 comments on one post…

Posted on February 4, 2014 by pouringmyartout

It never went viral. It wasn’t about a subject that made people mad and generated comments that way. I just asked my friends and random strangers to come and hang around and have some fun. And we did it. I … Continue reading →

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So, we contacted WordPress to tell them about this attempt of ours to break the all-time record for most comments on one post, and this is the reply they sent back to us…

Posted on January 29, 2014 by pouringmyartout

Okay, that isn’t the actual reply, this is the actual reply: ———————————————————- —‘The blogger can follow the instructions in my previous reply to get Freshly Pressed. Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions.’— ———————————————————— Which feels … Continue reading →

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Uh, it is sort of hard to break the record for the most comments on one WordPress post until WordPress tells us what the record is, so until that happens, I am just going to keep going with this crazy idea of mine…

Posted on January 27, 2014 by pouringmyartout

I might be leading you all into disaster… Like all of my plans, this one was not really thought through very well. I just thought it would be fun to see if we could break the record for the most … Continue reading →

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Adding to my collection of famous people who Tweeted me back…

Posted on December 9, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I got a ‘Hi’ from Megan Amram. She writes for a little TV show called Parks and Recreation. Maybe you heard of it. My older daughter introduced me to her Twitter feed, and she does some funny Tweets. Oh, and … Continue reading →

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A literary interview with a young reader…

Posted on December 2, 2013 by pouringmyartout

Me: Hey, Willie, whatcha got there? Willie: Just the most awesome book ever. And guess what! It was written by a good friend of mine. Me: Well it does my heart good to see a young person who likes to … Continue reading →

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Okay… I’m back…

Posted on November 27, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I know… you didn’t know I was gone. I am not supposed to tell you when I am gone. But I am back now, so there you go. We went to visit my oldest daughter in Arizona. You may remember the … Continue reading →

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How to stalk famous people on Twitter…

Posted on November 21, 2013 by pouringmyartout

I only joined Twitter to stalk celebrities and get them to Tweet me so my older daughter would think I’m cool… is that irony?… Now that I have managed to sucker… uh… lure… so many famous people into my collection, … Continue reading →

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Holy moley… I really am an author…

Posted on November 21, 2013 by pouringmyartout

It is just now hitting me for the first time. I really am an author. Oh, I know I haven’t made much money. But there are copies of my books floating around out there. Some of them in countries far … Continue reading →

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