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Re: Way to keep it real…

Karen (aka MrsB) — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:50:06 -0000

Awwwww... Christine! ((hugs)) I'm sure there are many people like me who read your blog via rss. Doesn't mean we don't luv ya!

Re: I Swing Both Ways

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 07:45:14 -0000

Yippee!! Kaye Delacroix is looking forward to more SL concerts!

Re: Another Definition

Karen (aka MrsB) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:12:12 -0000

Yah... what Jen said ;-) Add to it, (happily) spending all of SL clothing budget filling tip jars instead (heck, with a body like Kaye's who needs clothes anyway?!)

Kaye Delacroix

twitter.com/mrsb

Re: Don’t Take It Personally

Karen (aka MrsB) — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:07:22 -0000

No worries... not taken personally :-) Just a bunch of Twitter kids playing BRME (Bum Rush Matthew Ebel) today after realizing that we're making comments and answering to someone who never receives them, looking like fools, and feeling silly :-)

Looking forward to the show tonight in SL :-)

Re: Fun with electronics

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 10:46:04 -0000

Boys with their toys :-) Have a great tour and look forward to seeing you up in NE sometime.

Re: Pre-Tour Excitement

Karen (aka MrsB) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:15:51 -0000

Have a GREAT tour!!

Re: Oh Yeah, Photos

Karen (aka MrsB) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:59:17 -0000

Not sure if anyone told you about Sweet Caroline but it's known as the Red Sox Anthem around here and they play it at every game. Of course, it's a sing-along in Fenway... heck...everywhere around here. so good, so good, so good....

Glad to hear that you're enjoying your time here. Weather permitting, I'll be taking the ferry with a friend this Friday, 7/13 to come to your show :-)

Re: Down Periscope

Karen (aka MrsB) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:20:24 -0000

Sounds great to me :-). Can't wait!

Re: Easing Up On The Faucet

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:29:09 -0000

Great tips! Now if I can only get my teenage son to take less than a 1/2 hour shower I'll be in business. For more tips on making your life more green, you may want to check out Dori and Val's podcast More Hip Than Hippie at http://morehipthanhippie.com I've been listening to them for years and although I'm not sure how they feel about Beer and Coffee, I know they're really into Beer and Chocolate ;-)

Re: I have awesome fans.

Karen (aka MrsB) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:56:31 -0000

Keep on producing awesome music and giving us our Matthew Ebel fix online and you can be sure that we'll keep buying and supporting you! No doubt about it! :-)

Re: OK, This Time They’re REALLY On Their Way

Karen (aka MrsB) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:34:16 -0000

YAH.... what Ed said ;-)

Re: My First Red Sox Game

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:08:55 -0000

Guess you're a full fledged New Englander now. :-) Go Sox!!

btw... Did you feel like mooing leaving Fenway?? hehe

Re: Meet My New Nephew

Karen (aka MrsB) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:34:47 -0000

Congrats to all!

Re: The family that plays air guitar together…?

Karen (aka MrsB) — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:52:02 -0000

This is so true! My 15 year old son's ultimate favorite song these days is House of the Rising Son and he's also hot and heavy into the British Invasion. He's been raiding my cd collection and burning them all into iTunes this past week. Now, if he had a way to import all that vinyl that I have he'd really be in heaven!

Re: How Now Brown Cow?

Karen (aka MrsB) — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:17:34 -0000

Glad you enjoyed the quiz too :-) I most definitely said everything out loud but with such a strong RI accent, I'm not surprised that I scored the way I did. I'm just impressed that the quiz makers really know their stuff. :-)

Re: How Now Brown Cow?

Karen (aka MrsB) — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:19:36 -0000

And yes, I do know how to use punctuation. It seems that my . key is being finicky! hehee

Re: Exercise ball as chair, day one

Karen (aka MrsB) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:25:24 -0000

I have one as well but I'm in dire need of a refill. One of these days I'll find the pump in the spare room....hehehe. Although I don't use it at the computer right now (too low) I do have a desk chair on wheels that the back has fallen off of so I use it like a stool. It's actually better for my core that way I think, since I have to use those muscles to hold myself upright. Good luck with your bigger ball and wish me luck at finding my pump!

Re: The Last Sunday of May

Karen (aka MrsB) — Thu, 31 May 2007 18:31:47 -0000

Sounds like a great time!! My husband's family has a Family Picnic on the Saturday after the 4th of July each year filled with family, food, fun, and tradition. They are a very close group and it's great to see the younger generation getting in on the act as well.

My extended family gets together on Christmas Eve but over the years, the numbers have dwindled as we've all gotten married and many have moved away.

It's nice that you have a place big enough to accommodate everyone and that with it being a holiday weekend, many have an extra day for travel, etc.

Re: Social Network Overdosing

Karen (aka MrsB) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:07:57 -0000

I hear ya, sistah!! I feel exactly the same way. I DREAD when a new social network pops up. I end up getting an account but rarely visit and stick to my staples. I guess the reason why I end up joining is that fear that everyone will jump ship and I'll be left talking to myself all alone. Well... Twitter is the thing for me and I love my Flickr acct.

I have the others as well and don't have the time, energy or desire to bounce from network to network updating stuff. In light of Indepence Day... via la freedom to just say NO! hehee

Re: Social Network Overdosing

Karen (aka MrsB) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 08:11:38 -0000

and via la freedom to not commit typos: Independence Day!

Re: The Boys of Summer

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 10:36:19 -0000

Boy... can I even relate! And yes, I agree with Bluegrass Mama too; DD isn't any better than DS. If I leave the house for more than an hour or so and am not here to police them, I'm faced with exactly what you describe. Mine are well into the teen years... it gets better, when??

Re: I got nothin’

Karen (aka MrsB) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:44:31 -0000

awww....no worries! Some days are just like that; and no matter how hard we try, can't fit everything in. (There's a reason why my blog is called The 25th Hour... and even at that, it's not enough!) Grab a cup of tea, put your feet up and relax. :-)

Re: First Snow

Karen (aka MrsB) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:21:51 -0000

Beautiful :-) The music was perfect and the trees are still full of color. We got quite a bit today in RI but it didn't stick. It was a nice touch to look outside and see the snow coming down as we were having our Thanksgiving dinner in the classroom at school.

Re: To the silver, and the gold

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:13:13 -0000

Sounds wonderful! I hope you enjoy this quiet time with your family. Christmas Day has always been "our day" too. We do Christmas Eve with the whole family and then they get together again on Christmas Day for dinner.

When my kids were little, they would be up late on Christmas Eve, get up really early on Christmas morning, open their presents and just when they started to play with them, we'd whisk them away to get dressed up all fancy and head out for Christmas Dinner.

They'd be cranky and tired and that was the last place they wanted to be (and so was I!) One year, after hanging around uncomfortably full and wishing to be home in my flannels, I decided that enough was enough. I told the family the following year, "It's not that we don't love you and don't appreciate the invite but we're going to stay home on Christmas Day from now on."

It was the best decision that we've ever made. So, for the last dozen or so years, while everyone else is cooking and rushing and uncomfortable, the 4 of us lounge in our flannels, playing with Christmas toys, reading, drinking coffee, and relaxing. I make a ham dinner for us but it's not a big production. Inevitably, I get a call from one of my sisters-in-law asking about my day and when I tell them, they say "You're so lucky!" My response, "You can have this kind of day too, all you have to do is say the words."

Re: New theme

Karen (aka MrsB) — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:42:38 -0000

Annie, It looks Great!! I love it :-)

Re: Twitter Effect (one of many)

Karen (aka MrsB) — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:56:12 -0000

It's funny how different people are from one another. I've never written anything in my life that I've edited after the fact. I made it through 6 years of college and numerous papers that I edited as I went along. In fact, I have "writers block" unless I just sit and write right at the computer. (I used to have to make a "fake rough draft" complete with errors to hand in with my papers in high school as the rough draft was required...hehe!)

This is not to say that my writing couldn't stand some improvement and I probably *should* edit but it's just not something that I've ever done. The backspace is my friend ;-)!

Re: New Seesmic video comment plugin

Karen (aka MrsB) — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:28:12 -0000

It's a go! {seesmic_video:{"url_thumbnail":{"value":"http://t.seesmic.com/thumbnail/JjoT9GfCGh_th1.jpg"}"title":{"value":"It's a go! "}"videoUri":{"value":"http://www.seesmic.com/video/2HZPU7bnJb"}}}

Re: Destiny 1997-2008

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:19:09 -0000

*hugs* Sorry for the loss of your beloved girl. The joy that we get from our pets is something so very special. I'm sure she loved you guys as much as you loved her and had a great life.

Re: Paper and pencil

Karen (aka MrsB) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:45:05 -0000

I'm with you, Annie! I still make my lists every day in a daily planner and am a "list maker" through and through. I also like pencils (super sharp) but will use pen as well. Regardless of what I use to make the list, I always check off in another color. Oh.. the silly things we do!

Re: Why Are You Here?

Karen (aka MrsB) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:09:54 -0000

I'm here because I'm crazy about new media and can't get enough. Most specifically I'm really trying to find my place and decide which direction I'm really heading in terms of my brand and where it's all going. I've got tons of things swirling around in this brain of mine and I'm taking in as much as I can to while trying to sort it all out. In the past, I've always gone with the gut and it's done me right thus far but this is such a evolving and changing world that I want to be moving and progressing with it.
Besides... you give great hugs :-)

Re: Share Your Flickr Photos Please

Karen (aka MrsB) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:18:18 -0000

I had no idea about this as well and have changed it in my account. Thanks for the tip :-)

Re: A Few Network2 Contest Entries

Karen (aka MrsB) — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 10:13:45 -0000

Hamsters rule! :-) Got the tune in my head (and on my phone thanks to Chris Penn..hehe

Re: Twitter is the New Gate Jumper

Karen (aka MrsB) — Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:33:28 -0000

Never saw the original request (working and haven't read back posts in google reader yet), but DID see your blog post link IN Twitter just now...hehe.. so here's my feed to my personal blog kcardoza.com: http://twentyfifthhour.blogspot.com/feeds/posts....

Just a thought. Wondering if anyone else sometimes fears being a Twitter Pest? Sometimes I catch myself holding back on sending another tweet if I've sent a few in a row without others sending some in between. It's kind of like applying the rules of conversation and not wanting to capitalize on the conversation too much. Could be that whole thing of not wanting to be un-"followed" for posting too much for people to weed through. (Much like those podcasts that I unsubscribe to because they're over an hour and I can't possibly get to everything with them taking up so much time/space.)

Re: Happy Birthday to Me

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:59:51 -0000

Have a great day!

Re: Left Behind

Karen (aka MrsB) — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 19:29:28 -0000

As I twittered yesterday, perhaps it's something about not wanting to be on the "outside looking in." For me personally, Twitter is about connecting with the people that have become part of my online social circle. I plopped my Twitter rss feed into Jaiku not because someone like Leo Laporte did, but rather, people in MY community are trying it out. What if they all discontinue Twitter and post exclusively over there? It would be like all of my friends moved away and I'd be talking to myself... The whole draw of Twitter for me has been ongoing conversations and just keeping in touch. Honestly, if it ends up being splintered and people post there exclusively, I'll probably have to only "follow" one because I can't physically spend that much time keeping up with both. My hope is that most people stick with Twitter but I can't swear that I'll never switch,..... it totally depends on if I'm left standing all alone and the party has moved across the hall. I'm just a social butterfly.....

Re: Thinking Blogger or Writing Blogger

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:04:10 -0000

I'm most definitely a writing blogger, talking podcaster, and writing student. In fact, the only way I could EVER write a paper in college was to sit down at the screen. (Yes, a writing process teacher's nightmare... no outline, T-list or bulleted points for me... rough draft to hand in? No such thing because I create as I'm typing.) I podcast the same way... fire up the mic and let it flow.

Re: I Wanna Write With a Cowboy

Karen (aka MrsB) — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:52:48 -0000

Done!

Re: Front Load Your Writing

Karen (aka MrsB) — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:22:00 -0000

Great point.. especially for a classic "scanner" like me. There's just way too much to read in too little time each and every day!

Re: Small Boxes 28- Turbulence

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:55:27 -0000

I'm sitting here with one of those dreamy smiles on my face... just the kind of thing to sooth the soul and calm the mind.. thanks Chris (and Matthew too!)

Re: Why Join Another Social Network

Karen (aka MrsB) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:45:25 -0000

Honestly, I dread it when a new social networking site emerges. I KNOW I'll end up joining it, not particularly because I want to but because that's where all my friends are and I don't want to be left behind talking to no one but myself if I don't. sigh......

I have accounts on them all but Twitter and Flickr are the ones that I use faithfully and check daily. All the rest, I join but don't really push or get that involved in. I read all of the email, and click on the links but I don't aggressively promote anything myself (just not enough time in my life as it is...) Of course, if everyone in my social circle abandons Twitter for Pownce, things will change and I'll go with the crowd so as not to be on the outside looking in...

Re: Small Boxes 32 - Boston By Water

Karen (aka MrsB) — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:49:16 -0000

Thanks for sharing, Chris. Shows just one of the many reasons why I love being a New Englander. We've got mountains, forests, lakes and the ocean right at our door. (Great choice of music too.. brought a smile to my face today.)

Re: Twitter Revisited

Karen (aka MrsB) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:36:26 -0000

Twitter is my "home base" these days. It's the first thing I open in the morning and with Tweetscan, I can search mrsb to see if there were any @replies that I've missed. I also use the DM feature every day.

I don't go back in the stream, just jump in and keep it running on my sidebar all day. I never "just Twitter". It's an open app that I glance at while doing other things. I've also used it to make new connections by clicking on others' @reply recipients.

Honestly, Twitter has become my main source of items to click on and read throughout the day. Even if I never get to open my Google Reader or email because I'm so busy, I still have a finger on the pulse of what's happening by clicking on the links provided by friends.

I love Twitter! :-)

Re: Financial Aid Podcast icons

Karen (aka MrsB) — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:18:58 -0000

Thanks Chris! Have a great time at Podcamp Toronto. :-)

Re: Student Loan Rates Now Indexed to Certain Commodities [AFJ]

Karen (aka MrsB) — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 11:49:11 -0000

All I have to say is... MOOOOOOO!!!

Re: An Open Letter to Apple: Podcasts in the iTunes Wi-Fi Store, Please!

Karen (aka MrsB) — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 17:06:29 -0000

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Mrs. B's Patriot World Podcast
Muse With Me Podcast

Subscriber and consumer of more than 75 podcasts

Re: FAP769: Financial Aid Podcast April Fools Edition

Karen (aka MrsB) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:37:04 -0000

Thanks for this! I'm so glad that it really was what you said it was because I used it to help abort a migraine while at work today. Had I been expecting a meditative session and you delivered acid rock as an April Fool that would not have been good!