http://www.topblogcontent.com What's blowin' up the blogosphere? Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:22:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Adrienne Amos Oh my, is it really that time of year again already? Seems like only yesterday I was working on resolutions for 2007. Before making new ones, let’s see how I did last year... ...Not too good actually. I didn’t get all the photographs scanned into the computer. I didn’t ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2008/01/03/realistic-attainable-loopholedperfectly-imperfect-resolutions-for-me/ New Year's resolutions are always challenging for me. It's so easy to be too ambitious and set your goals too high, which invariably leads to disappointment. I'm sure everyone knows someone who has given up on their resolutions before the end of January. However, being ambitious can drive us to ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2008/01/03/truly-smart-resolutions-are-vague-resolutions/ Along with my resolution to stay upbeat and optimistic no matter what, this year I'm going green. I'm going to achieve my writing goals (and along with them, my financial ones) and I'm going to be environmentally responsible while doing so by reusing and recycling whenever possible. Most resolutions fail because ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2008/01/02/a-writers-resolutions-a-year-in-the-life-of-a-manuscript/ Every year I'm optimistic about New Year's resolutions, and every year they fail me miserably. Or, perhaps more to the point, I fail them. I'm one of those people who's the poster child for every old cliché adage about “best intentions”. I get a lot of stuff done, don't get ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2008/01/02/the-2008-resolution-bonanza-spectaculaire/ Opinion "My daddy died this year in Iraq. I am going to give mommy the Angel pendant that daddy put on mommy when she was having me. I had it in my jewelry box since that day. I love my mommy." That is the text of an essay written by 6 year ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/12/29/child-wins-contest-but-at-what-cost/ 2007 was The Year of the Social Network. It might as well be a new marker somewhere on an astrological calendar. Every year Google & other search engines publish a report of the most searched-for terms over the previous 365 days. These terms constitute the “buzz”--what's really hot on cyberspace and ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/12/28/the-year-of-the-social-network/ My favorite Christmas movie, unlikely as it may be, is Trading Places. This 1983 comedy, masterfully directed by John Landis, may not be a traditional Christmas vehicle. But it's set during the holidays, features at least one Santa (even if he is drunk, criminal, and suicidal), and carries an unmistakable--if ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/12/26/trading-places-christmas-cheer-in-an-unusual-package/ If you have a technologically-inclined child, chances are you've heard of Club Penguin. It's a virtual world not unlike Neopets (only considerably more interactive and eye-catching), but strongly geared towards children. Club Penguin is a Disney creation, and it has all the charm and dazzle you'd expect from a Disney ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/12/22/club-penguin-a-charming-creation/ It's Christmas, and the airwaves are a-buzz with holiday movies. We can watch countless classics like White Christmas or quirky forgettables like Mixed Nuts. Somewhere in between is the international, cross-media riff-raff I anticipate every year...the many, many, many retellings of Charles Dickens's tale A Christmas Carol. Photograph by Rob. Some ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/12/21/deja-vu-for-dickens/ by Shelley Ontis My family like to call me “Scrooge” and “Grinch” because I dread Christmas each year. They say I hate Christmas, but that’s really not true. I enjoy it from about 9pm on Christmas Eve until bedtime on Christmas Day. I say that’s long enough. Just because the moment ... http://www.topblogcontent.com/2007/12/21/he-didn%e2%80%99t-shoot-his-eye-out-so-there/