A campaign to save a tv show that actually might work.\
I am not going to link sources. If you really care, google it and I’m sure a dozen will pop up.\
The season finale for Chuck is on Monday on NBC. Kevin, my awesome husband of 11 years and no, you cannot have him, really likes Chuck. It’s smart, funny, and heartwarming. But Chuck is in danger of cancellation. The solution? Prove that people are watching! The idea has been proposed that fans buy a footlong sub on Monday from Subway, a major sponsor of the show, before the episode and then gnosh out while watching. (This is so much better than sending in bottles of hot sauce (Roswell), yes?) When Subway sales go up for Monday, The Powers That Be will have their proof. Money talks, so what are you saying? Spread the word!\
Whether you watch Chuck on tv, tivo, nbc.com, Hulu, or some other means, make sure you buy a footlong sub on Monday from Subway. Or just buy a footlong sub on Monday from Subway because they are yummy and this is a neat experiment!\
I think I am going to get a turkey, tomato, and lettuce on wheat with green pepper, for a fresh crunchy kick, sprinkled lightly with salt and pepper and a bit of mayo. What are you going to get?
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Brian at soccer.
In Honor of Administrative Professionals Day
If you didn’t know, today is Administrative Professionals Day. To honor the day, we’re watching Office Space in the conference room and working. What’s that thing up there? It’s a word cloud made out of the script. Yes, I think it’s pretty awesome too.
If You Only Read One Thing Today…
Make it this great article on Salon: America in not a Christian nation. I have so much to say about this, but don’t have the time to write it all down right now. Just read that article.
Drunk Registering
My pal David Thomas made a great video of drunk domain registering stories. You may see a familiar face near the end.
Building a Tribe in Savannah
Since we moved to Savannah, I’ve been trying to find the time to start up a Refresh group here (you know, like RefreshDC). Well, I took a little time out at work today, and here we are: Refresh Savannah!\
It’s very minimalist right now, and I still need to pick a date that will work and a venue, but it’s a start. And a start is good enough for now.\
If you’re a web person (developer, designer, project manager, whatever), you live in or near Savannah and you’re looking for peers to hang out with and learn from… please get involved. It’ll be very informal and should be a lot of fun (and only happens once a month).
A new way to tell that I am O-L-D.
Max and Brian are in Virginia this week visiting Kevin’s family while I unpack. Yay for everyone involved, right? All of the bedrooms in the new rental house are painted brown. This is fine for most of the rooms, but not the boys’ room. I immediately started thinking of ways to lighten and brighten it. I told the boys I would decorate their room while they were away. (They get no input, mwuhahaha.) Anyway. Max is now nine, which is way too old for the awesome little kids stuff we have. Kevin and I went to the mall to look for “cool” bedroom stuff. We hit Hot Topic first. I could not stop laughing at us in there. We’re no longer in our 20s, remembering all of the time and money we spent there. That would be bad enough, being out of place by half of a decade or so. Oh, no. We were there to SHOP FOR OUR SON.
We have internet, wheeeee!
Lots of stupid, lame things happened that made the move annoying. But we are here now, with all major appliances working. I am trying to get the house in order and home-ified before my parents come next week. I can’t wait for their visit.\
Aunt Edna wanted to know if we ended up renting the fancy, white one. No, we didn’t. It was two-story, which seems like such a pain after living in a ranch-style house. Yay to no more stairs!
Radio Silence
We moved last weekend, which meant getting utilities hooked up and things transferred over. Thanks to some confusion/idiocy on the part of AT&T, we still don’t have internet access at home – hence our complete radio silence this week. I’ve been too busy at work (I’m in a meeting now and only half-listening – don’t tell) to even think about blogging.\
We’ll hopefully have internet access this weekend, and things can go back to “normal”.
How to Stay Inspired After SxSW Podcast Is Up!
Now, you can all hear the madness of our panel, even if you can’t see it. It’s too bad you can’t, because you’re missing me beaning unsuspecting audience members with saltwater taffy, the confetti cannon and the awful sight of me getting my swerve on (I hope I used that correctly).\
I know I haven’t written much about SxSW since I got back, but as I predicted in the panel, the daily routine has eaten my soul – plus the stresses of moving. Thankfully, I followed my own advice and took a lot of notes during panels, and then made a list of what I want to do with what I learned. More will be divulged later, but now I need to get the kids ready for school.