Monthly Archives: January 2008

Many Hats

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I’ve been playing all week with Gmail’s signature feature using Greasemonkey and a new HTML Signature script. Basically, it lets my emails have a different personality based on which address I’m using. I wear many hats on the internet, so this sort of thing appeals to me.

My many hats include the blogger hat, the author hat, the promo ho hat, the webmaster hat, and the reader hat.

press hatThe Blogger
Every day, I bring you the latest and greatest in my life, hot off the presses. I’m kind of a journalist that way, though the headlines are easy to hunt down when they’re all mine.

writer hatThe Author
I maintain a web presence for my many (snort) fans so that you’ll know what I’ve written and what’s coming up.

graduation capThe Promo Ho
I teach other eBook authors how to market for free or cheap on the internet. Hey, I gotta learn it anyway, so I might as well share. For people who are new to marketing and/or the internet, eBook marketing can be daunting!

hard hatThe Webmaster
I keep my local writers’ group website updated and running smoothly– and with so many authors wearing their author hats and promoting their patoots off via the website, sometimes it’s not too easy!

boy readingThe Reader
Finally, I get to settle down and share with my other reader friends what books I’m enjoying (or not enjoying, rarely). This is one of my favorite parts because I read a lot of books based on recommendations, so I like to sort of pay it forward for other people looking for a good book.

What hats do you wear on the internet or elsewhere?

How to Eat French Onion Soup

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French onion soup, delicious but messy1. Forget you are on a date or at an important business lunch, and order French onion soup anyway.
2. Panic slightly when the server brings out your soup and you realize you have made a bad choice.
3. Delicately poke at the top layer of gooey cheese until some broth pops through.
4. Spoon up some broth for a cheese-less bite.
5. Refrain from cursing when the cheese thwarts you and sticks to the bottom of the spoon despite your best laid plans to get a cheese-less bite.
6. Start over. This time, scoop up a corner of broken-off cheese, some broth, and a piece of bread. Attempt to slice the cheese with the edge of your spoon against the side of the bowl.
7. Hope important person across from you doesn’t notice the strings of cheese hanging off your spoon, and put the bite in your mouth anyway.
8. Refrain from cursing because the cheese is hothotohlordhot.
9. Sneakily pick off strings of hot cheese still hanging from your mouth.
10. Repeat until you are finished with the soup, your date leaves, or your boss fires you, whichever comes first.

Pardon Me

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Please excuse my clutter while I mess with my blog template. I read an article over at Dandelionblog.com this weekend that inspired me to overhaul my blog a bit. You’ll notice I’ve changed the title and the look and feel already. Let me know what you think so far. What do you miss that was here before? Any of the widgets you absolutely can’t live without? Let me know. I’ll put them back up.