Category Archives: Lessons Learned

So You Want to Throw A Comic-Con Party?

Some tips by guest writers @ArkhamAsylumDoc and @GeekGirls from the Geek Girls Network. Perhaps you envision the final product: It’s a well-attended, successfully promoted, raging geekfest bursting at the seams with a few hundred of your closest real life and … Continue reading

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Lessons Learned: Warn Your Mamma to Cover Her Ears

Once again, I was visiting my parents for Labor Day and we decided to go out and have some fun. And by “have some fun,” I mean play miniature golf and eat at a restaurant. Woo. So, it was me and my family- 8 of us total. We played miniature golf and had lots of fun sucking it up and holding everyone else up because there was so many of us. Continue reading

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Lessons Learned: New Yorkers Are Not as Unfriendly as You Might Think

I was in New York last week with some of my family, and we had a blast. It was my second time to visit so I sort of knew what all to expect. However, I did not expect to run into so many people who love to chat it up with complete strangers, although, my father was with me and he had a sling on his arm, so I’m sure that drew some extra attention. Continue reading

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Twitter 4 Nitwits: The Dreaded Twit2K

You’re not a celebrity. Don’t presume that the things you say are so awesome that you can talk at the masses when it’s all one-sided and you can’t easily see what they’re talking about in return. You see, twitter growth depends on interaction. Here are some tips @actionchick dispensed this past week to help people learn how to deal with twitter’s follow limit of 2000 vs. 100% your number of followers. Continue reading

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Lessons Learned: When not to use an umbrella

So, I had one of those embarrassing moments a few weeks back and I want to share it with everyone so that you guys might learn from my stupidity.
…raining cats and dogs, and maybe a few zombies, so I decided to use the umbrella this one time (and the last time). We were in the middle of tornado weather, the wind was blowing so hard that the Sam’s store across the street from where I was had the whole side of their building that was under construction ripped open…. Continue reading

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