Before we all die from the winter-storm-of-the-century, I thought we should get to know each other a little better…So let me know:
1) Your name
2) If you blog, the title of your most read post so far this year (with the link)
3) If you don’t blog, you could let us know the best post you’ve read. Or you could let us in on your favorite cereal (check out my Tuesday’s Top 10 list of all-time favorite cereals HERE)
Happy Tuesday.
(Please include the links if you can – this may mean your comment doesn’t show up right away, but I’ll get it approved as soon as I see it).
I’ll go first.
1) Shawn
2) Tuesday’s Top 10: Reasons to Leave Paradise
3a) Seth Godin’s “Texting While Working” http://bit.ly/fMj6Y4
3b) Lucky Charms
1) My name is Keith. I forgot to go to the grocery store yesterday, so I’m screwed.
2) My most read post by far was “The Lostie Awards”
http://popcropolis.blogspot.com/2010/05/lostie-awards.html
Shawn, since you’re currently watching Lost for the first time, don’t read my post until the end. I wrote it 4 days before the finale, giving awards for favorite character, best/worst episode, etc.
Keith, thanks for the heads up. Actually, you have done yourself a huge favor – if I would have read that, I would have had to hunt you down.
1) Ken
2) The REAL Power of Social Media http://inklingmedia.net/2011/01/24/the-real-power-of-social-media/
3a) can’t remember!
3b) Cap’n Crunch
Cap’n Crunch, spelled correctly…you are a true fan.
You better believe it. The Cap’n and I go way back
Oh, and I’m a traditionalist. I like my Cap’n Crunch straight up original. No crunchberries, no peanut butter, no frills. Rockin’ it ol’ skool style!
this comment thread is quickly running out of space, but…no crunchberries?????????
Funny first line … but it could happen ;)
1) Janet
2) “One Word – Why?” http://ht.ly/3O2HN
And not far behind is … “One Spoonful at a Time” guest post by Shawn Smucker: http://ht.ly/3O2Mh
3a) Tim Ferriss “Feeling Stuck – Read This” http://ht.ly/3O33M
3b) Granola (yes, I’m a nut and flake type)
If you’re letting that guy guest post at your site, your standards must be pretty low.
I had you pegged as a Granola Girl.
1) Ira Wagler
2) Angels in the Skies http://www.irawagler.com/?p=615#
3) Don’t eat cereal :)
I’ve been able to get over the mini-van slight from a few weeks ago. The constant Steeler bashing is understandable. But you don’t eat cereal? Our friendship is approaching near-certain destruction (it remains salvaged by the fact that you bought me lunch).
Yes, but can it survive the fact that next time it’s your turn to buy? LOL.
We need to set up a time for that – like many things in life, the only way I’ll know is to give it a shot…
Shawn, I drive a minivan, too. So far, I’ve gotten no criticisms, only compliments and moochers who want to borrow it to haul stuff when I take the seats out of it.
1) Alise Wright (and I blog at Alise…Write! — clever, huh?)
B) I am trying very hard not to pay attention to stuff like stats, but a lot of people RT’ed & posted this on their Facebook pages last week (and that would be “a lot for me” not necessarily an ACTUAL lot of people): Tetelestai — http://www.alise-write.com/2011/01/tetelestai.html
?) I adored this post by @seekingpastor last week. http://seekingpastor.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/grace-and-fleece/
And I like Golden Grahams best. Though it’s been quite some time since I’ve actually had them.
1. Adam
2. I Made Money Blogging in 2010 and Completed Tentblogger Challenge : http://bit.ly/f4Ho2K
3. a. Michael Hyatt’s “Anatomy of an Effective Blog Post” http://bit.ly/gG6Q4g
3. b. Peanut Butter Captain Crunch
I’m not sure when I started following your tweets… but I continue to do so and find them entertaining.
*My most popular post in 2011 (of which there have only been seven)? Two comments from a college friend who compares the Arizona and Virginia Tech shootings:
“Quotable: A Virginia Tech perspective” (http://bit.ly/ek3ar2)
*My most popular post in 2010?
Guide to Japanese patterns: Sakura cherry blossom pattern and Larimer County’s last cherry orchard” (http://bit.ly/9E42A1)
Best — 3D
Hi Shawn. Thanks for this avenue to share.
1. My name is David Balentine.
2a. My top read post so far for 2011 is from Tuesday, January 4 – 361 More Chances to Be Amazing. http://tinyurl.com/627ppu9
2b. My top post from the last year is from September 17 – The Perfect Lunch. http://tinyurl.com/4lj69kp
How embarrassing — My bit.ly links aren’t working. Let me try again……..
I’m not sure when I started following your tweets… but I continue to do so and find them entertaining.
*My most popular post in 2011 (of which there have only been seven)? Two comments from a college friend who compares the Arizona and Virginia Tech shootings:
“Quotable: A Virginia Tech perspective” (http://3dsoundblog.com/2011/01/12/a-virginia-tech-perspective.aspx)
*My most popular post in 2010?
“Guide to Japanese patterns: Sakura cherry blossom pattern and Larimer County’s last cherry orchard” (http://3dsoundblog.com/2010/05/13/guide-to-japanese-patternssakura-cherry-blossoms-and-larimer-countys-last-cherry-orchard.aspx)
Best — 3D
1. Name: Brandon
2. Most-Read Blog: Three-way tie –
(1) “Because of the Toyota Highlander Kid, I Almost Bought a Monster Truck” (http://bit.ly/b7hD3f)
(2) “On Becoming a Father” (http://bit.ly/dMD2iU)
(3) “To Dare To Live With Passion: Lessons From Martin Luther King Jr.” (http://bit.ly/hOjb3z)
3. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
1. Paula
2. Don’t blog but people seem to find some of my FB statuses quite amusing
3. a) Fave blog post would have been one of Shawn’s early ones about the move home to the basement. Fave recent reading that was actually a book but felt like a blog (style-wise): either The Upside of Irrationality by Dan Ariely or Being Wrong by Kathryn Schulz. And best newspaper column that reads like a blog – Tim Harford’s Undercover Economist, for the FT.
b) Raison Bran. Closely followed by granola, luxury muesli and porridge (not all at the same time). LOVED Lucky Charms when occasionally came across them as a teen -but ate them dry, like sweeties. That’s the right way, isn’t it?
1. Kristen Sloan
2. The Catalyst for Radical Change : http://www.kristensloan.com/2011/01/catalyst-for-radical-change.html
3. Life Cereal!!!!
1. Andi Cumbo
2. Most popular blog post, not surprisingly, was my interview with singer-songwriter Mike McMonagle – http://www.andilit.com/?p=1369.
3a. Best post, actually my favorite blog – http://www.coldantlerfarm.blogspot.com/. About farming and optimism and life as a single woman. Pretty rockin’ stuff!
3b. Cookie Crisp
Thanks for this, Shawn.
My name is Brenda Boitson and my most popular blog in 2011 was “We Got Community” about the oustanding efforts of many in my community helping Steve Murry and Zap & Co.
http://crazywidow.info/?p=3062
1. Adam
2. My NBA All-Beard Team (from 2008, surprisingly) (http://sprignaturemoves.com/blog/2008/08/16/my-nba-all-beard-team/)
3. Golden Grahams
This exercise took me on a total tangent!
1. Becky
2. I’m going to say that my 4th most visited post was
“My Saving Grace” http://stillsmallspace.com/2010/07/my-saving-grace/ The top 3 were advertisements for stuff which was a slight disappointment :/
1) Rocco Capra
2a) This years est so far – http://www.roccocapra.com/blog/2011/01/a-letter-to-my-daughter/ (Love the letter you wrote at rachelheldevans.com!)
2b)Last Years best – http://www.roccocapra.com/blog/2010/03/the-prodigal/
3) Cocoa Pebbles (gotta love the chocolate milk at the end!)
Looking forward to getting to know you!
Rocco
1) Kirsten Deeds
2) So far this year the top post on domestic deeds is The Death of exclusive breastfeeding.
http://domesticdeeds.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/the-death-of-exclusive-breastfeeding/
3a) http://hour23.wordpress.com/
3b) Lucky Charms
1. Janelle
2. I got some nice notes about my post on Fonthill Castle http://krimpet.tumblr.com/post/2517708688/fonthill-castle
3. I’m the ultimate Democrat…granola, preferably without raisins.
Shawn, thanks for this opportunity!
A. Jon
B. Blog Red Ink (named for my penchant of writing in red pen) http://thejonmartin.wordpress.com/
C. Top Post http://thejonmartin.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/more-is-not-always-better/
D. Granola (made by my wife)
1. Julie
2. most read blog of 2010 – Prostitutes, Pain, and the Presence of God – http://julieannclark.wordpress.com/2010/05/30/ptostitutes-pain-and-the-presence-of-god/
3. Special K with Red Berries
1. Jason
2. The one I didn’t write.
1. Renee
2. Not currently blogging, but maybe starting soon. I have an interesting topic in mind ;)
3. “Oops, I’ve lost my mind” – the ‘so I Married a deaf man’ series. She is hilarious. (sorry – couldn’t get the link to work right)
4.My fav cereal – cinnamon life – yum!
1. My name’s Ashley – hi!
2. My top post this year is a really lame blurb on how to make Greek yogurt. Exciting! http://makeway4ducklings.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-make-greek-yogurt.html
3a. Recipes of various sorts get most of my attention.
3b. Most days I’m happiest with a big bowl of Life cereal. Sometimes, though, it’s gotta be Cap’n Crunch – the more crunch berries, the better.
Took me a while to get around to commenting … on anything on your blog!
1. Tammie
2. “Are We Asking the Wrong Question?” – a post spawned by something I heard while half-asleep. Link here if the clicking on the title doesn’t work: http://living3368.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/are-we-asking-the-wrong-question/
Oh! I forgot about the cereal! Lucky Charms! Yellow Stars! Blue Moons! Green Clovers!