Links for a Happy Weekend!

A post from Kelly about what to do when you try to establish good communication with someone and they can’t or won’t reciprocate.

If you can’t ignore the annoying PB&J song dancing banana mascot, school him with a few moves of your own. (Did some further research on YouTube and I think this guy is hired by the Tampa Rays to portray various workers and just bust out dancing. Coolest job ever?)

An interesting method of teaching by turning a class into a game. It certainly works for my kids at homeschool co-op.

Cute drawing of movie twins.

As I’ve said before, I just love Red Velvet. I love the idea of collaborating with other creative minds to make a business that allows for so many forms of expression. I’m super interested in the setup of the business and how I can plug my own interests into that model. So it was a treat to read how the local shop is run.

What should you do today? Pull the lever on this fun activity generator for simple, but impressive tricks to try.

Good advice from Yes and Yes about some problems and solutions for non-niche blogs.

Have you heard about my new project to promote a youth culture in Objectivism? And do you want to contribute?

And here’s a nice sign song for you too!

I Am Alive

Back from the blogging hiatus. I was pretty sick for the past week or so. I however did make a miracle short recovery on my birthday so I could go to the store and buy some beer. Yay for being 21! I promptly felt crappy again and was in bed for two more days. But I feel great now and should be back to regular blogging.

A Few Requests for the Readers

I’d like to get some feedback from my readers. There’s a few ways to do this.

1. Take my readership poll on the left-hand sidebar. I’d like to know who is reading this thing. It only takes a second!
2. Rate my posts. There’s a 5-star rating system at the end of each post. I’d like to know when I’m doing well…and not so well. Also, my top rated posts are automatically updated in my sidebar.
3. Tell me about commenting. Is it a chore to comment on this blog? Is there something I can do to make it easier? I’d like to get some more discussions going in the comments.

Thanks!

No More Music Monday

I’m getting too frustrated with not being able to embed videos that contain music. So no more.

Blogging Break

I’m taking the week off from blogging as I have a visitor. And it’s Thanksgiving. Will be back next week.

Readership Poll

I’m a bit curious as to who my readers are. I suspect most of them are friends and family, since most of my referrals come from Facebook and Twitter. Please take the time to answer this quick poll so I can gain a better understanding of whom I’m speaking to. I’m hoping to gain more readership in the next few months, and this would really help. Please, vote only once. And if you have any ideas on how to boost readership or things you’d like to see on the blog, let me know in the comments. Thanks!