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Gratitude: A Twitter / Blog Meme

by Marissa on 12 December 2008

Carol tagged me on a meme she started on Twitter (#gratefulfor) and continued on her Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Living blog.
Six things I’m grateful for…

My family, and their support, love, and humor.
My home: my space, my comfort zone, my retreat.
My pets, and their unconditional love and excitement and curiosity.
My computer/internet, which connects me and informs me [...]

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If I were to sell my cadaver, I’d have $5000

by Marissa on 8 June 2008

in That's funtastic!, try this at home

I sort of want to go back and re-watch a season of CSI and see how much money (in cadavers) fake-CSIers could make if they were unethical and entrepreneurial. But I won't. (But I'm still curious.)
$5025.00The Cadaver Calculator – Find out how much your body is worth.

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Six-Word Memoirs

by Marissa on 24 May 2008

in Behind The Monitor, try this at home

Six-Word Memoirs are popular right now. They’re challenging, but actually really fun to create.

Here are my 20 favorite six word memoirs that I created (click the links above to view other peoples’):

Happiness is always the best revenge.
Challenges crumble; wit and grace remain.
Could say something. And I will. (credit to my Grandma)
And now I’ll sing for [...]

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Responses to Four Memes on which I was not actually tagged, but wanted to be.

by Marissa on 22 May 2008

in Behind The Monitor, try this at home

I’ve Paid for This Twice Already responds to Four Topics From a Four Things Meme that I thought sounded fun. I haven’t been tagged… but why should that stop me from participating?Four TV Shows I Love:Four TV Shows I Love In Each of Four Categories(I love too darn many to narrow it to four.)

Crime [...]

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Now & Then

by Marissa on 18 May 2008

in Sidenotes & Curiosities, try this at home

What a cool idea. There’s so darn much creativity a-bubblin’ out the ’sphere!
The idea is pretty simple: take a childhood photo, and recreate it, as adults. Post side-by-side. Peruse: Color Wars 2008 » Youngme / Nowme

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Predictably Irrational: The Door Game

by Marissa on 18 May 2008

in try this at home

I laughed when I reached the end of the game and read the (very brief) breakdown. So obvious, yet I totally missed it. Predictably irrational! Makes me excited to read the book!
Predictably / Irrational » Door Game

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Holistic Learning

by Marissa on 28 March 2007

in try this at home

Scott H. Young offers an interesting take on learning, and I think it’s probably the closest I’ve seen an article come to describing how I feel like I learn and remember things. I like the “web” analogy; I think that’s very accurate. And perhaps this helps explain why it is that I, like the title [...]

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