I was all set to write a very serious post about online critics and Dell’s new blog, but I ran acoss this amazing story and scrapped it all to have a little fun.

Today a blogger named Kyle will get a house in Kipling Saskatchewan, Canada (map) that he got by trading a paperclip with a series of fourteen items leading to the house.
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Black hen on orange
Originally uploaded by Crosscreek. I can’t say that I have ever had a very good opinion of organizations like PETA, otherwise known as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

I have an image of PETA as an almost para-militant organization and associate them with highly confrontational tactics, such as flinging paint at unsuspecting socialites wearing read more...

So much happening at My PR Pro this week. We are migrating to a new computer system (with all of the related IT problems), working on our new identity, doing client work and having a rash of meetings.

All this real world activity has us thinking about PR and what we can share here in the next few weeks. I have learned a lot and had some recent insights that I hope to digest and spit out here soon. So, stay tuned.

In the meanwhile, I am working to keep some balance between work and home life. One great tip was in Todd Defren's read more...

For your reading pleasure over this leisurely holiday, for those in the U.S., or for the early workweek, for everywhere else, I submit to you the top 10 posts on Communication Overtones in June 2006.

The readers and contributors of Communication Overtones are a savvy bunch. This month, in the #2 slot, is a veritable encyclopedia of ideas about corportate blogging when I asked my readers to help out with a grop writing project. Also, an old favorite (#3) got a new lease on life when Darren Rowse linked to it during HIS group writing project. Thanks Darren for the traffic and the mention.
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