Left Bank Starbucks--American Teen Tourists Originally uploaded by agfachrome25. Once a week, I have a 12-year-old babysitter that comes to monitor my toddler as he sleeps, while my husband and I meet with a few of our neighbors a few houses down the street. I let her use my laptop for entertainment and when I came home I noticed that she was on a social networking site called read more...

Postcard from Second Life Originally uploaded by CC Chapman. It sounded like a catchy title. And companies certainly have used the media frenzy around the Second Life platform to garner outstanding mainstream coverage. But step into Second Life and the complaints come fast and thick. Complaints from the Second Life residents about islands that were built and abandoned after the big “events” that brought them to the platform in the read more...

Second Thursday in Second Life has become a great way for communication professionals, both with limited and broad experience, to discuss the possibilities of virtual environments and how public relations fits into the equation. When: Thursday January 11, 2007 Where: Crayonville (click here for the SLURL or log into Second Life and search for Crayonville When: 8 read more...

Geek Lunch Meetup 2First 100 Dinners in 100 Days Event May 1, 2006 Originally uploaded by kamichat. Last year, when PR feeds, which include podcasts, blogs, wikis and news sites were growing at a fantastic rate, I laid down the gauntlet challenging the PR community to guess what the number of feeds would be at the end of 2006. Constantin Basturea, read more...

When asked what he wants to be when he grows up, my nearly three-year-old tells me, “I want to laugh.”

In that vein, I have been expanding my blog reading to include some funny-bone material. One of the best I have found lately is the Blogabillies:Southern Writers read more...