I was interviewed about my job, and what it is like being the eccentric person in a corporate world: [link]

F2F Poll Results:

CITY:
Madison, WI 60.5% 26
Minneapolis, MN 39.5% 17

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TOP 3 DATES:
5/3 11.6% 5
5/17 20.9% 9
5/31 18.6% 8
6/7 41.9% 18
6/14 37.2% 16
6/21 37.2% 16
6/28 27.9% 12

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F2F 2008 will be in Madison, WI. SailAweigh will be the point person.

Final vote for now will determine the best date from the top three (you can vote "no preference" if all three would work). There is also a question that will allow you to tell us if one of the three is especially bad for you.

VOTE NOW HERE. Survey will stay open until Tuesday night, 9PM EST.

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Today is the last day to vote on Madison!F2F 2008 dates.

Here are the current results:

1. Select your first choice for our Madison, WI, 2008 F2F:
6/7 23.1% 6
6/14 23.1% 6
6/21 34.6% 9
No Preference 19.2% 5

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2. Of the possible F2F dates, is there one that you probably could NOT make?
Nope, all three are fine. 41.7% 10
6/7 33.3% 8
6/14 12.5% 3
6/21 12.5% 3
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skipped question 2

VOTE NOW HERE! The poll will be open until 9PM EST.

The voting numbers have gone from 59 on the first survey to 26 currently; please vote if you think there's any chance you might want to attend.

Hey, I am doing a Valentine's day thing for sharing the love/snark/happyhappyjoyjoy. I based it in LJ for format reasons, but you don't have to be an LJer (or on my friends list) to participate.

Our Midwest F2F will be in Madison, WI, on June 21, 2008!

If you would like detailed poll results, see F2F.

Thanks for your participation, and I now turn the process over to the point person, SailAweigh.

Hey Buffistim -- I'm having a birthday party on Saturday evening, February 23, at my house in Somerville, MA, and YOU"RE invited! If you didn't get the evite or facebook event notice already, it's not because I don't like you. I simply forgot that you existed! Shoot me an email at my profile addy and I'll forward you the deets.

Hey all - over at TWC, we're having ourselves a contest of sorts... the first inaugural "Top Five": Top five best and worst airports.

You will need to ask Raq what some of the other proposed top five categories are. but there will be more.

come play - send your picks and why you love/hate them to info at travelswithchild.org

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The strike is over. The Random Quote Generator is back. Yay.

send an ecard valentine- send a book to a kid that needs one

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