Southern Comfort, or A Few Reasons I Love the South

1. biscuits
2. grits
3. old ladies call you "puddin'"
4. people say "y'all"
5. dogwoods
6. azaleas
7. crepe myrtles
8. the Mississippi River
9. the Tennessee River
10. talking to strangers just to be friendly
11. people open doors for you, and you open doors for them
12. fried chicken
13. catfish
14. thunderstorms
    

Art Words Used at a Technical Writing Conference

1. curate: I hear this one all the time everywhere. Not sure how I feel about it.
2. foundry: as a place where fonts are made?
3. medium: not like a size, but as a choice of material such as oil paint, watercolor, etc., or in this case: video, audio, tutorial-based, flash, simple text, forum, or screen capture
   

I'm Singing! I'm on a Blog! And I'm Singing!

If I could sing,

• I would want to sound like Mavis Staples.
• I would probably sound like Catherine Ireton from the God Help the Girl album.
• that would be awesome, but I actually sound like 2 cats fighting in a garbage can.
  

Inspiration from the Internet

Because I really just look at the pictures.

1. This tiny orange clock from How About Orange















2. The way this Urban Sketcher divided a sketchbook page into panels




















3. This sentence from Lost in Cheeseland: "I moved to France with a wardrobe that was black, brown, blue and grey, with the accent color of mustard yellow."




















4. Ze French Cuff from Garance Dore












5. The bedside table/lamp combo (top image) from sfgirlbybay

Guestlist: iPhone Apps That Christa Needs

By Christa's niece Camille, age 8

1. Cube runner

2. Cupcake maker

3. Cake maker

4. Cookie maker

5. sundae maker

6. doode jump (should be "doodle" according to Parker)

7. impossable game

8. applets*

9. angry birds*

*Added by Parker, age 12

Potluck Sign-Up Sheet

Dishes on the Sign-Up Sheet as of Friday Afternoon for Next Friday's Potluck:

• strawberry cake
• Chick Fil A chicken minis
• orange juice
• TBD

Guestlist: Schwag I Got at a Work Conference

by Heather

• 16 pens
• 2 hand sanitzers
• 1 cookbook
• 2 totes
• 1 hat
• 1 mousepad
• 1 umbrella
• 1 laptop case
• 1 backpack
• 2 tumblers
• 1 ice cream scoop
• 1 cup holder
• 2 luggage tags
• 1 notebook
• 2 envelope openers
• 1 note card set
• 1 tin of mints
• 1 team building book
• 1 TN tour book
• 1 set multi colored highlighters
• 2 thumb drives
• 1 pedometer
• 1 sewing kit
• 1 mobile phone stand
• 1 stress ball
• 1 smiling stress ball that laughs when you squeeze it
• 1 magnetic clip
• 3 post it pads
• 2 chapsticks
• 1 mini sewing kit
• 1 pair sunglasses
• some candy