Are you not in San Francisco or SecondLife, and dying to know what is going on?  I'm not at BlogHer08, but I'm staying pretty tuned in.  And what's more, tons of people are putting their "Not At BlogHer" angst to good use, and putting together virtual parties so that we can make our own fun. Want to stalk, or hang out with those who aren't there either? Read on! 

So yeah, it's 3:10 a.m. and I'm awake. What of it? I should be nice and relaxed. We spent two lovely weeks in Nova Scotia and PEI, sunning and seafooding and boozing and sleeping and generally unwinding. And yet here it is, the middle of the night and I'm wide awake. It's guilt. Massive, raging guilt. 40 pounds of guilt. Well, maybe 38 if it's been a good dog food week. You see, we've evicted The Beagle from the bed.

From ecochick.ca: I'm always on the lookout for deals, discounts and freebies on organic, eco-friendly beauty products. If getting a little freebie is the push it takes to get folks to try out something better for them and for the planet, then I'm all over it.

Let me tell you a little story about a person. We'll call this nice androgynous person "Pat", in order to evoke a fun vintage Saturday Night Live mental image.

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