Feb
18
Family Day And Love And All That Crap
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Good lord. You really DO know some amazingly talented people. Good deal — you deserve that kind of quality in your life.
@Naomi: You know, I never thought my claim to fame would ever have me linked to Ron Jeremy. And you thought I was just another nice, quiet guy. Who do you think found that half naked picture of you?
Haha, I was one of the lucky ones to receive a reply to my comment AND an email. Not trying to sound creepy but I think I still have it.. I swear having a messy inbox has nothing to do with it!
Bill is right, you know some awesome people.
Thank you for the link love!
That was *totally* awesome, Naomi – hope you enjoyed your nap. You deserve it.
Thanks for that Naomi, I’ll sure make sweet dreams tonight, with all that lovin’ in the air !
I probably speak for everyone here when I say that you’re one of the bravest, funniest and smartest people I know. And I’m not just being nice, I love your blog, and I’m glad I found it. I’m definitely sticking around.
Oh, and thanks to you I won’t be working tomorrow morning, I need to check out all these great people you linked to :P
Woah, that’s kinda like the ultimate link post! :)
haha – Um, yeah. I have, and I’m trying not to think about it.. humm I know James and Harrison are gonna hate me now, but Naomi, what are you doing Friday night? ;)
Wow. That was some serious lovin’!
I will be sending it right back atcha in March — your name and the F word appear in the first PTO book! (Yes, you’ll get a free copy. And yes, that F word.)
Additional kudos is due for using the phrase, “chatty pants”. If there’s one thing the world doesn’t have enough of, it’s talking trousers.
Naomi you are way past brilliant. “Link Love” is special in so many ways. The ultimate thank you — an external link to my site. Reading your blog is very inspiring and always motivates me to get out of the box in my own work. Thank you for being so creative and special.
Hair is the great equalizer.
Don’t hate us because we’re beautiful.
WOW! Now that is way above and beyond Link Love!
I’m not even sure what to call it, because that was the most amazing list (and THANK YOU for including me in it! I feel all warm and fuzzy being liked with some other amazing bloggers!) I know I’m off to discover some new (to me) blogs now, too.
Thanks, Naomi, you rock! :)
I’m just pissed we don’t get ‘Family Day’ here in British Columbia… what’s up with THAT?
Thanks for my link Naomi…I’m new here, but will be around more as the year goes on :)
I think it is just an Ontario Provincial Gov’t thing, which is why (as a Federal employee) I did not get the day off.
Although, if you were around here at all today, you can see I didn’t do much at work… :)
(bad Brett)
Thanks for the link love! I can’t believe you can write something meaningful about so many people and you’ve probably no met many if any of them. I’m very impressed.
Ok, now I need to recover from my 12 mile hike in the snow last night. The moonlight was amazing! If it’s clear Friday night, I’ll be hiking 22 miles up to 14,000 feet. Hopefully I’ll be on my way back down by the time the sun comes up and won’t have frozen anything.
@WAH(web)Mommy: I believe the term would be “Link Orgy” :)
@ Harry – “link orgy” – that sounds like some kind of “sausage debauchery”… which sounds pretty sick in itself…
Sheesh, Naomi! That was a ton of work. Thank you so much for the link, it is most appreciated. I love your celebration of family day. :) You are of course, one of my favorite bloggers. If IttyBiz shows up with a post in my reader, I always go there first. Thanks for attracting such a great community of bloggers. I feel like I’m among friends here.
@Harrison – LMAO Now that’s an attention grabbing headline, lol. :)
Wow, thanks for the link orgy. I have enjoyed reading your blog and I admire you for putting everything out there, I think more people love you than not because you aren’t afraid to share naked (or half naked) truths.
That was the coolest linkout ever – not because I got links to sites, which usually bore me stiff, but because I actually learned a little bit about each person, and I really do want to go and see who these people are now.
@ Jon – Touch my girl, and I’ll come curse at you in a language only you and I speak. Faudra ben aller prendre une bière à moment donner! See? Like that. Ha.
@ Naomi – You lit up my very tired night. Thank you, sweetie. Can we be BFF again?
hahahaha, c’est vrai ca, moi je suis partant quand tu veux :)
*while James and Jon are distracted, sidles up to Naomi* C’mon, you look like you could use a night out on the town. Vegas is way more exciting. ;)
wait! when is the last time you’ve been to Montreal? :D
Yeah, Naomi! In Montreal, you get a two-fer-one – beat that, McLeod!
(Unfortunately, Jon and I will have to beat the shit out of each other to see who wins the lovely Naomi for the night… Two-for-one only goes so far, y’know.)
Wow, that is the coolest link post ever. Other people should copy it, except for it being a huge amount of work and requiring tons of thought and time.
xoxoxo. How are you feeling? Barfy? Exhausted? Fabulous?
@James & Jon: Guys. Be real. It’s 70 degrees and sunny down here. No snow in sight anywhere. You cant’ tell me you’d take snowbound Montreal over palm trees and drinks by the pool.
Yeah you gotta point there, but you know there’s nothing like spending a day on a mountain skiing and then taking the evening easy, inside, with a nice bottle of [insert favorite drink here, I personally like JD], plus ya know, Naomi is from Ontario, Canada :)
Naomi, you’re amazing and amusing as always. And your commentators are, too! Thanks for the links!
I’m with Karen JL, what is up with the rest of the hosers getting family day and leaving lotusland out in the cold?
defies description!
sweet. Thats short for I like you and am mad at you all in two words! Miss you lady. oh and the link seems broken.
@Jon: Ha! Gotcha there, bro. There’s plenty of snow on Mt. Charleston not too far from here, so how’s that for a two for one?
Harry: lol ok you win, my passport is right here, I’m just waiting for your payment via paypal (plane ticket you know) :)
Ok, one more example why Naomi rocks! Here I am all pregnant hormonal and then I go read that Naomi calls me awesome. :) Thank you! And thank you for the great blog reading list. Now that is some serious link love. :)
@Jon: *blinks* What just happened? I’m getting you instead of Naomi? What kind of deal is that? You Canucks really are crazy.
Harry: no, no, you get Naomi, James and me, the 3 of us :)
We’re crazy? Man it’s cold up here, I’ve read on some blog that it can affect the brain or something.
LOL …coming to your site is like going to a very entertaining cabaret. This was a great idea and I am thankful for the little mention. So, you don’t know me enough, well, that can be arranged.
Naomi, it’s all your fault that Jon will have to show me his handsomeness (head please) now since you babbled all over the net how gorgeous he looks. Damn and his is French too … parles vous francaise mon ami?
Mais bien sur que je parle francais :)
*love squeeze*
Yay, I made the cut! Here’s to getting to know me better Naomi and thanks for the linky love (I can’t get ‘linky’ out of my head now, damn that Simone woman).
@ Jon,
Sorry, but my French is very “rustique and ancient.” Would love to talk about croissants, the Eiffel tower and la vie in general. Ah, the memories….
@Jon / James / Monika,
Oooh I see there’s some serious french speaking here ! I’m french :)
Mais Jon et James doivent être canadiens plutôt, non ?
@ Naomi,
Thanks again for that great post, I think it helped us all know more about everyone here and elsewhere, and I’m pretty sure some of the less chatty pants will start talking soon (look at me ! I can’t stop ! dammit !) ;)
On my return to your post this morning to check out some of the sexy sites you’ve linked to, I can’t help feeling we’ve all been inadvertently suckered into some kind of bizarre virtual speed dating clique.
Very sneaky, Naomi. Very sneaky indeed. :)
@ Jooliah: hey, I didn’t know that Canada had so many residents. Or do you guys have a gathering of the some 20 people that live there?
Hehehehe….. I once spent some 10 hours driving on a car from 100 Mile House back to Vancouver and didn’t see a soul, except some bears and lots of land. :-)
Cheers Naomi. You’ve also forced me to fix a bug on my site :-)
Awww, I might be overly emotional today, but that brought a tear to my eye. I enjoyed reading about everyone so much. This must be the most rockin’ link love post ever! Thanks, Naomi. :)
Love this idea, thanks Naomi.
Maya
@ Jooliah – Nous sommes les deux Québecois demeurant dans la même région. Fait toi en pas – on est Canadien aussi ;) Only way cooler. As Naomi says, passionate.
@ Jon – That was slick. Going from a date with Naomi to a party in Vegas in less than 5 comments? You rule.
@ Nick – Naomi rules at hooking people up.
@ Tzaddi – We prefer Canuck as the PC-term. Hoser really isn’t that flattering :)
Naomi, you are simply AWESOME!
Simply – an amazing woman.
Eeeee! I got a plug. :)
I wouldn’t be so busy and important if I hadn’t had you those first few months, Ms. Naomi. Thank goodness for cool chicks who keep each other sane.
Ok, now email me DAMMIT.
@everyone: Party in Vegas? hmph. Now I’ll have to rent a limo too, I can’t fit that many people on the bike.
@Jon: Alright, you may as well bring the whole band too, then. But leave your good looks at home, you’re obviously ruining it for the rest of us. :)
@Jooliah: You’re right, we’ve all been turned into chatty pants. This is the most I’ve commented on this blog.
@James: I suppose you have a new hero now?
@ Harry – I have many heroes, each influencing me in their own special, unique way :)
Party in Vegas? James, you & I can bring the liquor.
Chatty pants? I’m wearing them right now.
Well, thank you Naomi! Now I won’t have to wonder why I’m getting hits from your site. Oh, and celebrating Family Day is waaaaayyyy better than V-Day. :-)
Oooh, linkage. Thanks, Naomi!
*goes off to check out some of the other linked blogs*
@ Monika : I’m not from Canada, I’m from Paris, France :) I’d love to go there though. Now I want to taste James’ cooking :P
@ James : Aaah le Québec ! Tous les québecois que j’ai rencontrés étaient très sympa, vous confirmez la règle tous les deux :)
@ Harrison : This is the most I’ve commented EVER !
@ ALL : OK, so now somebody tell me where Jon’s photo is. Just to know whose blog I’m reading, that’s all really :P
Thank you for the link love. It’s nice to be acknowledged. I’m glad to see that you are feeling better. Belated congratulations on the upcoming arrival of the next IttyBiz business partner! :)
Not just my blog, but my portfolio, too! I lost about $2,000 in business. *Expletive*
@James – c’mon, all of us Canucks have an inner hoser somewhere ;-)
Thanks for that little shout-out, there, Naomi! I appreciate the love. Trust me: As you get to know me better you’ll find I’m all kinds of awesome.
@Kat: Glad to see you got everything sorted out and are back up!
@ Tzaddi – pass the back bacon, would ya?
Joohliah: lolol, ok voila: http://freelancefolder.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/jonphillips.jpg
Now I hope James and Harry are not gonna use my pic on their blog, I’ve heard they’re collecting pic of bloggers. ;)
But it’s such a great pic, dude… Not my gender tastes, but man. Powerful. I need a pic like that so Naomi can see that blondes are better. She’ll never go back to the dark side.
Hey, do you have one with your shirt off? We need more female readers.
hahaha, nope no pic with the shirt off, but my drummer does
Hey, is that the Jacques Cartier bridge in the background? Man, I haven’t been to the city in years! Kind of weird to see cityscapes I recognize.
Jon – wicked site, dude! Love it.
I think it’s ‘l’echangeur Turcot’, we took the pics on a white screen in my gtr player’s backyard this summer, and then Photoshopped them :)
Susan: Thanks! :D :D
The Dark Side rules. Get used to it, James. :)
@ Jon : aaah thanks for the pic, it totally changed my vision of FreelanceFolder. But let me ask you something : when do you sleep ? Blogstar by day, Rockstar by night… you’ve been spending too much time with Dave Navarro, your days seem to be way longer than mine ! ;)
Oh, and nice move linking the band’s website, James is gonna be so proud of you :P
Sleep? What’s that? :)
@ Jooliah – I taught him everything he knows. My prodigy.
@ Jon – I think it’s that moment when you can actually recharge your brain. I’m not sure. I wouldn’t know. My toddler seems to think sleep is optional. Clothes and combing her hair is as well. I’m terrified to see what sort of teen she’ll turn into, with that attitude.
@ Jon : Ok, I have to admit I’m such a needy human being, eating, sleeping and all that. Or maybe that’s it : you’re not human. I knew the long hair was hiding something :P
@ James : Congratulations, you can be proud of him :)
Oh, and as far as your daughter is concerned… erm no, actually, you’ll see when you get there :D
@ Joohliah – I’m already there. I have an almost 15 on my hands. It’s fantastic. Three different age groups in one house, and I’m outnumbered by the women. I’m screwed.
Shit, dudes. I go to bed early and then sleep in and look what happened! Seriously, I can’t leave you people alone.
@ James, Harry, Jon – I think the solution to our little problem is obvious. Vegas now, Montreal in the summer. It’s not rocket science, people. Sadly, James, the backwoods of Quebec does not make the list. You can join us in Montreal.
@ Jon – Speaking of JD, once upon a time I had an artsy boyfriend wanting to know what to do with all the JD bottles left in the house. We didn’t want to recycle them (40 cents a bottle to the riff raff neighbours? I don’t think so.) but taking them back to the liquor store was a hell of a hike. He made a coffee table out of them. Like, a whole table. That’s a lot of JD.
@ Everyone else – Sorry y’all got lost in the shuffle. What was I saying about the chatty pants’? No wonder nobody can get a word in edgewise around here. We’re so busy fending off advances from the French Quarter, we don’t have time for much else. ;P
Wow o wow! Karmic kisses to you Naomi…Sonia , just told me your blog was cool, she did not say it was dinner and a show… first, free Ginger Snap Dragons from Liz Lovely, now link love from Itty biz…gotta love that!!
Too cool, you guys are too cool… Merci milles fois :)
All best, Jan
@ James – She’s lucky to have such a great dad ;)
@ Naomi – Please forgive my verbal diarrhea. What can I say for my defense ? James, Brett & Jon made me do it ! Such naughty boys, I just can’t handle them…
@ Joohliah – If anybody here has verbal diarrhea, it’s me. And re: the boys, it’s not your fault, dude. They have that affect on everybody. You’re still new and vulnerable.
@ Jooliah – yes, keep your eyes on us, we are very naughty… (in a sort of nice, down to earth way)
@Brett: Speak for yourself.
@Naomi: That’ll teach you to sleep in. I tried to keep things under control, I really did, but James is such a bad influence. If I can’t control him, who can?
@Joohliah: Don’t worry. Here *hands her something bright and shiny* Use this the next time, James is a sucker for distraction.
@ Naomi : you’re entitled to verbal diarrhea, it’s YOUR blog ;)
@ Brett : I can’t keep my eyes on you right now… I’m working on my soon to be born blog, thanks to you ;)
@ Harry – but doesn’t riding motorcycles with Ron Jeremy qualify? :)
@ Joohliah – go, go, go! That’s great! (never mind me, I’m pretty innocent…)
@Brett: Alright, you got me there. And I do live in Sin City, so I guess the odds are stacked against me. Naughty by default.
@ Harry – not that there’s anything wrong with that… the craziest people where I live, are actually crazy. Eccentric nuclear physicists and so forth. Wander around talking to themselves about “muons” and “leptons” at the grocery store…
(no wonder I drink so much… stop the pain, stop the pain!)
Wow, that is a good idea to give link love rather than commenting back all the time. Some people do do it to all comments though!
OMG, I got dumped into the “rest of the people” list. I’m so hurt. Ok, I’m over it…thanks for the link :)
Hey! I made it! I am listed! I am famous! I am on too much caffeine!
Seriously though, seeing my name in that list – even in the runners up at the bottom – is almost as exciting as the first time I was able to walk into a bookstore and find my name listed as the author of something. Hey, I did say almost as exciting.
Thanks for the list too. I know a lot of those people and blogs, and the ones I don’t know I will go check out. If they are in the company of that list and recommended by you, then they must be good.
@ Lisa – I’m glad you’re over it. They say typing is therapeutic. (‘K, they don’t say that at all. I’m totally making it up.)
@ Michael Carnell – Are you Six Sigma or Treasury of Pet Stories? (Wait, Treasury of Pet Stories is Suzanne Carnell and some other Mike…)
@Naomi – Nope, I am just me. Plain old Michael sending Postcards from Myself. Weird though, I have a sister who’s maiden name was Suzanne Carnell. …
@ Jon: oh my god, how is a girl to concentrate on work with all that temptation – and then what about your drummer, mmhh… so much pheromones.
@ Joohliah: je m’excuse, my mistake. France is great, spent quite some time there myself. :-)
@ everyone: it looks like we all need the help of Dave Navarro soon since this joint has turned out to be more like a coffee shop – Naomi, pass me the sugar will ya.
@ Brett – Thanks for the encouragement, I’m fighting with <?php right now…
@ Monika – No problem, being mistaken for a Canadian/Québecois is not what I call dishonoring :P
I couldn’t find that drummer picture !!! It ruined my day I gotta say #sigh#
Oh, and I’m gonna
Oops, I’m afraid php is getting to my mental health ! (sorry for the double post !) I need more coffee with that sugar :)
Ok, and now my php joke is gone because of the damn code. You’ll have to take my word for it : it was hilarious.
Back to work now…
Awww, thanks! You’re awesome, especially considering I’ve commented a whole… once. I’ve been around though, I promise! I’m just starting to get over my ridiculous shyness about commenting on other people’s blogs. You are definitely one of those people that I want to get to know, just because you are generally awesome and not pretentious or anything. Maybe next year I’ll get on the chatty pants list. :D
php reminds me too much of PCP
(not that I have *personal* experience with PCP… but you get the idea, php makes me want to go into a rage and break things)
@ Brett – Aha, I think I work too much : I thought you were talking about Google Adwords’ PCP. Poor me.
@ Joohliah – no, on the contrary, keep working!!! But, take a break for a cup of coffee and some fresh air, you deserve it… and I’ll bet it is a nice day where you live, so it’s probably a good day for a short walk.
(I’m guessing, but I’ll bet I’m right!)
*stumbles into the convo…*
G’morning. Coffee. Yes. You people are far too chipper for 6am.
Good grief, I can only imagine how long it took you to do this post. I am impressed to say the least
Nice to see everyone still cheerful and conversational. Good to see that as I eat my morning bagel.
Did Naomi ever pass the sugar? Or is she still hording it?
@ James – it’s all the php. I ran screaming from the house this morning “HULK SMASH!”
@ Brett – That reminds me of a toy my toddler has (and I swear I didn’t buy it for her). It’s a truck with some guys with sniper rifles that pop out of hiding when you press a button and the driver (a real serious kind of dude) mutters, “I just like to blow things up.”
@ James – I think I did the voice for that toy…
(I remember a while ago, I printed out a picture of Homer Simpson acting as Hulk, so a well-muscled green Homer if you can imagine – one of my kids looked at it and said, “Daddy!” – I decided it was time to cut back on the coffee…)
@everyone-Could somebody get me an espresso? I have some god awful flu thing and am supposed to be painting, but this is way more fun…
here it is :D
Grazie tanto Jon…ahh, better.
siete molto benvenuti! :)
Oh man, he’s romancing all the women by betraying his patriotism to the French! TRAITOR!
hahaha, what’s that quote again? ‘You’re never loved in your own country’? or something like that? :)
Naomi,
Thanks for the love!
I’ve been off-line, skiing for a few days. This was a nice surprise to come home too!
I guess there might be something sexy about squeezing the marketing juices out of fresh oranges. :)
Holy shit! This must have taken hours to put together.
Thanks for the link, and compliment. While you are correct that not participating will only hurt yourself, it is the Sunday Retarded Argument.
Don’t worry, Humor Blogging is just on hiatus. It will be back soon.
it’s true, i did turn down the golden globes. however, i’m now thinking of posing nude for vanity fair in a spread honoring marilyn monroe, using nothing but durtbagz to cover my parts.
oh, dammit, lindsay! you freckle-covered whore, that was my gig. give me those durtbagz back! i can’t have losers like you being seen with my durtbagz. do everyone a favor and go back home, i mean rehab.
thanks for the love. even if you are knocked up like my 9 other friends. know that i’m trying to help out by drinking your share of wine along with mine.
*quietly ponders about the fast transition from coffee shop to wine bar*
@Jon: now you are even a multi-lingual rock god – my golly gosh what next. Please don’t tell us that you also clip your own toenails.
hahaha, this post (and the comments) is officially my favorite post ever! lol
Well I speak french, english, a little bit of italian, spanish and german, but nothing to write home about, I stick with french and english :)
Now about the toenails…
Wow I’ve made one comment thus far and you still had room in your heart to mention me, thanks for that. To tell the truth I am still a little freaked out about the label I may receive because of my comments. And I’ve always been the Silent Bob type.
@ Daryle – We will make you a believer.
Thanks for the link love and the attention to anchor text!
wow i feel all warm and fuzzy inside now – even though i am reading this WAY late – i made the list!! my employable status has resulted in lack of catching up on blogs… but you know i am lurking even if i dont comment ;) you are good like that!
btw, i HAVE been posting more often! like multiple times a week even! yay me! i am SURE it has someting to do with knowing you – must be it.. yes… definitley!
Wow, look what happens when I don’t stop by to visit for a while! Thanks for your link love and for your readership! I enjoy your work as much as you enjoy mine, and I always appreciate your VERY honest and refreshing way of sharing what’s on your mind. I learn a TON from you, and this post is no exception, as there are so many rabbit trails to follow. Thanks again!
Wow. I’m really late to notice it, but thanks for your link love :)
Actually, with so many links in one post, aren’t you worried of getting the search engine police penalising your site?