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February 2011 Blog Posts (4)

Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

Stop whining! Stop complaining! Stop looking for yet another excuse that holds you back from doing something you want. (Just make sure its legal!)

We are a nation of whiners. We complain about the politicians we have in office, yet "We the People" elected them. We complain about our boss, our spouses, our kids, the food at the restaurant, the food at home, our finances or our lack of finances. STOP! Enough already!

Get your life in order and get writing.… Continue

Added by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos on February 28, 2011 at 12:02pm — No Comments

B.I.C.

B.I.C. Butt in Chair

Dreaming is not writing. We can have many thoughts and dreams about writing, but thoughts and dreams is not writing. To write you need to look at your thoughts and dreams and select one of them, set your butt in a chair, and just start writing.

What?

Many people want to write articles, stories and author books, but most do not. How many people do you know that say, "I could write a book." or "I could write an article better than that idiot!" or "I… Continue

Added by Janie Lynn Panagopoulos on February 18, 2011 at 7:34pm — 1 Comment

Edcamp Detroit - An Unconference for All Educators

Edcamp Detroit

Last May, a bunch of teachers organized an event called #edcampPhilly. The event was an unconference. The cool thing about an unconference is that all of the sessions are run by the people who show up. The schedule is loose to allow people to talk about whatever they want.…

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Added by Nicholas Provenzano on February 7, 2011 at 3:00pm — No Comments