The Whitney and Foursquare

The Whitney Museum of American Art partnered with Foursquare back in February. Their partnership offered a badge to users – after checking in to certain places – so that the cost of admission for anyone with the badge would be $5 (as opposed to the usual $18). I visited the museum this past weekend, using the discounted price, and took a stroll through the exhibits. READ MORE →

The End Of Days

While I believe that Harold Camping has a few screws missing in thinking that he could predict the end of the world, I will admit that I do like having a bit of fun with his prediction. End of Days party, anyone? However, when I woke up this yesterday to find a retweet in my feed, I stopped short and did a bit of thinking.

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I'm a Fan Girl

Fangirl; n.: a female who supports an idea, trend, company etc, with an intensity bordering crazy.

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Here's the deal, I'm not crazy (sorta, kinda). I just love books, and because I love books, I love the people who write those books. With the entry of Twitter to the world of Social Media, it's become easy to have a conversation with authors who were otherwise unreachable - except when they tour. So when one of my favourite authors respond to my tweets well, I usually have a moment of excitement, then I carry on with whatever I'm doing.

So when Scott Westerfeld retweeted my Behemoth tweets? *yay*

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Time Spent Online

I'm online a lot. Sometimes I wonder, where do I spend my time online? Luckily, Chrome allows you to see your most visited sites and so I present, Shanella's Most Visited Sites.

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2D Glasses

I'll be frank, I'm not a fan of the trend towards 3D movies. There are few movies that I like in 3D, those tend to be the cartoons. Action movies in 3D? Not so much.

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Alice's Tea Cup

'Take some more tea,' the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.
'I've had nothing yet,' Alice replied in an offended tone, 'so I can't take more.'
'You mean you can't take LESS,' said the Hatter: 'it's very easy to take MORE than nothing.'

Do you love tea? Do you love whimsical? Are you a fan of Lewis Carroll? If you answered YES to any of those questions then Alice's Tea Cup is for you! Rear More→

Let’s help Mighty Max get 1M get well cards!

Max is a 12 year old from Neola.

Max has been battling leukemia since he was in kindergarten.

Max has one wish. That wish is to receive 1 million get well cards.

Let's help Might Max reach his goal, address get-well cards to:

Mighty Max Low
P.O. Box 111, Neola, IA 51559

Also, send this along to your friends. =)