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Meanwhile, on my other blogs… September 30, 2012

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review September 29, 2012
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: Buying and selling activity temporarily suspended for select alcohol-related collectible items Due to recent policy violations, we are temporarily suspending all buying and selling activity for fu...

There is no place like home (aka remind me never to leave my house again)

(Photo credit: JulianBleecker)

As I mentioned, this has been a weird summer. In addition to some personal chaos, I’ve been travelling much more than usual. There were several business trips, personal trips and finally a vacation that we just returned home from last night. And while I was home for a few days in between all this planes, trains and automobiles action, I really only had time to do the highest priority work before zooming off to the next location. I am not a person who normally has...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… September 16, 2012

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review September 15, 2012
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: #OnlyOnTwitter: New York Fashion Week As fashion favorites unveiled the coming season’s biggest trends (bold colors, prints) during New York Fashion Week (#NYFW), Twitter was there every step of t...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… September 9, 2012

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

E-Commerce & Social Networking Week in Review September 8, 2012
Straight from the source, here’s what happened in the world of e-commerce, social networking and selling online in the past week: SMB Newbie Hangouts on Air: Using the Google Display Network to generate brand awareness AdWords Specialists Courtney Pannell, Adam Ziegler and Bethany Powers hosted a Hangout on Air yesterday as t...

That time Michael Clarke Duncan and I watched Mariah Carey sing

Michael Clarke Duncan at the Warner Brothers Lot in Burbank, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I have run into very few celebrities in my life despite the fact that I used to work in entertainment. I’ve actually spoken to still fewer and I can actually think of only a handful that I’ve actually exchanged multiple sentences with. One of these was Michael Clarke Duncan, the actor best known for The Green Mile, who passed away today at 54. It seemed like now was as good a time as any to share...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… September 2, 2012

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

Rosie O’Donnell opens an eBay account to benefit Desmoid Tumor Research Foundation (DTRF)
Emmy award winning talkshow host andcomedianRosie O’Donnell has been a staple on Etsy since February 2009 where she’s been selling artwork and a variety of other random crafts of hers all to benefit her charity, Rosie’s Theater Kids. She also matched any money raised through the store dollar for doll...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… August 26, 2012

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

Vendio stores no longer free for everyone… only for some?
I recentlyreceivedsome messages from readers informing me that Vendio Stores are no longer free. First of all, a big thanks to everyone who took the time to give me a heads up on this because, odd as this sounds since I have not one but two storefronts with them, Vendio never notified me of this [...]

Are you a slave to your routine...

The existential typo

I Exist (Photo credit: C-Monster)

While I already told you about my most frequent typo when I’m writingdialog, there’s another typo that I make all the time that’s even more dangerous.

Just about every time a character in one of my plays leaves the stage, I write exists instead of exits.This typo is particularly deadly because, at first glance, it looks right and not even grammar check is going to catch this one.

The one plus to this is that it adds this strange extra level to every scene since...

Meanwhile, on my other blogs… August 19, 2012

Don’t read all the sites I blog for? Here’s what you missed in the last week outside of HillaryDePiano.com.

Princess Sparkle, The O. C.’s only My Little Pony special guest star
While there have been jokes about My Little Pony on a variety of shows, there’s been no MLP cameo more prominent than Princess Sparkle‘s turn on the television show The O. C. Featured in three episodes over seasons 1 and 2, Princess Sparkle was not just seen in the background but was a plot point [...]

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In which I confess that this summer has completely and thoroughly kicked my butt

Can you spot the moment my life went off the rails?

It’s been an… interesting summer.

Stressful is a grossly over-used word (especially by me… guilty!) but it’s really the only word to describe the last few months. All sorts of stuff was and is still going on, some of it good, much of it bad and nearly all of it stress inducing in big ways. To sum it all up in a gross understatement: I haven’t been on my A game.As the graph above shows, my productivity and output has taken a serious hit while I...