Trying to watch Obama on “This Week,” fix a Thomas the Train lunchbox, wipe noses, do laundry and comment on the ejshea.com blog. Just a regular weekend for me.
January, 2009
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Crazy Sunday
January 11, 2009 by Michelle O'Hagan
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Snow Days
January 10, 2009 by Michelle O'Hagan
It began snowing this morning around 5, and nearly nine hours later, it’s still snowing. Not a blizzard at all; in fact it’s beautiful fluffy stuff.
We have more than 6 inches of snow now and we’re supposed to have about 10 inches by the end of the day.
Here’s a pic from the courtyard just a minute ago:
I started thinking about what a ‘snow day’ meant to me, as a kid growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas. Basically, if the sky looked like snow, school was cancelled and there was a run on milk and bread at the grocery store. Any kind, or any amount, of freezing precipitation meant we were staying home. That was a great feeling, but I’m glad my kids won’t have the same experience.
A foot of snow in Chicago just means it will take about 30 minutes for my wonderful husband to shovel my Freestyle out of the snow so I can take the kids to school before I drive to work.
As it should be.
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CNN/Facebook Will Stream Inauguration
January 9, 2009 by Michelle O'Hagan
My boss, Jim Meyers, and I were discussing over lunch this week the idea that we might need a television in the office at Imagination so people can watch the inauguration.
Not so much.
In what is surely a license to kill a little (more) time in front of our desktop, CNN.com is partnering with Facebook for an application that will allow Facebook’s users to watch President-elect Barack Obama‘s inauguration on January 20 while interacting with fellow social networkers.
I’ve already RSVP’d.
I don’t know if there’s anyone at Imagination who isn’t on Facebook. Just like a whole bunch of other companies. I love this. And I’ll be extremely interested in the numbers:
- How many will watch?
- How many conversations will flow through Facebook during the event?
- How many people will watch both their computer and their television set at the same time? [It happens. I had a roommate (Hi Paula!) who'd listen to/watch NASCAR races online while watching the actual race on TV.]
So cool!
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Breaking Bad News with Baby Animals
January 6, 2009 by Michelle O'Hagan
My colleague, Doug Kelly, just showed me a copy of this book. Sick humor, if you like that sort of thing. I do. http://ping.fm/gqcEq
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