<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062</id><updated>2026-05-01T16:04:25.656-04:00</updated><category term="Carnival"/><category term="blogging"/><category term="resources"/><category term="Christmas"/><category term="Mother&#39;s Day"/><category term="RSS"/><category term="blogger"/><category term="blogger templates"/><category term="blogroll"/><category term="blogs"/><category term="feedburner"/><category term="feeds"/><category term="modest clothes"/><category term="parenting"/><category term="technorati"/><title type='text'>Blogging Chicks</title><subtitle type='html'>The Metablog of the Blogging Chicks Blogroll -- Taking over the Internet one blog at a time</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default?alt=atom&amp;start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>312</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-5323155200860620927</id><published>2008-08-19T22:43:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-19T22:43:22.839-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m closing the blogroll</title><content type='html'>I haven&#39;t had the time to devote to the blogroll and I doubt that this fall will be any different so I have decided to stop updating it. I will not be deleting the blogroll so if you want to keep it on your blog, it will be available.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/5323155200860620927'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/5323155200860620927'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2008/08/im-closing-blogroll.html' title='I&#39;m closing the blogroll'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-7523636040428747569</id><published>2008-05-11T14:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-05-11T14:21:00.373-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Mother&#39;s Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;img alt=&quot;flower_tubes.jpg&quot; src=&quot;http://blog.beliefnet.com/reformedchicksblabbing/flower_tubes.jpg&quot; width=&quot;423&quot; height=&quot;363&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.clipartgallery.com/holidays/mothers_day/mothers_day.html&quot;&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/7523636040428747569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/7523636040428747569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2008/05/happy-mothers-day.html' title='Happy Mother&#39;s Day!'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-8018848201556078127</id><published>2008-01-28T14:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-28T14:36:20.437-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve finally updated the Metablog to Blogger Beta!</title><content type='html'>They&#39;ll be other changes to the blogroll as well.  I&#39;m going to randomize the blogroll.  If you like going through the blogs in alphabetic order you can go &lt;a href=&quot;http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2008/12/blogging-chicks-in-alphabetic-order.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for an alphabetic listing of the blogroll. Randomizing the list will let me know when I have dead links and will increase the traffic for blogs that update often.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you may notice I&#39;ve installed the blogroll on its own page and then I&#39;ve linked to the page in the sidebar, this is how I suggest everyone install the blogroll.  It&#39;s getting big and it takes awhile to load but if you have it on it&#39;s own page, that won&#39;t be a problem.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/8018848201556078127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/8018848201556078127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2008/01/ive-finally-updated-metablog-to-blogger.html' title='I&#39;ve finally updated the Metablog to Blogger Beta!'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-937712363023348023</id><published>2008-01-01T10:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-01T10:58:15.158-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p224/michelercb/?action=view&amp;current=hny3_W.gif&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p224/michelercb/hny3_W.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/937712363023348023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/937712363023348023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2008/01/happy-new-year.html' title='Happy New Year!'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-583354692793570939</id><published>2007-12-25T08:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-25T09:09:59.941-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Carnival"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Christmas"/><title type='text'>Merry Christmas!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p224/michelercb/?action=view&amp;current=A_lightsMC10.gif&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p224/michelercb/A_lightsMC10.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photobucket&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I only received three Carnival entries! Here they are:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Find out how to comment on Blogspot blogs on &lt;a href=&quot;http://cooladzine.blogspot.com/2007/12/comment-using-openid.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;CoolAdzine for Marketers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cooladzine.blogspot.com/2007/12/comment-using-openid.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share Christmas wishes with CyberCelt on &lt;a href=&quot;http://usaer.blogspot.com/2007/12/seasons-greetings-yall.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Texas RV Travel blog&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/2007/12/happy-holidays.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Advertising for Success blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mommybytes.com/2007/12/photo-card-curse.html&quot;&gt;Angela&lt;/a&gt;: &quot;This is just a rant about being late with my holiday cards&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/2007/12/happy-holidays.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess we&#39;re done with Carnivals.  I have an idea for blog promotion that shouldn&#39;t be too hard for me to do. More about that after the New Year.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I will be adding new members soon and will be giving this blog an overhaul.  I haven&#39;t abandoned Blogging Chicks and won&#39;t.  I remain committed to promoting the blogs of women :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/583354692793570939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/583354692793570939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/12/merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas!'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-1445452196175780528</id><published>2007-12-21T09:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-21T09:53:28.189-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m Back!!!</title><content type='html'>Yes, I didn&#39;t abandon the blogroll!  If you want to be part of a Christmas carnival, email me your link and a one or two line description of your post by Sunday morning.  I will be posting what I receive by Sunday night.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/1445452196175780528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/1445452196175780528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/12/im-back.html' title='I&#39;m Back!!!'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-6173191146662612914</id><published>2007-11-17T08:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-17T09:11:06.273-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No Carnivals Until December</title><content type='html'>Since interest in the Carnivals has wained and I&#39;m only getting a trickle, I&#39;m going to suspend doing Carnivals until Christmas.  I thought we could do a Christmas Carnival on Dec. 23.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since it&#39;s time to write my exegesis paper, my church history paper (on the Greek apologists) and preparing for finals, I won&#39;t be adding to the blogroll until after Dec. 16. Please email me if you need to change something or want to be added but I won&#39;t reply for awhile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; If I get a chance during breaks, I&#39;ll try to get to some of my email.  I certainly don&#39;t want to be overwhelmed by it when I&#39;m done with classes :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6173191146662612914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6173191146662612914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/11/no-carnivals-until-december.html' title='No Carnivals Until December'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-6276650020309429761</id><published>2007-11-04T22:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-11-04T22:26:04.738-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No Carnival today</title><content type='html'>As you might have guessed there is no carnival today.  I only received 1 entry.  I will save it for next week.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6276650020309429761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6276650020309429761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/11/no-carnival-today.html' title='No Carnival today'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-6087376103911273624</id><published>2007-10-28T18:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-29T08:42:33.564-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Carnival"/><title type='text'>Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #55</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href=&quot;http://pets.webshots.com/photo/2414232320063371809DZqIfg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float: left;&quot; src=&quot;http://thumb9.webshots.net/t/26/26/2/32/32/2414232320063371809DZqIfg_th.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;DSC01232&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;Halloween Posts:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read one &lt;a href=&quot;http://usaer.blogspot.com/2007/10/history-of-halloween.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;History of Halloween&lt;/a&gt; by CyberCelt on Texas RV Travel blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CyberCelt says &lt;a href=&quot;http://cooladzine.blogspot.com/2007/09/halloween-is-my-favorite-holiday.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Halloween is my favorite holiday&lt;/a&gt;! on CoolAdzine for Marketers blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Advertising for Success, CyberCelt spooks us with a &lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/2006/10/happy-halloween.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Happy Halloween&lt;/a&gt; post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andrea:&lt;a href=&quot;http://tuttihead.blogspot.com/2007/10/what-are-we-celebrating-halloween-for.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;&quot;&gt;What Are We Celebrating Halloween For Anyway?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Not-Halloween Posts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Angela: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mommybytes.com/2007/10/toy-recalls-arent-all-bad.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Toy Recalls Aren&#39;t All Bad&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boogiemum: &lt;a href=&quot;http://boogiemum.com/26/frugal-friday-spilling-the-beans/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Spilling the Beans&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;confessing7girl: &quot;cause baby news is something we girls love! &lt;a href=&quot;http://7confessions.blogspot.com/2007/10/emma-buntons-baby-beau-first-picture.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Emma Bunton&#39;s Baby Beau First Picture&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michele of &lt;a href=&quot;http://reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com/&quot; com=&quot;&quot; 2007=&quot;&quot; 10=&quot;&quot; html=&quot;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;&quot;&gt;Reformed Chicks Blabbing&lt;/a&gt; looks at the lyrics for the songs on Brian McLaren&#39;s new album and surprisingly &lt;a href=&quot;http://reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com/2007/10/brian-mclaren-songwriter.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;finds a couple she likes&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LoonyMom may not be doing the Halloween thing, but that doesn&#39;t mean she can&#39;t live her own horror story! Come read it in &lt;a href=&quot;http://myloonyland.blogspot.com/2007/10/blue-screen-of-death.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;The Blue Screen of DEATH&lt;/a&gt;!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;tag_list&quot;&gt;Tags: &lt;span class=&quot;tags&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/blogging+chicks&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;blogging chicks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6087376103911273624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6087376103911273624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/10/carnival-of-blogging-chicks-55.html' title='Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #55'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-5705669464896119421</id><published>2007-10-28T15:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T15:37:27.452-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ll be putting up the Carnival tonight and if you&#39;re having problems with the blogroll</title><content type='html'>Please don&#39;t dump it.  I&#39;m going through the blogroll and am deleting those who don&#39;t have the blogroll on their blog. If it&#39;s hanging up your blog, then publish it on a post (as if you were blogging about something) and then put a link to that page in the sidebar.  If you have any problems with it, email me and I&#39;ll try to help.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/5705669464896119421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/5705669464896119421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/10/ill-be-putting-up-carnival-tonight-and.html' title='I&#39;ll be putting up the Carnival tonight and if you&#39;re having problems with the blogroll'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-505126928825064362</id><published>2007-10-28T13:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-01-28T13:47:16.226-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogging Chicks Blogroll</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href=&quot;http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2006/04/blogging-chicks-blogroll.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://i2.tinypic.com/t6xlr4.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Image hosting by TinyPic&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;div style=&quot;height:250px; overflow:auto;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;a href=&quot;http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2006/04/blogging-chicks-blogroll.html&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click here to join&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;script language=&quot;javascript&quot; type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; src=&quot;http://rpc.blogrolling.com/display.php?r=0efec38b5adb4edc888fff4e735f9459&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;br /&gt;         &lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/505126928825064362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/505126928825064362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/10/blogging-chicks-blogroll.html' title='Blogging Chicks Blogroll'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://i2.tinypic.com/t6xlr4_th.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-5041019157862543706</id><published>2007-10-21T14:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-21T15:51:41.471-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Carnival"/><title type='text'>Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #54</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.webweaver.nu/clipart/easter/chicks2.shtml&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwVpAPgEVqaMAKVYS0advBq592huJw5Mzije9inAfAEf_-vuJw38PnmFpXvk4Zx-6rTQYhTt9eMFugJB78tQqXAVMEsKiQtRrA7m1K6AFtgIFt4jHsQ68niNtL-z51fCix9Ov/s320/chick-flowers.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123879845808255602&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My head must be so  filled with Greek that I didn&#39;t realize that I was a week early for Halloween posts (that&#39;s my excuse and I&#39;m sticking to it).  Send me your Halloween entries this week and I will include them in a section in next weeks Carnival.  If you don&#39;t want to post about Halloween but want to be in the Carnival, please send me your entry this week and I will include it. Thanks to everyone who sent an entry!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At Centre for Emotional Well-Being  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emotionalwellbeingblog.com/2007/10/bottled-up-feelings.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Taliah as a psychology cartoon&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At New Zealand Reality &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nzrealitytv.com/2007/10/joe-cottons-magic-knickers.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;TV singer Joe Cotton talks about wearing her magic knickers&lt;/a&gt; to make her look slim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;boogiemum: &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://boogiemum.com/10/a-train-of-self-trashing/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;A train of self-trashing&lt;/a&gt;&quot; which is &quot;a look into my disgusting habit of self-loathing.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ann: &quot;It is about me trying to l&lt;a href=&quot;http://underthesealove.blogspot.com/2007/10/voices-in-our-heads.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;ook at some fears on both sides of my husband&#39;s current deployment&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gretchen: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.girlscantwhat.com/2007/10/05/is-your-life-a-daring-adventure/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Is Your Life A Daring Adventure&lt;/a&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mimi Writes: &lt;a href=&quot;http://mimiwrites.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-to-get-your-peace-globe-november.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;How To Get Your Peace Globe ~ November, 2007&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Angela: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mommybytes.com/2007/06/google-interview.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;How I flunked my Google technical phone interview&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though Darla hasn&#39;t quite blogged about Halloween yet she would love to have you &lt;a href=&quot;http://deardarla.typepad.com/dear_darla_diaries/2007/10/one-probe-to-ru.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;pimp yourself and share any fertility advice you might have&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pamela (The Dust Will Wait) loves  Autumn. Visit to see the changes in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://thedustwillwait.blogspot.com/2007/10/two-trees.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Two Trees,&lt;/a&gt;  and read about a special day where &lt;a href=&quot;http://thedustwillwait.blogspot.com/2007/10/octobers-dance.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;October  Danced.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daniela: &lt;a href=&quot;http://danisoul.typepad.com/rubber_soul/2007/08/tuesdays-with-w.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Tuesdays with Werner&lt;/a&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/5041019157862543706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/5041019157862543706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/10/carnival-of-blogging-chicks-54.html' title='Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #54'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwVpAPgEVqaMAKVYS0advBq592huJw5Mzije9inAfAEf_-vuJw38PnmFpXvk4Zx-6rTQYhTt9eMFugJB78tQqXAVMEsKiQtRrA7m1K6AFtgIFt4jHsQ68niNtL-z51fCix9Ov/s72-c/chick-flowers.gif" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-4673621891361378984</id><published>2007-10-20T22:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-20T22:26:22.305-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival Tomorrow</title><content type='html'>Don&#39;t forget that we&#39;re having a Carnival tomorrow. Send in your entry as soon as you can.  Those who have sent an entry last week can send another one.  I&#39;ll use both of them.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/4673621891361378984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/4673621891361378984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/10/carnival-tomorrow_20.html' title='Carnival Tomorrow'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-1586211244253991612</id><published>2007-10-16T23:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-16T23:39:41.173-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Didn&#39;t get a lot of entries for the Carnival</title><content type='html'>Will hold the one&#39;s I got for this Sunday.  If you guys blog about Halloween, email me the link and description.  I&#39;m going to devote part of the Carnival to Halloween :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/1586211244253991612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/1586211244253991612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/10/didnt-get-lot-of-entries-for-carnival.html' title='Didn&#39;t get a lot of entries for the Carnival'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-3621014765308845072</id><published>2007-10-14T17:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-14T17:13:18.343-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Didn&#39;t receive that many entries for the Carnival</title><content type='html'>So, I&#39;m going to hold off publishing it to see if I get more.  If not, I might hold the entries I have until next week.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/3621014765308845072'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/3621014765308845072'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/10/didnt-receive-that-many-entries-for.html' title='Didn&#39;t receive that many entries for the Carnival'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-8066008349264524930</id><published>2007-10-07T17:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-07T18:39:24.259-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Carnival"/><title type='text'>Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #53</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-KLgo5kudAbTHVyBBIWIfs1enOGc6Jx25LvI7k72Sb1H7LwfPsDFdsiZ0vUcvTBDJWd_nApfldw5ta4B7dtRVb9nJxVPROrHZQ5Q4-dDkoSpqnNFrrHQaZNi8KhdrbaE2g9K/s1600-h/angry.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-KLgo5kudAbTHVyBBIWIfs1enOGc6Jx25LvI7k72Sb1H7LwfPsDFdsiZ0vUcvTBDJWd_nApfldw5ta4B7dtRVb9nJxVPROrHZQ5Q4-dDkoSpqnNFrrHQaZNi8KhdrbaE2g9K/s320/angry.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118726108391354914&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I will try to add any late additions.  If I missed your entry, email me and I&#39;ll add it.  We will be having a Carnival next week.  I was thinking about doing a Halloween theme Carnival on Oct. 28, let me know in the comments section if that sounds like fun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CyberCelt shares her concerns about security of various social networking sites on &lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/2007/10/other-face-of-facebook.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;The Other Face of Facebook&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Advertising for Success&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/2007/10/other-face-of-facebook.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CyberCelt shares a good idea for a Christmas gift for young children in &lt;a href=&quot;http://endangeredspaces.blogspot.com/2007/09/looking-for-special-gift-for-child.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Looking for a Special Gift for a Child?&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://endangeredspaces.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Endangered Spaces&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;boogiemum: &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://boogiemum.com/03/the-burma-connection/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;The Burma Connection&lt;/a&gt;, about my late discovery of Aung San Suu Kyi and her dedication to Myanmar.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talia has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emotionalwellbeingblog.com/2007/10/fat-mum-and-too-much-tv-linked-to.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;the results of the latest research&lt;/a&gt; that shows children are at risk of obesity if they are female, have on overweight mother or watch television.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New Zealand Reality TV has &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nzrealitytv.com/2007/09/dominic-bowden-latest-gossip.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;the latest gossip&lt;/a&gt; on The Next Great American Band’s host Dominic Bowden&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michele of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Reformed Chicks Blabbing&lt;/a&gt; posts a video of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com/2007/10/lennox-dawkins-debate.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;debate between atheist Richard Dawkins and Christian John Lennox&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;tag_list&quot;&gt;Tags: &lt;span class=&quot;tags&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Blogging+Chicks&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Blogging Chicks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/8066008349264524930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/8066008349264524930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/10/carnival-of-blogging-chicks-53.html' title='Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #53'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV-KLgo5kudAbTHVyBBIWIfs1enOGc6Jx25LvI7k72Sb1H7LwfPsDFdsiZ0vUcvTBDJWd_nApfldw5ta4B7dtRVb9nJxVPROrHZQ5Q4-dDkoSpqnNFrrHQaZNi8KhdrbaE2g9K/s72-c/angry.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-7729134417425725493</id><published>2007-10-06T20:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-06T20:01:34.364-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Carnival Tomorrow</title><content type='html'>Here&#39;s your reminder :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/7729134417425725493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/7729134417425725493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/10/carnival-tomorrow.html' title='Carnival Tomorrow'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-9028326725456549247</id><published>2007-09-30T15:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-30T15:55:37.643-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Carnival"/><title type='text'>Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #52</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDsWWY5F5eS0d8TNAPExRoFpwNHVzmU5T1_i0vJ479sGMdgz3lraQ7BKppdMsYF3TDCCuQpMRX_BhMmxPXqyAhVS8K_eyKOhRdCEgaDljE4yCRpMjW0ipDIisHiS2ARv7dG0e/s1600-h/day_old_chicks.bmp&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDsWWY5F5eS0d8TNAPExRoFpwNHVzmU5T1_i0vJ479sGMdgz3lraQ7BKppdMsYF3TDCCuQpMRX_BhMmxPXqyAhVS8K_eyKOhRdCEgaDljE4yCRpMjW0ipDIisHiS2ARv7dG0e/s200/day_old_chicks.bmp&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116087980564361714&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The Carnival is meant to showcase the blogs, you don&#39;t have to send in something that&#39;s profound.  In fact, it&#39;s better to send in something that reflects your blogging style so that potential readers get a feel for what type of a blogger you are.  Who knows?  They might just think you&#39;ve got something.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will be a Carnival next week.  Send in whatever is indicative of your blogging style or a post that you want more people to read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Angel: &lt;a href=&quot;http://angelathome.blogspot.com/2007/09/so-what-does-single-mom-do.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;So What Does A Single Mom Do...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.velveteenmind.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Velveteen Mind&lt;/a&gt; reminds us that we are not our money, regardless of our circumstances.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.velveteenmind.com/velveteenmind/2007/09/i-am-a-have-but.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;I Am a Have but I Happen to Have Not. &lt;/a&gt;  What about you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tinym.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;tinyMEME&lt;/a&gt; gives all web developer-wannabes a good start in the field by offering a list of more than &lt;a href=&quot;http://tinym.com/archives/2007/09/the-best-free-development-tools/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;30 free and almost free web development and design tools for the freelancer&lt;/a&gt; (or pro).  Did she miss some of the greatest tools you&#39;ve ever used?  Leave a comment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Advertising for Success blog, CyberCelt writes of the woes of being a foreign correspondent or living in a society where news is repressed in &lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/2007/09/reporters-without-borders.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Reporters Without Borders&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On CoolAdzine for Marketers blog, CyberCelt tells of the horrors faced by women of every nation, even in the civilized world, in &lt;a href=&quot;http://cooladzine.blogspot.com/2007/09/stop-violence-against-women-and-girls.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Stop Violence Against Women and Girls&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Texas RV Travel blog, CyberCelt updates us on the status of the humanitarian disaster on the 21st Century in  &lt;a href=&quot;http://usaer.blogspot.com/2007/09/genocide-in-darfur-continues-today.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Genocide in Darfur Continues Today&lt;/a&gt;.  Warning: what these people live through is not pretty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CyberCelt bares her soul in &lt;a href=&quot;http://endangeredspaces.blogspot.com/2007/09/i-stand-before-you-and-weep.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;I Stand Before You and Weep&lt;/a&gt;... on Endangered Spaces blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://deardarla.typepad.com/dear_darla_diaries/2007/09/i-think-that-mi.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Darla&lt;/a&gt; shares candidly about baby making and crocheting for charity. She&#39;d love a few tips!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gretchen asks &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.girlscantwhat.com/2007/09/26/is-cheerleading-a-thing-of-the-past/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Is cheerleading a thing of the past&lt;/a&gt;?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michele of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Reformed Chicks Blabbing&lt;/a&gt; blogs about the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com/2007/09/hallelujah-diet-is-unbiblical.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Hallelujah Diet&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;tag_list&quot;&gt;Tags: &lt;span class=&quot;tags&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Blogging+Chicks&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Blogging Chicks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/9028326725456549247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/9028326725456549247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/09/carnival-of-blogging-chicks-52.html' title='Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #52'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDsWWY5F5eS0d8TNAPExRoFpwNHVzmU5T1_i0vJ479sGMdgz3lraQ7BKppdMsYF3TDCCuQpMRX_BhMmxPXqyAhVS8K_eyKOhRdCEgaDljE4yCRpMjW0ipDIisHiS2ARv7dG0e/s72-c/day_old_chicks.bmp" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-6057825586706863591</id><published>2007-09-26T23:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-26T23:01:56.756-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Early Reminder for the Carnival</title><content type='html'>Here is your early reminder for the Carnival this week. Send me a description of the post that you want to promote and a link to the post.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6057825586706863591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6057825586706863591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/09/early-reminder-for-carnival.html' title='Early Reminder for the Carnival'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-6462882481983156221</id><published>2007-09-23T16:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-23T17:47:54.221-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Carnival"/><title type='text'>The Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #51</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;http://www.iband.com/cgi-bin/pro/emAlbum.cgi?c=show_thumbs;p=photos/animals/birds/chickens&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZzbVXtU-VmDpPamc-UMb-FCRtw5mabSKQ8Rv65TvBeqb6_WbxhuBYIgytzCm_bn5DRxH1gTVoJSZ6c28rbxehgN0VNKWTU2RqwEePX1EZUErFZgvQQu1hCVS8JuZr2sYfmxZ/s200/two_baby_chicks.bmp&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113503368029876690&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;We will be having a Carnival next week, still no theme (sorry).  Select whatever post you want to promote and email me a description and a link.  Use the following entries as an example.  I&#39;ll try to remember to post a reminder.  The will come to your mailbox if you put your email address in the form that&#39;s located on the sidebar. (It&#39;s an email of our feed from Feedburner.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nzrealitytv.com/2007/09/how-to-look-good-naked.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;At New Zealand Reality TV&lt;/a&gt; everyone’s raving about the new BBC show How to Look Good Naked which focuses on body image and feeling good from the inside out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miss Prozac talks about reality TV host Lee-Anne Wann’s eating disorder, chronic fatigue and battle of the bulge at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nzrealitytv.com/2007/09/lee-anne-wanns-eating-disorder-body.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;New Zealand Reality TV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lori of &lt;a href=&quot;http://bloggingcents.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Blogging with Cents&lt;/a&gt; blogs about &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://bloggingcents.com/2007/09/10/male-selective-hearing&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Male Selective Hearing&lt;/a&gt;&quot; and at &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://acowboyswife.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;A Cowboy&#39;s Wife&lt;/a&gt;&quot; she blogs about &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://acowboyswife.blogspot.com/2007/09/that-special-moment.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;That Special Moment&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pamela, of &lt;a href=&quot;http://thedustwillwait.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;The Dust Will Wait&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://thedustwillwait.blogspot.com/2007/09/fun-monday-32-good-deed.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Fun Monday Good Deed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.linkedin.com/in/etrainor&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;CyberCelt&lt;/a&gt; details the latest &lt;a href=&quot;http://endangeredspaces.blogspot.com/2007/09/open-internet-to-everyone.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;action to be taken to keep the Internet free and neutral&lt;/a&gt; in her post on &lt;a href=&quot;http://endangeredspaces.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Endangered Spaces blog.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CyberCelt wants to remind everyone about &lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-against-abuse.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Bloggers Against Abuse&lt;/a&gt; on September 27, 2007 on &lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Advertising for Success blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malissa&#39;s Merry Go Round -- &lt;a href=&quot;http://malissasmerrygoround.blogspot.com/2007/09/fall-is-in-air.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Fall is in the air&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talia Mana offers a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emotionalwellbeingblog.com/2007/09/easy-goal-setting.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;quick and simple guide&lt;/a&gt; to goal setting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michele of &lt;a href=&quot;http://reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Reformed Chicks Blabbing&lt;/a&gt; blogs about the &lt;a href=&quot;http://reformedchicksblabbing.blogspot.com/2007/09/god-now-has-attorney-in-nebraska.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;lawsuit brought against God by a state senator.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;tag_list&quot;&gt;Tags: &lt;span class=&quot;tags&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Blogging+Chicks&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Blogging Chicks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6462882481983156221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/6462882481983156221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/09/carnival-of-blogging-chicks-51.html' title='The Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #51'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwZzbVXtU-VmDpPamc-UMb-FCRtw5mabSKQ8Rv65TvBeqb6_WbxhuBYIgytzCm_bn5DRxH1gTVoJSZ6c28rbxehgN0VNKWTU2RqwEePX1EZUErFZgvQQu1hCVS8JuZr2sYfmxZ/s72-c/two_baby_chicks.bmp" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-7939236749291044995</id><published>2007-09-22T20:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-22T20:16:21.438-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Reminder: Carnival tomorrow</title><content type='html'>We will be having a carnival tomorrow.  Please email me a link and a brief description of the post that you would like to have readers visit.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/7939236749291044995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/7939236749291044995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/09/reminder-carnival-tomorrow.html' title='Reminder: Carnival tomorrow'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-2880462377557450819</id><published>2007-09-16T19:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-16T21:29:46.776-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Carnival"/><title type='text'>Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #50</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19039QVJY6L6gbf_01BWU2M9GfmDAi-PivWQbPsBBVdYpNjdij546tTKlYI9v_rMmuOZ4Fv2O-bwqWgupt_qjVBetKJhiIpfL1vDnXdRxc_PpgdHsVBW_MwlMCse5_h8BoULz/s1600-h/bird_chicks.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19039QVJY6L6gbf_01BWU2M9GfmDAi-PivWQbPsBBVdYpNjdij546tTKlYI9v_rMmuOZ4Fv2O-bwqWgupt_qjVBetKJhiIpfL1vDnXdRxc_PpgdHsVBW_MwlMCse5_h8BoULz/s200/bird_chicks.gif&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5110973501234567554&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;OK, just to review how the Carnival works, it&#39;s real simple.  Out of all the posts that you write next week, pick one and then email me a one or two sentence description with the link to the post.  That&#39;s it.  I put up a reminder here each week.  If you are missing the reminders, then subscribe to the email RSS feed and a reminder will be sent (it&#39;s located in the sidebar).  We will be having a Carnival next week.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talia from Centre for Emotional Well-Being suggests you try “&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emotionalwellbeingblog.com/2007/09/urge-surfing-to-beat-addictions-and.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;urge surfing&lt;/a&gt;” to battle cravings for food, ciggies, alcohol or any other destructive habit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CyberCelt asks you to please take action on &lt;a href=&quot;http://advertising-for-success.blogspot.com/2007/09/racism-rears-ugly-head-in-jena-la.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Racism Rears Its Ugly Head in Jena, LA&lt;/a&gt; on Advertising for Success.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never one to back down from a potentially tasty challenge, in &lt;a href=&quot;http://karmynsdreamings.typepad.com/dreaming_what_ifs/2007/09/the-double-dog-.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Dreaming What Ifs...&lt;/a&gt; Karmyn R tries out a new recipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://diva-days.blogspot.com/2007/09/ruby-red-lips.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Diva Days&lt;/a&gt;: The allure of red lipsick still calls us today, but there are some tricks to getting away with it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://thetallpoppy.blogspot.com/2007/09/twitter-what-is-it-i-read-post-recently.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Tall Poppy&lt;/a&gt;: The Twitter phenomenon has left some of us wondering what all the fuss is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smithical: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smithical.com/PermaLink,guid,37afa555-20a9-40c9-ac37-89a1e1ad7d36.aspx&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;the sense of wonder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Michele of &lt;a href=&quot;http://mylifeunderthesun.blogspot.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;Life Under the Sun&lt;/a&gt; and her daughter Sarah (mostly Sarah :-) wrote a &lt;a href=&quot;http://mylifeunderthesun.blogspot.com/2007/09/review-haiku-of-king-of-kong-fistful-of.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; onclick=&quot;return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)&quot;&gt;review haiku&lt;/a&gt; of &quot;King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;tag_list&quot;&gt;Tags: &lt;span class=&quot;tags&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://technorati.com/tag/Blogging+Chicks&quot; rel=&quot;tag&quot;&gt;Blogging Chicks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/2880462377557450819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/2880462377557450819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/09/carnival-of-blogging-chicks-50.html' title='Carnival of the Blogging Chicks #50'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19039QVJY6L6gbf_01BWU2M9GfmDAi-PivWQbPsBBVdYpNjdij546tTKlYI9v_rMmuOZ4Fv2O-bwqWgupt_qjVBetKJhiIpfL1vDnXdRxc_PpgdHsVBW_MwlMCse5_h8BoULz/s72-c/bird_chicks.gif" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-9066163582585070916</id><published>2007-09-15T18:18:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-15T18:18:56.078-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Reminder</title><content type='html'>Carnival tomorrow!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/9066163582585070916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/9066163582585070916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/09/reminder.html' title='Reminder'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-4421415844618446386</id><published>2007-09-14T13:38:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-14T13:38:34.479-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Reminder, reminder, reminder</title><content type='html'>Hey!!!!! We are having a Carnival this week!  (Do you think that was noticeable :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/4421415844618446386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/4421415844618446386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/09/reminder-reminder-reminder.html' title='Reminder, reminder, reminder'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26599062.post-5977705821171325523</id><published>2007-09-10T21:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-10T22:19:42.570-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What happened to the Carnival?</title><content type='html'>I received one entry:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Talia from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.emotionalwellbeingblog.com/2007/09/urge-surfing-to-beat-addictions-and.html&quot;&gt;Centre for Emotional Well-Being&lt;/a&gt; suggests you try “urge surfing” to battle cravings for food, ciggies, alcohol or any other destructive habit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh well!  We&#39;ll try again next week.  I will try to remember to start reminding you earlier :-)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/5977705821171325523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26599062/posts/default/5977705821171325523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bloggingchicks.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-happened-to-carnival.html' title='What happened to the Carnival?'/><author><name>michele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01681522311658153789</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/736/2127/1600/me%20gray.jpg'/></author></entry></feed>