Gitr Knows WoW

I was having a chat with Liz on Friday afternoon about the SOBCon 07 and I mused that there might be an awful lot of people pulling all-nighters in the cafe or out on the town doing networking like bloggers have never done. I imagine that a very high percentage of us will be getting to bed after midnight, if at all, because we can’t stop talking about relationship blogging, tools, article features, and stuff we haven’t even dreamed of yet.

Then I had a funnier thought. How many of us will go to our rooms, jump on each others’ blogs and do the same thing, introvertedly? 🙂 Just a thought. We are bloggers, after all.

Today I’m kicking off a new series: Reader Participation Monday. Today’s topic is blog avatars.

I have noticed that all of the “good” blogs that make a strong connection with their readers have a beautiful mug shot of the author on the front page. /Gulp. Gitr is one fine looking dude, and Bloodr is smoking hot, but face it; they aren’t pounding the keyboard.

Many of you have noticed that I have a nice mug of my wedding photo in my tux on my About Me page, but that requires a click to make a reader connection.

YOU have the power to vote what goes on the front page. Shall it be:

1. my RL picture
2. Gitr’s picture
3. Deadr’s picture
4. Bloodr’s picture
5. other wonderful suggestion

What are you waiting for? Vote!

The contest has come to an end and I have whittled down the link list to what you see now. I have “judged” them based on links out from my blog, content, consistant updates, and plain old “how much I like ya” factor. If you are not on this list, it’s not because you are not “worthy,” but that the line has to be drawn somewhere or you end up with a list like I had last Monday. I hope you are all enjoying the new theme and I hope to improve on that and my content in the coming weeks, especially after SOBCon 07.

I think I mentioned around New Year’s that I HATE New Year’s resolutions. That doesn’t mean that I don’t have goals. I have always been a goal-oriented person, and it brings a great sense of drive and accomplishment to my life to do so. Without goals, I wander around aimlessly in a rut of boredom, or at the worst, self-fulfilling selfishness with my free time. It is goals that give my life gusto and direction.

Last year, it was simple: get on my own 2 feet and get in a position to marry that woman that had held my heart for 4 years. Goal accomplished, October 21, 2006, 2 months early.

This year, there are two lives to consider with my goals, AND her goals must become my goals. [Read more…] about Live Large, and Don’t Be Afraid