When you think about it, in comparison to the millions of blogs in existence, only a few bloggers are able to attend BlogHer; those who are going just have bigger mouths large readerships good reason to write about it:
THEY’RE BLOGGERS, PEOPLE! We ALL write about the minutia of our lives, and in a blogger’s life? Meeting the people you read IN REAL LIFE is tantamount to a middle-aged hacker golfing in a foursome with Tiger and Phil and Vijay, or a highschool basketball standout playing with Michael Jordan, or ME COOKING DINNER WITH PAULA DEEN!!!
So, for the OVERWHELMING MAJORITY of the rest of us, we’ll continue blogging as usual without the concern of plane crashes or falling into an earthquake crevice or being run over by a wayward railcar or having to eat beans and rice for a month to make up for travel expense. See? All good things.
Oh, and one more thing…YOU’RE INVITED to a special cyber-party for those NOT attending BlogHer! Simply write a party post and link it back tonight beginning at 10 p.m. EST (9:00 Central).
It’s your choice what to include, but I’d love to find some wonderful party recipes you might have; hopefully, you’ll be meeting some new bloggers, so a quick intro post might be good including a FEW links to your favorite archived posts; or maybe you’d like to offer "party favors" (aka a giveaway).
A word of advice–the briefer your post, the better, ’cause that will allow you to visit a few more bloggy friends (note to self: read, then re-read previous sentence!).
Karen at Simply…A Musing Blog and co-host of Behind the Blog radio show has set up a chat for us beginning at 10 p.m. EST (9:00 p.m. Central). Just follow these easy directions:
1. Go to http://www.blogtalkradio.com and sign
up for a free "listener account" by clicking on "Register" on
the top blue navigation bar and join in the conversation.
2. Once you’ve done that, you can find our chat tonight by typing in www.blogtalkradio.com/
and then once we’re live and on the air, you can click on the button that says,
"listen" and a new page will open up and you’ll see the chat
room!
3. If you’d like to chat in the chat room, once you’ve clicked on the listen
button, you should see another button that says "chat live" and if
you click it, a new window will pop up and you’ll be in our chat room and ready
to chat.
Last but not least, please help spread the word! Pick up the button and link the image back to my main page–write a post, Tweet it, Plurk It, Stumble it and Kirtsy it…with a party, I’m all about the more the merrier! Mr. Linky will be up by 10 EST, earlier if I’m able :).
Have I left anything out? Email or leave a comment, and I’ll get back to you when I’m able.
Make friends. Mix and mingle. The party may start at 10:00 EST tonight, but I suspect it’ll last all weekend long 😉 :).
My post is up!
Yeah! I’ll be there. I’m trying to figure out something fab I can give away that is laying around my house. I think I’ve got it…
Awesome idea, girl. I dunno what I’ll post but i know the chat will be superfun!
For the record, I would LOVE to be there and to do it. I’m afraid with the last minute details and box stuffing may take precedence over a blog hop. You and Karen rock to even put it all together! You go girls!
Whee! I posted about this over at BlogHer too – http://www.blogher.com/not-blogher-dont-worry-heres-how-stalk-it
Ooooh, I hate missing the chat tonight. Eating dinner with family at The Swallow at the Hollow (good place to go together if you & I go to Atlanta BlogHer) and late show of The Dark Knight.
Hmmmm… What to give away?
great idea! If my kids stopfighting I may even get a chance to write a post and join in. I even have a give away idea.
I have my post ready to go~ Such a great idea thanks!
I’m getting ready right now. 🙂 I’ll be there … with my blog on.
🙂
Thanks! You and Karen are awesome!
this is a wonderful idea! thanks for doing this 🙂
Oh yikes….I am just hearing about this hours before…sounds like fun if I can get my ducks in a row.:)
Since everyone appears to be alive in my house tonight, I think I’m going to join in. I could use a party….off to work on my party post!
YOU are so ambitious! I will see if I can get a post up – I haven’t been exactly prolific lately so it will take some doing.
thank you for posting that not all the COOL BLOGGERS are off leaving their hearts in SF. There are a few of us left, and we will party from our ‘puters tonight, as sad as that is. thanks!
I thought of you a few days ago when hubby was snapping photos of my feet. 🙂 Is that bad? That when I think of you I think of red painted nails on toes and feet at the beach? 🙂
Hmmm, I’ll have to ponder what to do…
Party on!
Hey! I saw your tweet. Wish I had known about this sooner but I won’t have time to write a party post. However, I *did* have a non-BlogHer chat today from my site with some fine bloggers, and the chat room will be open all weekend for anyone who wants to stop by. 😉
If I can stay awake…
🙂
Mine’s up! http://tinyurl.com/5fahgj Woo hoo!
I have the partial gift of hospitality, I’ll see what I can come up with.
Mine’s up! And I have a giveaway w00t! http://www.threeseven.ca/2008/07/their-party-vs-our-party-bloghop-08.html Come on over!
Mine is up – late, but up!
strangerstill.wordpress.com
Great fun! My post is up at
http://growingalife.blogspot.com/2008/07/come-chat-this-weekend.html
😉
Oh man, and I just put up my non-BlogHer post. Wish I had known about the BlogHop!
Hello I was there. Thanks I learned lots. I just got into blogging recently, so I am still learning.
Checkout my two blogs:
http://www.savingsformoms.blogspot.com
and
http://www.Melsieworld.blogspot.com
Blessings,
Melissa
That was great! Loved it!
Huh? What did you say?
Ok, I’m in, just as soon as I go back and re-read the instructions.
Talk slow for us country folk, k?
I just found out about the party! But… I am already there, and I have a giveaway, too! I missed tonight’s chat, but I’m coming back to see if there will be more.
I totally missed the chat. Darn! If you read my post from Friday it would clearly explain that I am in way over my head this weekend and why I missed it. Hope to try it again on another weekend that isn’t so jam packed full of stuff! I hope everyone had a great time =)
appears I missed out on the party.
(I have granddaughter visiting {fun} and dental surgery {not fun})
Leave it to me to miss the BlogHop ’08 party AND 40PC this week! Life needs to slow down a bit for me soon … please!
Hugs and blessings,
I SO wish I had known about this earlier…I do love a good party with my bloggy buddies. Is it too late???
Really, really fun. What a wide variety! Thanks!
Sorry I missed this, Robin. Heard about it over at PastorMac’s Ann! What a wonderful thing to do! 🙂