by Sarah Morgan on November 10, 2008
Everyone needs a Plan B in this economy. What will you do if you have to find something new?
Well, I’m all set with mine, and I’m calling dibs on it right here.
I’m filling a backpack with power strips, going to the airport, and renting them. Five dollars per hour per outlet, cash only, one hour minimum.
I’ve even got a name. I’ll be The Power Stripper.
And I’ll franchise around the world.
Yup. I’ll give you a moment to recover from the genius of it all. I know you need it.
However, Matt sent me a link that shows me that my original idea for wireless power may actually happen. eCoupled technology is talking about what I was talking about.
Although, as the Chicago Tribune points out, the concept of zapping massive amounts of energy through the air - and, therefore, through you - is, when you think about it, exponentially scarier than cell phones frying your brain and all those fears.
So I think my Plan B is safe for now. Thank goodness.
by Sarah Morgan on October 28, 2008
Note: I’m leaving the graphics in, even though they keep screwing up the formatting, because I think a person’s Twitter photo is a big part of their “personality”.
The subject line of Tuesday afternoon’s HARO email was called “10 Years Ago Today”. And while I think Peter was referring to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that enacted digital rights management, it made me think.
On October 28, 1998, I was:
- suffering through junior-year public speaking and Core IV (FDU alums feel my pain)
- balancing full-time school with a part-time PR job at Ortho-McNeil (for an amazing group of people)
- babysitting for the pharmacist I’d worked for as a tech (who’s one of my dearest friends, and whose girls are now in or near college themselves)
- dating a guy who smoked, managed a car wash, and adored Pink Floyd (in fairness, that was a long time ago, and he’s very nice)
Point is, I didn’t really know much about anything. Exactly one year later, I was wandering around Rome. And I don’t know if I know a much more about anything, ten years later, but I’ve sure made sure I’ve seen more.
Now check out what Twitter was doing ten years ago today.
deafmom:
@sarahmorgan 10 years ago I was wiping butts, juggling 2 toddlers and a baby & counting the minutes ’til hubby arrived home so I cld escape.
bobf1:
@sarahmorgan 10 years ago today…I was wondering if people dressed up for Halloween at my first job out of college.
joshshabtai:
@sarahmorgan: putting finishing touches on a ‘road warrior’ halloween costume while trying to get over the dissolution of a relationship.gamemom:
@sarahmorgan 10 yrs ago was creating early online press events. Journos met online to play games and talk via phone. Fed Exed them food.
YML: @sarahmorgan Making haloween cosumes for a (then) one and two yr. old. about 3 hours ago
ingarundquist:
@sarahmorgan I was a junior at West High School having just moved from Germany to the US and taking drivers ed classes! Yikes
rferrier:
@sarahmorgan “10 years ago…” i was working 1st job at literary agency and living at home b/c i didn’t make enough $$ to have my own place 
gturpin:
@sarahmorgan 10 years ago today… I was also a new father and my wife and I were taking my son to meet his grandparents for the first time.
AnnetteFix:
@sarahmorgan I’ll play. 10 years ago today, I was working as a dancer, supporting a deadbeat financial consultant from Smith Barney. Next? gturpin: @sarahmorgan 10 years ago today… I was the product manager for a multimedia design tool. http://tinyurl.com/69fh68
ltbeyer:
@sarahmorgan @skydiver re:HARO “10 years ago today…” I was a HS freshman going to my first Homecoming dance. (hope this thread spreads!)Here’s where you tell me what you were doing!
Updated: Will wrote a whole post on it too!
by Sarah Morgan on October 22, 2008
Dear Blog,
I’ve been neglecting you this week. I’m so sorry. It’s not your fault. Forgive me?
Dear Gym,
I miss you too.
Dear Doctor,
I haven’t been able to hear out of my right ear since I was out all day in the wind on Saturday. Do grown-ups get ear infections?
Dear English Language,
I hate it when people use “gift” as a verb. How can I make this stop?
Dear Santa,
If I promise to be really, really good for the next three weeks and not ask for anything ever, ever again, will the election turn out the way I hope?
Dear Guy with the Podcast on Improving Time Management,
When you tell me to shut everything off and do nothing for the next hour while I listen to you, I begin to suspect that you and I do not live in the same plane of reality. But when you tell me that your goal is to keep your inbox below 42 messages – and I have SEVEN – I realize that that the best time management is probably just shutting you off.
Dear News Media,
If I hear the phrase “Wall Street to Main Street” one more time, I will not be responsible for my actions. Fair warning.
Dear Jon Stewart,
I love you.
Dear Global Economic Crisis,
The only up side I can see is that it’s possible that you’ll push more companies with strapped marketing budgets into social media. Poverty breeds creativity, right? (In which case, judging by my latest 401(K) statement, I’m about to bust out in some Stephen-Hawking-level genius any moment now.)
Dear Pharmaceutical Industry,
It’s okay, you don’t need to figure it out anytime soon. We’ve got plenty of… oh wait.
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