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Sand In My Bra18 April 2003

Bras for BEA

Oh yeah. There's nothing like cheap and creative PR. Big thanks to Joe E. of Travel Gear Blog for passing on the great deals on $1.50 bras. Three or four years ago we did a stunt at BEA for our Shitting…

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Personal16 April 2003

Writing for Lucasfilm Ltd.

I try my best to follow work that connects me to something I'm passionate about, and I've been able to uphold that with few exceptions. Looking for jobs now, I started to drool at this one. I'm sharing it…

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Something Different16 April 2003

Ideas Happen

Visa has just raised itself to platinum status in my book. The olympics are always cool, but this is spot on. $25,000 to ten different projects that have the best ideas. IdeasHappen.com I found it on MSN.…

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Sand In My Bra15 April 2003

Sand Update

Review mailings are out the door this week from TT HQ. More events are being set. Just in is…Capitola Book Cafe in CA on July 31 I still need to get to my letters (at least they are written and edited)…

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Personal14 April 2003

Personal Portfolio

Thanks for suggesting the good topic Nancy. I suppose when I hear the word portfolio I think of an artist or photographer's portfolio. Or even the financial kind. So, I might be using the word loosely.…

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Personal14 April 2003

Headhunter?

I've never used a headhunter before but I'm looking into it now. My resume is in top shape and the personal portfolio will be back from the printer by week's end. Everything I want to do right now takes…

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Personal13 April 2003

Weekend Warrior

Top 10 things Leo did this weekend: 1. Sand free content mailing out the door. 2. Copies of Sand mailed out to friends and family 3. Women's Travel Club pitched 4. Resume updated and put up at…

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Something Different12 April 2003

Kinkos Can Do It All

Living in the technical stone age without WiFi, an IPod, a Palm - let alone a printer or a fax - can be frustrating. Who knows how much time I've spent this past year passing docs from one web email to…

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WrittenRoad.com11 April 2003

Written Road is 1 yr old

Happy Anniversary Written Road. I've been doing this blog for a whole year now. I love it, us, this - I do. Even though paper is the 1 yr anniversary gift, if I were flush I'd buy us a laptop to…

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Sand In My Bra11 April 2003

Expanding the Tour

We've just booked Distant Lands for Monday June 9 at 7:30 p.m. That'll give me a full week in SoCal after BEA. Distant Lands is a terrifc travel specialty book store in Pasadena, CA. I did an event there…

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Something Different10 April 2003

When Ad Men Cry

Have you seen the most recent issue of Islands Magazine? If you haven't, you've gotta read the Letter from the Editor. I was laughing out loud. This should be prerequisite reading for all rookie travel…

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