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I selected Paul Lawton’s tweets around March 29th 2012 when he reached his 14,000 tweet milestone. I note the following superficial
Lawton tweet trivia:
- No tweet contained the infamous “GUH”.
- “Stoked” was only mentioned once.
- “Stoked” was followed by two exclamation marks!!
- Evan was the most-mentioned tweep. Likely, because of this recent FFWD article (click here to see)
Last, but not least… given the recent restoration of “Red Dog Diner”, a diner so beloved by Mammoth Cave group that they have a song dedicated to it (Indeed, martineoclock played the track on CKXU (88.3 fm) Thursday night, “Non-Stop Psychotic Cabaret” radio program.
- “Dog” was the most mentioned word.
So, Paul — here’s your aweird trophy:
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As soon as I closed off my last post and I quit trying to remember my 2012 resolution word. Thus, it came to mind. It is “empower”. In 2012, I will empower myself. In doing so, this means not being afraid or ashamed to make mistakes. It also means upsetting people (even myself) who feel slowed down as teaching someone takes more time than letting someone who already knows how to perform a task.
2012 Word of the Year
This is my first post of the New Year. I used to spend holiday time to build a focus for the New Year. I had an easy time creating or reinforcing a previous resolution.
For some reason, I didn’t find the time to think about the New Year. Yet, it is now over a week into the New Year and last year still feels incomplete without a resolution for this year.
Yesterday, a word came to my mind that helped me feel strong and more able to focus on my life’s plan and I immediately wanted to adopt it as my work for the year. Today, I forget the word. Couldn’t have been that great of a word, you think? However, it was so appropriate and right for me that I find it unbelievable that today it isn’t coming to my mind. I can’t think of it! I would have wrote it down, but it didn’t feel necessary—I didn’t think that I could forget it.
I have forgotten it. The more the I try to remember it, the more inaccessible the word feels.
So, today I’m going to try not to remember it so that it will surface in my mind. While I can’t think of it, I know that when I hear it, I’ll know it or if I think of it, I’ll know it. Next time, I’ll write it down before it has time to get buried among the business of my day!
Community Assistance Request
For the past four years, the Galt Museum & Archives presented 3 Dimensions, an exhibit of sculptural artwork created by artists in southern Alberta in conjunction with Lethbridge Art Walk. A committee of four; 3 members from the community and Galt Curator Wendy Aitkens coordinated the Call for Submission, juried the submissions, installed and dismantled the exhibit. The project ends with a Wine & Cheese Closing event.
The committee is recruiting new members to assist with the development of the 2012 exhibit. The time commitment is about 10 hours between April and October. If you are interested in joining this committee please contact Wendy Aitkens at wendy.aitkens at galtmuseum dot com or 403-320-3907.
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