Utter panic, easy twitters and smoke signals in a tornado

Talk about utter panic!

eBay announced yesterday that they’re going to be dropping the Commission Junction program.

I don’t even want to THINK about what will be required to update my 100s of sites!!

To maintain my sanity, I’m choosing to view this as, golly, these things happen, look at it as an opportunity for extreme frustration. It will require major note-taking, project management, etc…as if I don’t have enough work on me plate.

Ah well. I did manage to write:

• Viva the Easter Broccoli Bunny! Managing your blog readers’ expectations – Day 2 of 5
• Easy way to let people Twitter your blog posts – TinyURL plugin usable for tweets!

I’m particularly proud of the second article – it’s a non-techie way of reminding visitors that sharing is a good thing.

Family-wise, life is quite excellent. I’m trying to teach my kids that when sunk in utter despair, giving into black-hole imitating, while it does have its place in life, isn’t the optimal solution. It’s nice the kids are still at an age that what Mommy says, goes!

Martial-arts wise, Brazilian Juijitsu yesterday was great – because I haven’t had any beginners class (can’t make them, so I attend adult classes), I’m thoroughly incompetent….but do throw myself into it with great enthusiasm. It was only at the end of the class it all came together (one of the “getting past the guard” moves) so I’ll hopefully improve by next week.

Advanced karate was enjoyable (got pummeled a bit but was able to block well), Kendo was fun, and Adult sparring…wheeee! Alas, the world-class fighter who kindly bestowed the front kick that produced the living-room sized carpet burn on my elbow wasn’t there, but I had a blast with other sparrers too. Blading the body, directing hands down, pivoting etc. – it’s all coming together.

Alas, after I came home….I was awake for another 2 hours (just couldn’t sleep) so I’m running on empty now. Wah. Must write Day 3 of managing your blog readers’ expectations, “Beat you on Friday” and other work…and will then simply crash while the kids are at school. Right now, there’s no way in heck I’m in condition to do kendo sparring this evening, so perhaps I’ll give myself permission to miss class.

And so starteth the day,

Barbara

ps – speaking about panicking…:

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