When one of the selling points is 'lights'.
Gimme a V! Gimme an O! Gimme an X! What's that spell? VOX!
What better way to tell the world how much you love Vox than to announce it on Facebook? That's right: Vox now has an official Facebook page! Become a fan of Vox.com on Facebook and let your friends know what you really care about: staying connected with friends and family through blog posts, photos, videos and comments.
Once you're a fan, you can also add photos and videos to the page, write on the wall, and connect with other Voxers in ways you may not have previously. Plus, it's a great opportunity to let people know about your Vox blog, or start discussion topics. To become a fan, just visit the official Vox.com Facebook page and click the "Become a Fan" button in the upper right hand corner.
Once you've joined, why not post a response to the current discussion topic? Just post a link (and a brief description, if you'd like) to what you consider one of your all-time best Vox posts.
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Although we typically post on Team Vox to let you know about things that are going on with Vox (to, uh, state the obvious), once in a while, we like to let you know about other cool things that are happening around the blogosphere. And we think the idea of four hilarious mommy bloggers traveling across the U.S. on their way to the BlogHer '08 conference - all the while blogging and video blogging the journey - is one trip you will not want to miss.
Four adventurous bloggers from the Silicon Valley Moms Group were selected to participate in the Summer Road Trip '08 and blog about their travels, hotel stays, media appearances, time away from their families, and life on the road. Six Apart helped them partner up with General Motors, who provided the blogging mommies with a Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV to help make their journey comfy, safe, and a little more green.
In case you're not familiar with them, SV Moms is a group of over 200 bloggers who showcase the ups, downs, outrages, struggles, victories, and everyday humor of motherhood. There are currently nine regional and demographically tailored sites that give mothers from D.C., New Jersey, the Deep South, Rocky Mountains, L.A., and Silicon Valley a powerful voice and sense of camaraderie across the country. Whether you're a mother, a child, or just a person who enjoys a good blog, you'll really love reading the words of these amazing women.
The moms buckled into their Chevy Tahoe Hybrid SUV on July 11th and even got an encouraging message from Katie Couric to kick things off! They are currently somewhere in the middle of America making their way to San Francisco where they'll attend an SV Moms Group Party, as well as BlogHer '08.
You do not want to miss these entertaining and irreverent bloggers -- or their spontaneous contest giveaways! -- as they blog from the road. Experience the journey at MomRoadTrip.com.
And let us know about your summer road trip - or plane/boat/bus trip - in the comments! (I like to live vicariously.)
Another thing on The List has been tenuously knocked off. I believe it's my right to decide the exact interpretation of my list, which is lucky really, otherwise I'd have no chance of completing it.
So, number 36: Be a muse.
A dedication in an actual live book totally, totally counts. It couldn't count more, in fact. Admittedly, Katie might have something to say if I claimed to be Al's one and only muse, but I like to think that in dressing up as a mouse and embarrassing myself totally I went some way to helping him become a published author (again).
This is probably the best book I own now. You will all be receiving one for birthdays and Christmases.
If you can't wait til then, you should go and buy it for yourself here. In fact, fuck it - I probably won't get round to posting your present. I'd go and get it now just to be on the safe side.
I've walked down a particular road three times this week and had cars in my general vicinity honk their horns in a really aggressive manner. I always look round, because it sounds like the kind of horn-use you'd get right before someone gets run over. And there never seems to be any reason for the horn.
So, it happened for the third time today, and I swear to god, this was my thought process.
"Huh, that's weird".
"Why does it keep happening on this road?"
"Why does it keep happening when I'm around?"
"Wouldn't it be weird if there was some underground movement to really freak me out"
"Like if a radio station is starting this campaign to get cars to blast their horn around 5'4'' women with dark hair. Or more specifically, me."
"Actually, it's quite localised. It's more likely to be an online campaign"
I need to go and do some charity work of something.
- My DJ Yoda hoody. It's enormous, fleecy and warm, and I couldn't name a single DJ Yoda track (it was a means to warmth last year at Glastonbury).
- My fleecy slippers. Only idiots think they're too cool for fleecy slippers.
- Being inside when there is currently a month's worth of rain falling in a 24 hour period outside. This was the same thing that was making the day shitty when I was inside in the office, but things change. Mainly locations.
- The prospect of working from home tomorrow, so I can review some Wii games. Yes, that's a day on the sofa to play video games.
- Ordering Moo business cards. This time, I haven't included photos of random family members, as I've found these are difficult to give out without a very long explanation.
- Finding out that I've got 3 weeks of holiday to take in the next 6 months. The world is my theoretical oyster. Non-theoretically, England is my oyster. C'est la vie.
- Buying metallic face paints.
- Which leads me nicely to Latitude, which was so wonderful last year. The line-up this year isn't as hot, but that just means more time mooching around the woodland and lying around drinking pear cider without the need to rush from stage to stage.
At this point, it all gets a little Pollyanna-esque. There are only so many silver linings you can focus on amongst those clouds. Not that the clouds are huge, but today, with the weather, there are definitely some medium-sized cumulus nimbi.
Between you and me, I may not bother having a shower tomorrow. And I definitely won't bother with make-up. Hot, no?
Do you live in or around Cincinnati, Ohio? If so, you're in luck because Scott and the Queen City Voxers Group have organized a Vox user meetup!
WHERE: Ault Park Playground. 3600 Observatory Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45208. "We'll look for each other at the playground marked by the red X below. If it's raining, head for the shelter to the north of the [red] X."
To RSVP (which is not essential, but is appreciated), reply to Scott's announcement or send him a private message. All Voxers, as well as their friends and family, are welcome to attend.
If you do attend the meetup, have a great time and please take lots of pictures and send them to me so I can post them in Team Vox for everyone to see!
Thank you so much to Scott for organizing this meetup. Wish I could be there!
I was supposed to go vip to Wimbledon tomorrow. I don't like tennis, but I do like champagne and I do like free shit. My stupid foot has meant that I have to had to give the ticket away.
From tomorrow I'll have worked from home for 3 days in a row. That's not the fun kind of working from home, where you take your laptop and go somewhere with WiFi and a plug. No, that would be the kind of working from home where you're on the sofa and you haven't breathed any fresh air in 48 hours and counting. Because of my stupid foot.
I might not even be able to go to Shunt tomorrow night, which is officially the most fun bar in the whole of London, and would probably be the best night of my life.
God, I'm boring myself. There is no reason to be this dull.
I'm going to go out tomorrow and tear it up regardless. Even if I have to do it in *shudder* flats.
Although almost every day at Six Apart is Take Your Dog to Work Day, Friday was extra special because it was the official Take Your Dog to Work Day! Plus, as lovers of blogs and animals, we think it's great that active blogger and Human Society's President and CEO, Wayne Pacelle, thinks having dogs around the office is a good reminder of "who we're working for."
We realize some people have it ruff and aren't lucky enough to be able to bring their dog to work, but hopefully these pictures taken at Six Apart last Friday will get your tails wagging... And let me tell you, it's harder than it looks to get all the doggies and their fetching owners in one picture.
Hilariously. I can't walk and the best girl in the whole wide world (Leonie) has had to strap up my foot. It's fucking agony and I can't wait for the ibruprofen to kick in.
I will be spending the rest of the evening trying to convince myself it was the yoga wot done it, and not The Shoes.
