[Note from the Proprietor: In case you're wondering what it's all about, well, we're smack in the middle of BLOGAPALOOZA! Hey, you're welcome to join in the fun if you like! All ya gotta do is click that cute little link and read all about it!]

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Guest post by VickyH who writes over at Remarkable Parents

May: Who Taught My Kid That Four Letter Word Why my daughter needed to acquire enough confidence to fail.

June: Life Strategy: R U Living Or Merely Existing (Part 2) As role models, we need to consider the way we live our everyday lives and how this is perceived by children; both those we have chosen and those we haven’t chosen to be the role models of.

July: Your Life Today In 25 Words A sample:

A Random Twenty-Five Words

Might Not Convey Meaning Or Power.

Yet Translating A Thought

Into Precisely Twenty-Five Words

Can Transform A Thinker Into A Writer.

Aug: Missing Children Alerts on Twitter – Twitter for a Social Cause (Part 1) I love this idea! I love using a social media tool like Twitter to make our world a better place!

Sept: Only The Good Stuff As I’m reviewing this week, I am reminded of all the things and events I am thankful for. Those special, sparkly individuals in my life who encourage me daily, whose support gives me strength, and who when I see the glass is half empty, they remind me of the glass half full-isms. So here we go, my week and only the good stuff!

Oct: The Scoop on Blog Action Day 2008 Blog Action Day is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day.
Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion, “One Issue, Thousands of Voices”

Nov: Amazon Must Be Having a WTF Moment A look at the new “frustration free packaging” available from Amazon.com. My readers disagreed with me on this one, maybe they were right?

Dec: Free Online Business Classes From HP Hewlett Packard offers free online business classes.
Very handy to learn at home, at your own pace, without an financial investment. Classes include: Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Writing a High Impact Business Plan, Build Your Business Identity With a New Logo, and How to Build Your First Website

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Twitter. Google Docs. MySpace. Facebook. When you hear these words, does it sound like a foreign language? Is MySpace your idea of outer space? Try to communicate with your kids using these new social media and software tools and you’ve probably thought Forget it

Don’t Forget it. Get it, with the help of Remarkable Parents. Use technology as an ally not an enemy. Remarkable Parents don’t fight the flow, they roll with it.

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[Further note from the Proprietor: Hey, if you're interested in having your own "best of 2008" posts highlighted right here at the Middle Zone, then by all means, click on this link: (BLOGAPALOOZA: What I Learned From 2008) and read all about it! BLOGAPALOOZA will be open for entries from now until Sunday, January 25.]

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