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Property Details
House, 1 Bedrooms, 1 Baths, 2 Sleeps
As part time residents of Marco Island, we welcome you to our family's
island retreat! Our clean 1-bedroom condo at the Apollo boasts all the comforts of home
and then some.
* King-size bed for a restful night's sleep in our freshly painted and carpeted bedroom
* Fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher, stove/oven, refrigerator,microwave, and supplies to prepare homemade cuisine
* Furnished balcony to relax and dine amidst incredible views of the Gulf of Mexico
* Bath towels, beach towels, and linens provided--just pack your clothes!
* Perfect choice for relaxation and endless adventure
Our property is located directly on the sands of the Gulf of Mexico---no
need to hike to the beach or search for parking! It is a beach lover's paradise just
waiting for your arrival. Emerald water, frolicking dolphins, sun-filled days, & color-splashed
sunsets mirrored on sparkling Gulf waters. There is no better way to enjoy Marco
Island---home to some of the world's most magnificent beaches than staying directly on the beach in our condo at the Apollo and listening to the surf.
The Apollo Condominiums is a secured, 10-floor privately owned complex with covered parking, situated on the quiet south end of Marco Island. Walk to nearby restaurants, shops, and cinema complex, and enjoy its many amenities, including an exercise room and the convenience of dining alfresco at the Sunset Grille, located at the bottom floor of the building. Laundry facilities available in the building, and floors are elevator accessible.
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Clean Unit, Great View, can't go wrong
Condo is as advertised, very clean and complete with all necessities and more. The south, north and sunset views from the balcony are amazing!! Beach / water shoes are a great investment. There are tons of shells on the beach which makes is difficult to walk barefoot, however, this is one of the nicest beaches I've seen in Florida, it's huge. Marco Island has some awesome restaurants; Cafe de Marco in Olde Marco was our favourite (steak and seafood), but Almost Famous Mel's was great for BBQ. The condo is in a great location, within walking distance to the main resorts but far enough away to avoid the busy crowds. Everything was really convenient (ie picking up keys, parking, check-in, pool / beach access). It was my first time renting "owner direct" and we're certainly glad we did. There is no way a hotel could offer this type of value (full kitchen and the closet full of beach accessories came in handy). Check out the everglades and some of the trails but make sure to cake on the bug spray this time of year!!! All in all, this was a great get away that wouldn't have been the same had we stayed elsewhere!!
Great place, location, wonderful view of the Gulf
This is our third year to stay here and what a nice relaxing condo. Well furnished and very comfortable. We will probably stay longer next year! We also enjoyed the exercise room, swimming pool and easy access to the wonderful beach. Good security. Claude and Sabina have a great condo.
Ken & Lois from Cleveland, Ohio
Simply The Best
This was the fourth year we stayed at The Apollo and this unit was by far the nicest of them all. The outdated pictures posted do not do it justice. The kitchen was recently renovated with granite countertops and full size high end appliances. This unit is nicely decorated and has a big (42"?) flatscreen tv for those nights you just want to stay in. Sabina (owner) is excellent to deal with, and you can't beat the location of the Apollo. Five stars all the way. Book your stay here with confidence!
Lovely Apollo Condo on the beach
This was the most beautiful condo we have ever stayed in on Marco Island, and we are missing it already. The view is spectacular - it will take your breath away as soon as you walk through the door. Everything you need for your vacation is there; the condo is even nicer than the pictures show - very clean and comfortable. The Sunset Grille, where people gather to watch the beautiful Marco Island sunsets, is located in the building, and the beach is only a few steps from the outdoor pool. Many activities are a very short walk away, such as parasailing and jet skiing. It is just a short walk to many other fine restaurants, movie theater, and shopping. It was a most relaxing stay at the Apollo and my daughter and I recommend it highly.
Charmed into Renewal !
We'll be back cause we just can't get enough of the sunsets, the dolphins, the views of the sea and sky! Sabina and Claude have been great to do business with twice now. The condo is spotless and tidy. The Apollo is secured with key accesses from the covered parking and the beach walkway making us feel safer. We love the Snook Inn and had a special dinner at Marek's this year! Cia bella had wonderful stuffed shells and the cheese steak at the Philly Grille can't be beat! The flat screen on the wall and other upgrades added to the roomier feel! Don't give up renting!
Great condo at a great location and a great price!
We own a timeshare on Marco just up the beach from the Apollo at the Charter Club. We needed an extra week this year so found and rented this unit. Sabina (owner) was fantastic in her communications, attention to detail and helpfulness. We arrived and had no issues with getting the keys as directed. The condo was clean, fully stocked and was just what we needed to extend our vacation an extra week. Right on the same beach as the Charter Club, so we were familiar with the layout, restaurants, and all other amenities. The Sunset Grille (1st floor at the Apollo) has improved significantly over the years and we enjoyed a few drinks and apps right overlooking the beach. We love our time in Marco and were very pleased to be able to find an excellent condo unit in close proximity to our unit, at a very reasonable price. We would highly recommend this unit to anyone who only needs one bedroom. Sabina even had towels dropped off in an hour when we noted we did not have the full complement. It was not a major issue as we did have towels, but the immediate response was way more than we expected! 5 stars to the owners and the condo unit!!
Activity and Interests
~~~ On Location ~~~
Beach, shelling, pool, swimming, exercise, tennis, fishing
~~~ Within Walking Distance ~~~
Jet ski rentals, parasailing, paddle boat rentals, restaurants,
cinema, shopping, convenience store
~~~ Nearby ~~~
Golfing, Naples Zoo, outlet shopping, Everglades National Park,
Seminole Casino, Naples
(20 minutes), Ft. Myers (1 hour), spring training
Rates & Availability
Rental rates
|Rate Period
|Weekend Night
Dec 19 2016 - Apr 30 2017
7 night minimum stay
May 1 2017 - Aug 31 2017
7 night minimum stay
Sep 1 2017 - Oct 31 2017
7 night minimum stay
Additional information about rental rates
Weekly Rate: $750 - $1500
All rates include cleaning fee and WIFI
10% FL tax additional.
$250 security deposit
Discounts for last-minute, multi-week, and monthly stays.
Owner's Cancellation Policy
- 12
- Available
- 12
- Unavailable
Property Type
- house
- Family
- Romantic
- Air Conditioning
- Internet
Pool / Spa
- Hot Tub
- Outdoor Pool
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
Location Type
- Beach View
- Ocean View
Sports & Adventure Activities
- golf
- Bathroom 1
- 1 Bedroom, Sleeps 2
- Bedroom 1
- ~~~ In Our Condo ~~~ * Full kitchen with dishwasher, range, refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, pots, pan, dishes, glasses, flatware. * Living room , cable TV with VCR, and stereo * Bedroom with king-size bed, TV, large closet, and views of Marco's interior * Full bathroom with tub/shower and hair dryer * Bath towels, linens, beach towels, small cooler, and beach chairs ~~~ At the Apollo ~~~ * Heated outdoor pool * Outdoor hot tub * Fitness room * Tennis courts * Private access to beach * Sunset Grille restaurant * Covered parking * Laundry facility * Secured premises * Elevators


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Series: War of the Words
Author: a_rainy_monday
Rating: R
Pairings: Klaine
Spoilers: none
Warnings: language, sexual content
Word Count: 15,000
Story Summary: A year after Kurt and Blaine started dating in War of the Words, they still haven't announced their relationship to their thousands of blog followers. Rachel finds this unacceptable and devises a plan to show everyone just how great Kurt and Blaine truly are together. Written for Klaine Advent.
Author's Note: This story is a sequel to War of the Words. I recommend reading that one first. I originally posted on my Tumblr (arainymonday) in smaller parts for Klaine Advent, but here's the whole story for you. Enjoy!
Kurt stared at the computer screen in disbelief. He blinked, shook his head, and stared again, but the same red and green theme, animated falling snow, snowman cursor, and Santa hat-topped avatar still offended his eyes. How this could happen to his blog – the blog he had spent months learning HTML and CSS to design, the blog he had spent years cultivating as the epitome of literary class – he could not fathom. Until he read the most recent entry.
"If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble." —Jean-Paul Sartre
Happy Holidays, Blogosphere!
In the spirit of the holiday, I've decided to give something near and dear to my heart to a new friend I've made this past year. I've decided to offer a guest blogger account to the one and only Blaine Anderson. For the month of December, Blaine will be blogging his book reviews here on Literati. I've given him the 'keys to the kingdom', you might say. As you can see, he's already infused his personality into the blog theme.
I know a lot of you follow Literati and River. You might be wondering if River will suffer with Blaine guest blogging here all month. Let me assuage your fears. River will have its regular complement of two bloggers. While Blaine is guest blogging here, I'll be guest blogging there!
Tina and I are so excited to review together again, and I know Literati will be in good hands with Kurt and Blaine blogging together.
Posted by Rachel Berry
1 December 2017 | 2283 replies
riverati-klaine said: OMFG! IT'S CHRISTMAS MAGIC!
Kurt stared at his computer for a full thirty seconds, stood up sharply, and marched into the kitchen where Rachel was frosting store-bought sugar cookies. He crossed his arms over his chest and glared. Rachel froze, and the red frosting squeezed in her fist farted a giant dollop onto the middle of Santa Claus's face. She hastily laid down the frosting tube and put her palms up.
"Look, Kurt."
She sucked in a deep breath through her nose and started again. "You are always saying how it's not the right time to tell everyone that you and Blaine are dating, that you need to wait just a little longer, that neither of you are ready for the attention it will bring. But, Kurt, it's been over a year. At some point, you have to announce it to the world, and blogging together will be the perfect opportunity to show everyone how great you are together."
Kurt lifted an eyebrow. "No, we don't have to announce it, and if we decide to, it's on our own terms, not yours. Blogging together won't prove anything. God, Rachel, do you know how difficult it's going to be to keep our online personas separate from our personal ones if we're working together?" Kurt shook his head and threw his hands up. "I can't believe Blaine even agreed to this. I have to talk to him."
Rachel chewed her bottom lip. "Uh, Kurt?"
Kurt knew that look. He glowered while his best friend confessed her scheme.
"But Rachel said 'have Blaine guest blog' was on your Christmas list." Blaine looked utterly devastated by Kurt's opinion on the guest blogger plan. His eyes welled up with emotion and distress twisted his mouth. "I am so sorry, Kurt."
Kurt reached across the table and covered his boyfriend's hands. In the background, Christmas carols filled the gaps between chattering voices discussing Christmas shopping and the gurgling of coffee pots, espresso machines, and mixers.
"Blaine, you have nothing to be sorry for. This is 100% Rachel."
"I just … I thought you finally wanted to tell everyone about us."
The words stung Kurt. He'd never wanted to hide their relationship, but he didn't think a blog post about his boyfriend was appropriate on a book reviewing blog. Sure, some of their followers 'shipped' them – as Blaine explained the fandom term, that meant a lot of making gifs, flailing in the form of smashing ones hands against the keyboard, and reading subtext into everything – but the majority (or so Kurt hoped) followed for their opinions on books.
"Blaine, honey, we've already told everyone about us."
In Kurt's opinion, friends and family constituted everyone, although he knew Blaine was dying to post his gorgeous sonnets about Kurt online, complete with a dedication. His boyfriend was big into grand romantic gestures that way.
Blaine's lips twitched into a mopey frown. "I know." He poked at the remains of his biscotti. "But it doesn't feel that way. Especially not after June."
Kurt cringed. Recent history had not been so kind to him. He'd accidentally tweeted a message he'd meant to send directly to Blaine. The salacious content had caused a flurry of rumors among their followers, and Blaine's publicist still hadn't forgiven him for the press release she'd had to write about 'inappropriate jokes between friends' being common and yet regrettable.
"I'll tell Rachel to retract the post," Blaine said glumly. He sighed sorrowfully. "And I'll take all the festive cheer off your blog before she deletes my guest account. I hope Tina at least lets me put up HTML Christmas lights this year."
Kurt's heart constricted. "Oh, honey. You really want to blog with me? Even knowing how anal retentive I am about consistent formatting and refilling the queue and the posting schedule and my algorithm for answering the perfect ratio of asks?"
A smile appeared in the corner of Blaine's mouth. "Of course I do, Kurt. I want to share my life with you. I think I can manage to share a blog for a month."
"Oh," Kurt breathed. "Well …."
Blaine took his breath away every day with his love and optimism. If Blaine thought they could do it, Kurt could at least try.
"All right. We've already moved you out of that cockroach playground in Brooklyn and to where you belong in the Upper West Side with the other notable artists of our generation. We can negotiate cohabitating a blog too."
"It was hardly a 'cockroach playground', Kurt."
Kurt finished the last of his coffee and slid Blaine's closed laptop back into the center of the table.
"I can quit early if you want me to come back with you," Blaine offered.
Kurt shook his head as he stood up. "Keep to your writing schedule. Your sequel is due in January, and I don't want you to miss a deadline on my account."
Kurt leaned down to kiss Blaine.
"Hey, Kurt? We can keep all my decorations on the blog, right?"
Kurt's smile quailed. Sometimes he swore Blaine took begging lessons from adorable puppies. His big eyes pleaded with Kurt, as if his very happiness depended on some JavaScripts that made snow fall and hijacked visitors' cursors. Although it pained Kurt to say, he really had no other option with those eyes on him.
"Of course."
When Kurt and Blaine decided to move in together at the end of the summer, Tina had invited herself to move in as well because what recent graduate/aspiring writer could afford rent in New York on her own, even in Brooklyn? The solution had been to search for an apartment on the Upper West Side big enough for four renters, and they'd struck gold when they found 14D. While the advertisement boasted 14D had three bedrooms, it actually had two bedrooms and a long, narrow closet too small for even a twin bed to fit. So the girls took the largest room and some privacy screens, Kurt and Blaine settled into the smallest, and the glorified closet became a library.
Combined, the occupants of 14D had nine mismatched bookcases crammed into the library. Blaine's half-bookcase sat below the window ledge now piled with snow and casting the room in twilight. Tina's tall, shallow bookcase lurked behind the door. The others – a collection of Blaine's cheap pressed wood and Rachel's solid oak and Kurt's well-constructed IKEAs – covered every inch of wall space. Books, three deep in some instances, overflowed the shelves.
Coming into the library to retrieve a book required some measure of flexibility and agility to squeeze into the narrow aisle without knocking books off shelves or unsettling the cheaper, wobbly furniture and causing an avalanche. But sometimes, when it was snowing or raining or they simply wanted quiet time together, Kurt and Blaine braved the hazards of the library together.
Today, they sat on the floor of the library with their backs against the more stable bookcases and their socked feet tangled together under the fleece blanket staving off the draft seeping in through the window that they probably needed to call their landlord about. The swirling snow had blotted out the sun long ago, but the screens of their Kindles gave them enough light to read by, and anyway, neither of them wanted to interrupt the occasional brush of toes against thighs and happy smiles it elicited or the way a sudden burst of laughter would cause the other to peer over the top of his book and grin because he'd just read the same line or because he would read it soon and because he just loved hearing his boyfriend laugh so freely.
Blaine finished reading first. He marked his place, set aside his Kindle, and drew Kurt's feet into his lap. A contented grin passed over Kurt's lips when he started a foot massage. Whether because of the foot rub after a day of wearing his impossible shoes or because he neared the end of the lighthearted romance, Blaine wasn't sure. Finally, Kurt looked up with that same beatific grin.
"I should deny you sex for making me read this book," he said nonchalantly.
Blaine laughed. "I heard you laughing, Kurt. You love this book, and you love my idea to only review Christmas-themed novels this month."
"I don't know about either of those things, but …." Kurt leaned across the narrow room and kissed Blaine sweetly. "I do love you. I just can't stand sappy romance."
Blaine pressed his lips together to hold back a raucous laugh that would wake Rachel who had an early day of classes in the morning.
"Irony. Incongruity between reality and the accompanying words or actions."
"Hmm. Your memorization of the dictionary is sexy, but it would really get me going if you could use it in a sentence."
Blaine pretended to think. "It's ironic that we're talking about being sexy in our library when we could be acting sexy in our bedroom."
Kurt laughed brightly. "Well, someone certainly learned their examples of irony from Alanis Morissette. Honey, that's not irony. That's unfortunate and correctable … as soon as Tina goes to sleep."
"But she's writing," Blaine pouted. "She'll be awake until the sun comes up. I can be quiet."
"Irony," Kurt mocked. "Incongruity between reality and the accompanying words or actions."
Blaine nudged Kurt's thigh with his toe. His cheeks turned light pink. Kurt picked up his Kindle again and scrolled to the next story in the book.
"So are you ready to review the first short story?"
"Oh, yes," Kurt said. He tapped his temple. "The zingers are piling up."
"Okay, but you should actually finish reading the whole book first."
"Uh huh."
"Kurt, are you reading the next story?"
Blaine rolled his eyes and said in a sing-song voice, "You're going to look like an idiot if you review it without finishing the book."
"Whatever you say honey."
"I don't want to have to say 'I told you so', but if your review is going to be like what I think it is …."
"Blaine, honey, you're nagging."
"I'm not nagging."
"You are a little bit."
Blaine put his palms up and went back to the book he and Kurt had agreed to read together, which they obviously weren't anymore because Kurt had put on his stubborn I-don't-read-YA-romance-even-though-my-b
"All right. I won't say anything more until you post your review."
Kurt's toes wiggling under Blaine's thigh for warmth brought a happy sigh from Blaine. He relaxed into the comfort of the familiar touch and left himself be sucked back into a literary winter wonderland.
"If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble." —Jean-Paul Sartre
"THE JUBILEE EXPRESS" from LET IT SNOW
Author: Maureen Johnson
Publisher: Speak
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 10/22/2008
Genre: Young Adult
An ironically named teenage girl is involved in a series of life-threatening mishaps that inexplicably results in a lighthearted Christmas romance.
Jubilee's parents, already established as quirky and zany by naming their daughter Jubilee, are arrested during a shopping riot while attempting to purchase a ceramic Elf Motel to complement their already staggering collection of elf village abodes that calls their mental health into question along with their parenting skills. Rather than calling Child Protective Services, Jubliee's grandparents are called and she is shuffled off to the train station in the middle of a snowstorm. The train never reaches Florida because, against all laws of physics and logic, it crashes into a snowbank leaving Jubilee stranded in Small Town, North Carolina along with fourteen cheerleaders, a Native American stranger, and a Waffle House full of unsupervised hormonal teenaged employees, all of whom seem important and yet turn out be loose threads in this pile of yarn. While at the Waffle House, Jubilee bonds with yet another random stranger, Stuart, and surprise of surprises, this thread actually forms a lumpy, misshapen sweater as they bond over potential frostbite, hypothermia, Stuart's pimp/mother, and the hyperbolic angst that is failed teenage romance. Jubilee crashes the Jewish family's Christmas celebration by inviting herself to stay at the home of complete strangers which must be either the start of a murder/kidnapping thriller or a romcom. Unfortunately for readers, this story is the significantly less interesting latter.
The whole romance takes, as Jubilee says, twenty-three minutes. Too bad the story takes substantially longer to read.
Posted by Kurt Hummel
6 December 2017 | 451 replies
literati-blaine replied: Hello again, Brick Wall. If you had FINISHED THE BOOK like I told you to, you would know that THE STORIES ARE INTERCONNECTED and all these "LOOSE THREADS" are wrapped up in the next two stories.
literati-kurt replied: OH REALLY!? Because I DIDN'T GET THAT from the 10,000 OTHER RESPONSES TO this review SO THANK YOU FOR enforcing THAT POINT, BUT why must you DO SO IN SUCH an annoying manner?
cooper-anderson replied: BECAUSE HE'S AN INTENSE BLOGGER!
literati-blaine replied: Coop, you promised not to comment on my blog. Ever.
cooper-anderson: THIS ISN'T YOUR BLOG IT'S KURT AND RACHEL'S.
atlassucked replied: wait wait wait wait. Cooper Anderson – THE Cooper Anderson – is related to Blaine?
nemoswhale replied: Who is Cooper Anderson?
atlassucked replied: Oh my God! Have you never read his Khajiuklar Sage Chronicles? They're choose-your-own-adventure fantasy novels!
nemoswhale replied: Jesus God. I'm sorry I asked.
Blaine walked into the bedroom with a pout on his lips. Kurt had already disappeared beneath the heavy comforter, electric blanket, and flannel sheets and turned off his bedside lamp. He ducked beneath the covers entirely when he saw Blaine's pout, but his laughter rustled the bedclothes.
Blaine closed their door, cutting off Tina and Rachel's drunken rendition of Sisters, Sisters from White Christmas, toed off his slippers, and darted into the toasty blanket cocoon with a shiver.
"Come here, honey. I'll keep you warm."
Nonplussed as he was by getting made fun of online by his boyfriend – Blaine had to capslock because replies didn't allow italics for emphasis, and Kurt knew that – the chilly air hitting his face sent another shudder up his spine, and he rolled into Kurt's embrace. He gasped when the warm, firm body wrapped around him.
"Kurt! Are you naked?"
"Told you I'd keep you warm," Kurt said huskily.
"Baby, you have to put on some pajamas!"
Blaine panicked. He threw off the covers and braved the chilly air and cold floors to hop over to their dresser and pull out Kurt's thickest monogrammed flannel pajamas.
"This apartment is so drafty, and it's supposed to get really cold tonight. You have final papers due and witty, flippant retorts to sincere opinions to post online, and you know how you get when you have a cold. We're going back to Ohio soon too, and it takes you forever to get over a –"
Blaine's mouth formed a surprised O when he turned around. Blaine's special sex pillow – the one he was allowed to grind into and come on because it was liquid-repellant and the pillowcase easily washable – lay on his side of the bed. Kurt crooked a finger to beckon him back into bed. Blaine looked down at the pajamas in his arms.
"So … you don't want these?"
Kurt narrowed his eyes. "This is because of my 'witty, flippant retort'? Because you know it wasn't personal, baby."
"No, no, I – Can I get back in bed, please?"
Kurt moved the sex pillow, and Blaine shuffled under the covers. His toes felt like ice, and he dug them into the sheets under Kurt's warm leg. He never understood how Kurt could be so warm all the time. Kurt started at the cold against his flushed skin – he swore the comforter, electric blanket, and flannel sheets combo would roast him alive one day – but he didn't pull away, and he wouldn't until Blaine was warm enough that he could flip off the electric blanket and cool off enough to sleep.
"No, it's not about the post."
"Then why," Kurt asked, ducking his head to kiss Blaine's jaw, "am I holding," down his neck, "the sex pillow," his collarbone, "over my hard on?"
"Because the girls are awake."
Kurt released a frustrated groan. "All right. After they pass out."
Blaine kissed him lightly and waved the pajamas over him. "No way we'll stay up longer than them. It's too warm and comfortable in here."
"And whose fault is that?"
Kurt let Blaine wrestle him into the pajamas, pulled his boyfriend tight against his chest, and kissed his hair.
"I cannot believe you capslocked me with an I-told-you-so," Kurt murmured sleepily.
It really was so warm and comfortable cuddled up with Blaine.
"I can't believe you sassed me."
"Really, Blaine? You can't believe I sassed you?"
"Nope." Blaine snuggled into the warm body wrapped around him. "'Cause everyone knows I'm the sassy one."
Kurt chuckled softly. "You're right. I'll keep my comments bitchy from now on."
Blaine yawned. "That's all I'm asking."
Rachel and Tina held the last, long note of White Christmas with their arms wrapped around each other and empty mugs of eggnog tipped towards the carpet. They collapsed onto the couch when they ran out of air. After several minutes, they managed to untangle their limbs sufficiently to sit without crushing each other and giggling madly over the whole affair.
"Oh my God. You have a terrible voice," Tina giggled.
"Shut up! Never had lessons. So do you anyway."
"I don't think that made sense?"
The girls slipped into happy silence for a few minutes, content to watch the credits roll on the screen and bask in the warm, rum-glow of the eggnog Kurt had made for them.
"Tina," Rachel slurred. "Are we drunk enough to cuddle each other and not talk about it tomorrow or ever again?"
"What?" Tina laughed.
"It's been sooooo long since I've cuddled anything but my vibrator."
Tina cackled madly, but clapped a hand over her mouth when Rachel flashed her sad eyes. "Ssh. Don't laugh at Rachel."
"And it's Christmas –"
"But you're Jewish?"
"And Blaine is making us all read Let It Snow and there's so much Christmas magic in the air that, like, everyone in the book finds happiness. Even the kind of sleazy characters get a happily ever after, and I'm like, 'But what about Rachel?'"
"Is there a Rachel in the book?"
Rachel burst into tears. "No! Because no one loves Rachel."
"Aww." Tina opened her arms and gestured for Rachel to come closer. She stroked Rachel's hair and rested her cheek on top of Rachel's head. "Talk to me, girlie. You broke up with what's-his-face-horrific-writer how long ago? So what brought this on?"
Rachel sat up and dried her eyes with the ends of her sleeves. "We got our invitations to Dean Tibedeaux's annual Christmas Party, and I RSVP-ed with a plus one, but I don't have a plus one!" She started to cry again, more hysterically this time. "And Kurt and Blaine will go together again, and they'll be the star couple because Dean Tibedeaux is in literary love with Kurt and Blaine is a published author – of young adult fiction, but whatever – and no one will care about stupid me who is stupid alone at the stupid stupid stupid party."
"Ssh. Don't cry. I'll be your plus one."
Rachel scrubbed her cheeks with the ends of her pajamas balled up in her fists. "You would go to a Columbia party with me? I think Kurt only gets Blaine to go by bribing him with sexual favors. No offense, but I don't want to give you sexual favors."
Tina stuck out her tongue. "I don't want your sexual favors. I have busted-my-knee-can't-dance-anymore-so-I'l
"Oh, yeah. Have you talked to him yet?"
"Not talking about me." Tina pointed to herself and clumsily rotated her wrist to point at Rachel. "Talking about you."
"Because I'm sad."
"Right. Is that why you're interfering with Kurt and Blaine?"
Rachel nodded and puffed herself up like she had something profound to announce. Instead, she said, "Yup. More eggnog?"
"Yes! But, hey, are you taking me as your plus one?"
"Oh." Rachel giggled. "Yes. But we have to take a prom picture so I can post it on Facebook and tag all my ex-boyfriends and be like 'Look who has a hot girlfriend, bitches!'"
Tina shook her head. "I don't think that made sense or that you should do it. But, yeah, prom pictures are awesome! I don't have a prom picture, though, because no one asked me to prom because I wore plastic spider necklaces and had a fake stutter in high school."
Rachel's lip trembled again. "Tina!"
"Ssh. No crying. Drunk. Too happy to cry. Let's shop for dresses online!"
"Oooh! Wait, wait, wait! I'll get my emergency credit card so we can actually buy something."
"That's probably not a good idea."
"Doing it anyway because it's Christmas!"
"It's Christmas!"
They hugged and danced around the living room until Kurt appeared in the living room, hair mussed from sleep (or Blaine's hands) with his arms crossed over his chest and a frown on his lips. The girls put fingers to their lips and shushed each other.
"You are not buying party dresses online," Kurt stated. "We'll go shopping in the morning."
Blaine stomped his feet on the welcome mat, shook off what snowflakes he could dislodge from his peacoat without a brush, and ducked inside the toasty apartment. Kurt looked up from the couch with a faint smile playing around the corners of his mouth. Blaine shrugged off his coat, toed off his boots, and curled up with Kurt.
"How was the Iditarod?"
Blaine chuckled. "I wasn't gone that long."
"The sun rose and set while you were gone."
"Blame daylight savings time. And writer's block."
"Ah, baby." Kurt ran his fingers through Blaine's wet curls. The falling snow now melting in his hair had ruined his careful styling. "You don't even believe in writer's block."
"It's a figure of speech for my inability to change a single word in my story even though I can see Artie has perfectly valid points about the flow and consistency. Kurt … I don't know if I can make this deadline."
"Ssh." Kurt kissed his boyfriend's temple. "You'll meet the deadline, and your rewrites will be brilliant and your editor will dance with joy."
"Artie's in a wheelchair."
"Oh." Kurt grimaced. "Uh … figuratively, then."
Blaine snuggled further into Kurt and pouted against his chest. Kurt knew the absolute dejection of having a story bottled up in his brain, like a dam of words that his eyes could see, but his fingers couldn't type. There was nothing he could do but tighten his hold on Blaine.
"What are you looking at?"
Blaine examined the handsome leather photo album perched on Kurt's lap. Gold script on the rich brown cover read "Our Family" with a fainter drawing of a Christmas tree behind the words.
"Oooh. Did Marley's ghost come to visit while I was gone?"
"Not exactly. More like the Ghost of Christmas-Yet-To-Come, but without the ominous wardrobe, whip, and general eeriness."
Blaine furrowed his brow, not quite understanding. Kurt flipped open the album and pointed at a handwritten note on the hard cover. It was short, but brought tears to Blaine's eyes.
"Wow, Kurt." He swiped at the moisture. "I can see where you got your writing talent from."
Kurt was misty-eyed too. "Who knew my dad could be such a romantic? He really loved my mom. He bought her this album when he knew –" his voice broke "– when he knew they'd be together for the rest of their lives."
As Kurt flipped through the pages, Blaine watched the Hummel family change. Each heavy cream page had a year written in the upper left corner in the same script as the cover and exactly one picture in the center – the Hummel's annual Christmas portrait. For several years, there was only Burt and Elizabeth, and then Burt and Elizabeth with a baby boy that grew with each turn of the page. And then there were only two people again, and Blaine did start to cry because he felt Kurt's irregular breathing and shaking shoulders. For so many years, there was just Burt and Kurt, and then suddenly the pictures were full again, and they went on that way until they came to the blank page for 2017. The album wasn't even halfway full; the pages reached far into the future because Burt had expected to live a long, happy life with the woman he'd called the love of his life.
"Carole called today to tell me when our portrait session is scheduled, and I've been thinking all afternoon about how to block the picture."
The corner of Blaine's mouth lifted even as he dashed away the last of his tears with his forefinger. "Hmm. Yeah, do you line up Burt, you, Finn, Carole? Or do you go Burt, Finn, you, Carole?" Kurt shoved his shoulder lightly. "Or do you do the classic pose with the kids sitting in front and parents standing behind? And do you all look to the left or the right or face front?"
"Stop it!" Kurt laughed. He poked Blaine's ticklish sides for emphasis. "Actually …" Kurt's finger traced the gold 2017. "Actually, blocking the picture might be a little difficult this year. I've never arranged a portrait with five people before."
Blaine's heart flipped over in his chest, but he tamped down the emotion until he knew for sure he understood Kurt right. "Five?"
"Uh huh. If … I mean, if you want to be in the picture."
"In your family picture."
"Right. In my family."
Blaine gazed up at Kurt who looked so nervous and sincere. Blaine felt so much love and happiness, like his heart would beat out of his chest, that he couldn't find any words. So he just sighed contentedly, blinked slowly, and nodded.
"If literature isn't everything, it's not worth a single hour of someone's trouble." —Jean-Paul Sartre
"A Cheertastic Christmas Miracle" from Let It Snow
Author:John Green
Publication Date:10/22/2008
Genre:Young Adult
Tobin, JP, and the Duke (Angie) are enjoying their James Bond marathon when they get a call from their good friend Keun informing them that fourteen cheerleaders are in the Waffle House and there's only enough room for one more carful of guys. Spurred by their desire to play Twister with cheerleaders, they make the treacherous drive in near blizzard conditions to the Waffle House. Along the way, they crash into a snowbank, are twice chased by twins hellbent on getting to the Waffle House first, and dodge college guys using their beer keg as a weapon. During their feats of derring-do, Tobin realizes that he doesn't really care about their destination. It's the adventure that he loves. And maybe the Duke too.
As a former teenage guy, reading this story felt like stepping back in time and watching one of a thousand nights with my friends. Everything from the way they speak to each other to their ill-conceived attempt at getting to the Waffle House might have been me, the Warblers, and Westerville, Ohio circa 2011. It's the finest form of literary sketch comedy. And like Tobin and JP, I had quite the thing for cheerleaders too. Just not the ones who wore skirts. ;)
This story was written for teenagers, but I think adults will love it too. Christmas is a time of nostalgia. I feel very fortunate that when I think about Christmases past, the memories warm my heart. This story gave me the same happy, safe, content feeling that chestnuts roasting on an open fire and sleigh bells and boughs of holly give me.
The slang may have changed since your teenage years, the locations might be different, but love at Christmas is universal.
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literati-kurt said: Did you seriously use a winky face in a book review?
literati-blaine said: That's what you got from that review? My winky face?
literati-kurt said: Was there something else of import in this review? Because all I read was sentimentality and author loyalty.
literati-blaine said: What's wrong with author loyalty? John Green has written flawless novels, and now a flawless short story.
literati-kurt said: Do mine eyes deceive me? Has the high horse Blaine Anderson has been riding on for years bent its knee in submission to the publishing world? Has the champion of the bargain books lowered his standard? What's wrong with author loyalty, Blaine, is that it makes writers and editors sloppy. Authors are humans; they are susceptible to conceit, and given sales figures and media attention, can make ridiculous demands that curtail editors' pens leading to poor quality books that are nonetheless purchased and made bestsellers simply on the merit of their past genius. And even if the author keeps their head on their shoulders, publishers are susceptible to greed and pressure editors to quickly churn out the next big hit from an established author which also leads to a poorer quality books. Not to mention that this kind of blind loyalty makes it incredibly difficult for new authors to get published. You should know that better than most.
literati-blaine said: *whistle* That was QUITE the rant, Kurt. If I ever give up my high horse and standard for the bargain books of the world, you seem ready and eager to take up the mantle.
literati-kurt said: *silence*
literati-blaine said:
"How are hash marks even an appropriate response to that?" Kurt asked, peering over the top of his computer.
Tina chuckled darkly. "Blaine should be home in an hour. You should pop some popcorn and make more eggnog. I'm sensing a marathon tonight."
"No," Kurt moaned. "Not another one of his sci-fi marathons. I still haven't recovered from the clusterfuck that was Farscape. Seriously, Tina, what the fuck even happened on that show? And do not – do not – get me started on Smallville."
Tina stood up from her computer and stretched her back. As she made her way into the kitchen, she patted Kurt's shoulder.
"Relax, Kurt. And besides, you'll learn something else tonight. I suggested River as the name of our blog because it's a publishing term. Blaine, being the lovable dork that he is, liked it for a completely different reason."
Kurt growled faintly. "Fine. I'm intrigued enough, I guess. But there better not be unfulfilled homoerotic subtext that gets my hopes up and dashes them on the spike forest of the writers' pens."
Tina laughed again. "Careful, Kurt. Championing underdog authors and bitching about TV shows' writing teams? You're starting to sound an awful lot like me and Blaine."
"Blaine and I," he argued glumly. "And, no, I don't. He's rubbed off on me plenty, but he has not corrupted my literary purity."
"Me and Blaine," Tina insisted. "I wouldn't have said, 'You're starting to sound an awful lot like I.' And, yes, he has, Kurt. You're not the same blogger you were a year-and-a-half ago. Neither is he. You've changed each other. It's kind of disgustingly sweet."
Kurt tipped back in his chair and pondered that. He had changed; he could see it when he read his previous reviews and in the fiction he wrote now. What he'd once genuinely meant was now only posturing for his audience. He just wasn't sure if he was comfortable with who he had become.
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As promised, the live blogging of Dean Tibedeaux's Christmas Party continues. @kurthummel and @blaineanderson are here together. #businessorpleasure
Dean Tibedeaux's Christmas party was scheduled for the Friday after finals. She opened her home to her handpicked favorites, of which Kurt was on the top of the list every year. He knew he had Blaine to thank for that. Blaine had taught him to take literary risks and not be ashamed of his tastes, and it had paid off in a big way with Dean Tibedeaux.
Kurt looped his arm through Blaine's as they made a circuit around the room, appreciating the holiday décor and searching for Kurt's Columbia friends. Blaine snagged them two champagne flutes from a passing waiter, and they took a few moments to admire the wall of accolades and awards. The frames and plaques reflected the white fairy lights, making it seem as if there was another Christmas party beyond their surfaces.
"Those have been spit-shined," Blaine remarked.
"I'll make sure to thank my maid."
"Oh! Dean Tibedeaux!" Kurt said. His faint laugh held only a hint of hysteria, he was pleased to note. "What a lovely party."
"Thank you, Mr. Hummel. I'm glad you could come. Mr. Anderson, it's wonderful to see you again this year. I trust you have some literary opinion up your sleeve that will cause scandal and outrage amongst my students."
"I do," Blaine promised.
"I look forward to reading their reactions online."
Carmen graciously moved on to another group of guests. Kurt opened and closed his mouth twice.
"Did she just insinuate that she follows our blogs?" Kurt asked.
"I'm afraid so," Blaine chuckled.
"Oh God."
Blaine tugged on his elbow. "Come on. Let's go find your friends. I have a whole speech about why E.L. James should be author of the year planned out, and I want to give someone a permanent eye-twitch with it."
Kurt side-eyed his boyfriend as they joined a group of his friends in a heated discussion in front of the windows overlooking the bright nighttime lights of New York. Cameron stepped aside reluctantly to make room for them.
"Kurt, it's wonderful to see you," Cameron said effusively. His smile dropped completely. "Blaine."
Blaine hid his self-satisfied smirk behind his champagne flute. Kurt did the same. He loved that his boyfriend hated all this pretension because, secretly, so did he. He managed to wait patiently until the conversation came around to this year's bestsellers, as it always did at these parties.
"Personally, I think Mitch Albom was robbed," Blaine said wanly.
Kurt almost choked on his drink. He cast a fond smile in his boyfriend's direction while the rest of the group blinked stupidly.
"Well, that's … a very Blaine opinion. So he's your vote for author of the year?"
Kurt didn't know the speaker. He looked like a sophomore or junior, dressed very nicely in a Marc by Marc Jacobs ensemble, and wore hipster glasses that must have endeared him to Blaine. The comment took Blaine aback for a moment, but he recovered himself.
"Actually, I have to cast my vote for E.L. James." Kurt's classmates shouted in fury. "You have to admit, she inspires reading like no author since J.K. Rowling."
The comparison enraged everyone who couldn't read the teasing light in Blaine's eye. Kurt couldn't hold in his laughter any longer. He cleared his throat, forced the grin off his lips, and took Blaine's champagne glass.
"I'll … go get us fresh drinks."
He started laughing the second he turned his back and tried to disappear in the crowd so no one would see his shaking shoulders. By the buffet table, he leaned against the wall and gave into his humor.
"Likewise." The well-dressed blond with the hipster glasses had followed. "I think they just don't get Blaine's sense of humor. I'm Chandler."
"I know. I'm a huge fan. I'm betweenthelines. I don't review books, but I'm a book blogger."
Kurt never quite knew how to react when meeting a fellow blogger in real life or suspecting he'd met one. He'd never had the nerve to bring up shoelaces, but now he didn't need to.
"Yeah. You do the commentary on the classics. I follow you back."
Chandler preened. "I know! It made my week when I got that notification. I'd love to talk about literature in person sometime. Can I get your number?"
Kurt was brought up short. His eyes darted over to where Blaine baited his classmates and back to Chandler.
Chandler Kiehl @betweenthelines
Blaine suspected his phone would blow up at any moment from the way it buzzed in his pocket. He politely excused himself from the literary snobbery and stepped into the hallway to see who needed him so urgently. He'd received about forty e-mails in the space of five minutes. Oddly, they were all ask notifications, and he'd turned those off ages ago. Unless he'd switched it back on when he was messing around in the settings earlier.
He should have turned off his phone and dealt with it later, but his curiosity got the better of him. He opened the latest notification e-mail and read.
atlassucked asked: Kurt – what did Chandler mean by that? Are you two an item? I think you'd be so cute together.
Blaine's brow furrowed. He didn't know any Chandler. He opened another e-mail and another and another.
bookwhoremore asked: Chandler Kiehl, Kurt? Seriously? And here I thought Blaine had made you a better man not too high and mighty to delve into the bargain book bin on occasion. I hope you won't break up the dynamic duo, though. I love watching you and Blaine on the book club livestreams. You have such chemistry.
riverati-klaine asked: :c
nemoswhale asked: I expect a lot of people are upset right now because there's a large portion of your followers who never believed the blowjob joke back in June was actually a joke. If it wasn't, and you and Blaine aren't together anymore, then I'm very sorry to hear that. I hope this won't change the professional relationship we've all come to love so much.
Anger spiked in his blood. He put his phone on silent and went back into the party to find Kurt. He located his boyfriend talking to one of Cameron's friends.
"Oh, Blaine. Have you met Chandler?"
It took everything Blaine had to muster up a pleasant smile and shake Chandler's hand. "Not officially. I'm sorry, but can I borrow Kurt for a minute?"
Out in the hallway, Blaine handed his phone to Kurt. His boyfriend scrolled through several of the e-mails, the blood draining from his face and his Adam's apple bobbing harshly.
"Blaine, I'm so sorry."
"These things are a dime a dozen with our followers, but we need to talk about how to handle other bloggers who make up rumors or insinuate whatever Chandler insinuated. He can't just make stuff up out of thin air and post it online and not have any consequences."
"I gave him my number," Kurt blurted. "He said he was a big fan, and he wanted to talk about the classics, and then he asked for my number, and I panicked. I didn't know what to say. He's one of our followers. If I told him we were dating, he'd tell everyone, and …. I wasn't going to talk to him or lead him on or whatever."
Blaine's eyes slipped closed, and he turned away. "I don't understand, Kurt. I love you so much I want to shout it from the rooftops. Why don't you want to tell the world about us? Are you – are you ashamed of me?"
Kurt sucked in a breath. "No, Blaine. Baby, no."
He reached out, but Blaine avoided his hands.
"Then why?"
Kurt chewed his bottom lip. He watched a group of women returning to the party from the bathroom and waited to say anything until they'd passed.
"You're always saying you're afraid you're going to screw this up. I'm not, Blaine. You and me, we're solid. We're so good together it's like a dream sometimes. I'm afraid of the world screwing us up. I don't want to let them in; I don't want to give them that power over us."
Blaine regarded Kurt for a long moment, as if he might sort through Kurt's thoughts and understand him if he stared intently enough.
"You think we can't survive it."
He sounded so sad it broke Kurt's heart to hear. The affirmation in the silence stretched between them like invisible hands pushing them apart. After a moment, Blaine squared his shoulders, fixed his bowtie, and held his arm out for Kurt.
"We've been gone from the party too long," Blaine said, forcing a thin smile.
"I never want to hurt you." Blaine's brave face slipped. "And I never want to be without you. I can't –" Kurt took a breath, blinked against the building tears, and gestured with the phone still in his palm. "I can't survive … this. An insinuation has been out there for five minutes and everyone is jumping down my throat about it. I've dealt with enough public scorn in my life. Books are where I go to escape it. I can't invite it back into my life. I know you're disappointed we can't be that cutesy couple in public –"
Blaine scrambled for Kurt's hands. "No, Kurt. I mean, I was disappointed, but I didn't get it before. I went to Dalton where no one was allowed to ridicule me, and then I came to New York where it's not such an issue. I've been so lucky to only hear about these things secondhand. I understand now. If you need more time, then you do. If you can't survive it, then we can't, and if we can't, I can't."
Blaine lifted Kurt's hand to his lips and kissed his fingers. Kurt melted into the light touch. He wrapped his free arm around Blaine's neck and bent his forehead to Blaine's. He sounded bone weary.
"Take me home, Blaine."
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Do kids appreciate the potential consequences of their updates -- and understand that information shared in online forums doesn't disappear? Are they so obsessed with Internet sharing that they're missing out on offline experiences? Will they judge us based on what we post on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks?
Parents raised all these questions -- and many more -- when online culture sage danah boyd asked her Twitter followers to name their "biggest fear with regard to ... teens' use of social media." boyd compiled the responses using Storify (read them below) -- but over email, was keen to emphasize that her audience does not speak for everyone.
"My Twitter audience consists of friends and acquaintances, geeks of varying stripes, professors and students, and people who are interested in my take on youth culture," she elaborated to HuffPost. "They are not necessarily a typical or representative population of parents." It's clear from the responses she received that everyone's opinion is informed by his or her personal experiences and expectations -- so to keep the conversation going, we're asking for your answers too.
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A fracas erupted on Tuesday over the number of Facebook's actual daily average users. But it's one that shed light on how Facebook is a publishing platform like none that has come before it, and may presage a turning point when the brand advertising world eventually stops placing such an emphasis on reach and starts valuing performance above all.
The brouhaha started when the New York Times' DealBook noted that, though Facebook claimed 483 million daily active users (DAUs) in the IPO filing it submitted last week, the social network also said that not all of those people actually visit the company's website on any given day. That number also includes users who access the service via its mobile apps and those who perform actions on a third-party site, like clicking the Like button next to a particular garment on a clothing retailer's site or sharing a concert ticket purchase with their friends.
If fewer people actually visit the website, the DealBook article wondered, does that have implications for Facebook's ability to monetize eyeballs? And if so, was this some shifty sleight of hand on the part of the social network to inflate its numbers and try to make itself appear more financially viable to potential stock market investors?
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Judging Facebook's advertising revenue potential based on mass audience numbers, then, misses the fact that brands don't advertise on Facebook the way they do in other media, like TV or print. Conventionally, bigger has been better, because marketers haven't had an efficient way to place brand advertising in front of the specific audiences they cared about. So, instead, they looked for "reach," seeking to buy up the largest possible audience. While they knew that only a sliver of those eyeballs would actually respond to their ads, the bigger the initial audience was, the bigger their sliver would be.
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In the new world, however, brand advertisers can order up exactly the audience they're looking for. "It's not like when you buy an ad on Facebook, it runs across all users," Matt Lawson, vice president of marketing for Marin Software, which places ads on Facebook, tells Fast Company. Instead, advertisers specify the specific people they want to see their ad—men aged 45 to 55 in Michigan who like NASCAR, for example, or women aged 25 to 40 on the eastern seaboard with at least one child.
In this world, once you've reached the scale of Facebook, size just doesn't matter anymore.
"Advertisers don't care how many daily uniques Facebook has," Lawson says. "They care about how many impressions to the right audience they get." And so far, Simon Mansell, CEO of TBG Digital, tells Fast Company, brands aren't having trouble reaching that audience. "None of our advertisers are capping out," he says.
What matters more, in this new world, is performance—how well the ads do in getting users to perform some action, like clicking a link or getting someone to Like a brand page.
Facebook is continually developing innovative new types of ad units, like Sponsored Stories, that leverage what it knows about who's connected to whom on Facebook to create word-of-mouth-type ads that simply weren't possible before a platform like Facebook existed. And they often work better than conventional display advertising. The social network is also continually refining its algorithms to match the right ads with the right users. As those ads deliver better results, Facebook will be able to charge more for them.
Because of that Marin Software's Lawson says, "If they didn't grow their users at all from here, they could continue to grow their revenue."
And it's those questions that preoccupy marketers today, says Adobe's Shah, not how big Facebook's audience is. Instead, marketers want to figure out the models for evaluating the ROI of individual impressions and actions. In traditional brand advertising, on TV or in magazines, there was no way to connect the dots between the display and consumer behavior. But now, increasingly, marketers are able to make those measurements. And it's those numbers that will count most going forward, at least on a platform like Facebook, not total reach.
In the meantime, though, one of the main reason why agencies have been interested in Facebook's number of users, Wildfire Interactive CEO Victoria Ransom tells Fast Company, was simply "directional," to underline to clients that Facebook is a platform they need to think about. Whether the actual number of eyeballs on the site on any given day is 483 million or a lower number, she says, "It's still a clear sign that Facebook is pretty dominant about where people spend their time, and that this is where brands need to be."
And as for the fact that some of the people that Facebook counts as daily users are actually off gallivanting on other sites? Marketers actually see that as a plus. Sure, they might not be able to serve up advertising to those people. But they don't have to—those users end doing their shilling for them.
"If someone purchases a product offsite, and they click 'Share,' that goes to their [Facebook] Timeline, and then their friends see it," Adobe's Shah says. That's the holy grail of word of mouth. "It's a positive for us."
That activity benefits marketers (and Facebook) in another way as well. The more people share back to Facebook, the more the system knows about each individual user, and the more valuable targeting opportunities the social network can provide.
"They're collecting more information about what we like and do and our behaviors than anyone's ever been able to do before," says Wildfire's Ransom. "That's the unique and amazing opportunity Facebook has. It helps advertising in the long run."
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I have been an avid Invite Postcard sender on my neighborhood's Nextdoor site. In the hopes that I can reel more people in I have rewritten the invite so that it doesn't sound so canned. While writing this I discovered the 400 word limit and thus had to pair my pitch down. Here is the progression of my writing.
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Our neighborhood is using a private online network called Nextdoor Estates At Settlers Park, and we think you'll benefit from joining us. On our Nextdoor site, neighbors share community events, recommendations, items for sale/free, crime/safety concerns, ideas about how to make our neighborhood better, and more. Please join us to build a better neighborhood!
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I basically wrote what I tell people in person when I invite them to the website. Continue reading "A Custom Greeting for the Nextdoor Postcard Invite"
It has been years now that I had denounced Microsoft Windows, sold my Dell desktop, and bought a Mac Mini. Now, nearly 8 years later, I look at the desk in my home office and I see 4 Windows PC's and 2 lowly Macs. What in the world has happened?
Windows 7 and 8 – that's what.
It was Windows Vista that had made me walk away from Windows after years of MS Server, MS SQL Server, Exchange, etc. In fact I even changed careers going from a MS certified network engineer to a PHP slanging Linux hosting web designer/developer. I really hated Windows that much.
To be honest the other thing that has brought me back into the MS Windows family is cost. Mac's are great but very expensive compared to their Windows based counterparts. I have a Lenovo laptop that I just purchased with an I5 processor, 4GB memory, and a 500GB HD that was a third of the cost of a similarly priced Mac (seems I have had this conversation before…).
Anyway, to clear things up before I seem to much like a flip-flopper, the Windows computers are primarily for the wife and 3 kids in the house. As mentioned, I still have 2 Macs on my desk and they are MY Macs. Everyone else seems to be content with Windows and their iPads :-). I of course need to have my own Windows computer so that I can be familiar with supporting everyone else. Hey! Any IT guy will tell you that you always need a testing machine!
Anywho, Windows is a great OS once again and I am really happy to see Microsoft get it's act together. Now if they could just make an awesome Windows phone to compete with the iPhone!
I can't seem to do this on one of my self-hosted sites so I thought that I would try it here.
Here is goes –
Did it work? Not if you see code or a big blank space right above this text.
I'm going to have to try this out…
You might recall the photo carousel feature we launched a few months ago. It has been incredibly popular with both bloggers and visitors, racking up over three quarters of a billion views since then. Today, we're happy to announce we're launching v2 of Carousel with significant improvements:
- Images are served double-resolution (Retina!) for visitors on capable devices, like the iPad 3 or Retina Macbook Pro. (Best, laptop, ever.)
- Comments! Visitors can now comment directly on each photo.
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- You can now select a light or dark theme for your photos to be showcased on.
- If your camera includes EXIF metadata, like aperture, lens, and shutter speed, we now show that next to the photo. (You can toggle this off under Settings → Media if you prefer.)
- We've improved performance so it loads and moves faster on browsers old and new.
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There's so much to be gained from becoming a Mission Australia partner, especially in terms of employee engagement and wellbeing.
Mission Australia work with employees of our corporate partners, who want to share their considerable expertise and experience for the good of the community
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Mission Australia Work4Good is an easy way for employers and their employees to help people in need. Workplace giving enables employees to make pre-tax donations to Mission Australia automatically through their pay.
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Volunteering at one of Mission Australia's many community services can provide employees with a valuable team-building experience, and the opportunity to contribute wholeheartedly. Your business can chose from a range of meaningful activities that match your employees' areas of interest – be it homelessness, at-risk youth or families in distress.
We have developed best-practice processes to ensure your employees get the most from the corporate volunteering experiences.
Potential volunteering days may include creating discovery gardens at our early learning centres, renovating one of our youth support services or hosting activities for aged care residents who have experienced homelessness.
- Learn more about corporate volunteering at Mission Australia
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Your employees can also get involved through pro bono work, offering their skills and expertise to directly help people in need. Pro bono work gives your employees the chance to enhance their existing skills, work in a different environment and gain valuable new perspectives.
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Somerset Trust Company offers several services especially geared to our highly valued senior customers, in addition to our regular account services.
More than a checking account, Horizon 50 is your path to special benefits and services designed specially for anyone age 50 and over.
We send our senior customers a quarterly newsletter, The Senior Outlook with travel details, fraud tips, and the latest news from the bank.
At a location near you, we'll sponsor workshops on financial topics of interest to our senior customers.
Each year, the bank sponsors picnics for its senior customers in various locations throughout our market area. These picnics are held in conjunction with a local festival or event for that community. We offer a catered lunch or dinner and provide entertainment.
Travel Opportunities
Throughout the year, Somerset Trust sponsors motor-coach trips for senior customers. They are planned especially for seniors and escorted by a Somerset Trust representative.
Senior Coordinator
The bank has a special staff member at its Main Office in Somerset designated to serve senior customers. Call Peggy Enos at (814) 443-9246 for information on any STC trip or service.
If you would like to be included in the bank's programs for senior customers, simply contact us and we'll add you to our senior customer mailing list. The only requirements are that you be at least age 55 and maintain a deposit account with Somerset Trust Company.
Important Information regarding Over-The-Counter Sales of Paper US Savings Bonds.
The US Department of the Treasury announced that it will end over-the-counter sales of paper savings bonds effective December 31, 2011. Somerset Trust Company will no longer accept applications for paper US Savings Bonds after December 31, 2011. You may purchase US Savings Bonds directly from the US Treasury using TreasuryDirect. Use the Savings Bond Calculator to determine the perfect bond for your needs.


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Joe Theismann finally said what so many football fans have been thinking after the Bears crush the Cowboys on Monday Night Football game earlier this week.
"Tony (Romo)'s not a very good quarterback."
These are the words we were waiting for an NFL analyst to finally speak, because they are true.
On Tuesday morning, Theismann joined the Brady and Lang in the Morning show on SportsNet 590 The Fan, to discuss his thoughts on a couple different NFL topics, but Romo and the Cowboys received the spotlight.
For the past few seasons, Romo has been regarded as one of the top quarterbacks in the league, never being compared to guys like Peyton Manning or Tom Brady, but to quarterbacks like Joe Flacco and Matt Schaub.
After Monday night's performance, I'm not sure Romo deserves to be in the same conversation as Alex Smith at this point.
It's not just the fact that Romo threw five interceptions against the Chicago Bears. There are several reasons why Romo shouldn't be regarded as one of the league's top dogs.
Maybe it's because Romo's touchdown to interception ratio is 1.925/1. Or perhaps because the Cowboys have only won the NFC East Division twice since 2005.
Maybe it's because, under Romo, the Cowboys have only won one playoff game. Or, better yet, because they've only played in four total postseason games since 2006.
Whatever you find to be the most interesting reason is fine, but the numbers don't lie. Let's face it, Romo is a guy who tries to do way too much and fails way to often.
Go ahead, throw the other numbers at me. The statistics that show he has passed for over 21,000 yards and 154 touchdowns. Or perhaps that his career passer rating, at a 96.9, is one of the highest of all-time.
Those are pretty much irrelevant, especially in a "what have you done for me lately," league.
The one stat that I will give you: 50-35, which is Romo's career record as a starter for the Cowboys.
But even that number seems a bit misleading.
In the end, Theismann's statements about Romo were warranted. It has seemed that for so many years, fans of the NFL and the Cowboys have been waiting for him to break out of his shell and lead Dallas back to a Super Bowl.
While that hasn't happened, Romo always appeared to receive a "pass" from football fans and analysts, continuing to be considered one of the NFL's best quarterbacks without truly proving himself.
Now that Romo is starting to severely struggle and fans are beginning to take notice, it will be interesting to see if Jerry Jones keeps the three-time Pro Bowler as his lead play-caller if this season doesn't turn around.


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SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ MP3 player :
SanDisk Corporation, the global leader in flash memory cards, today announced that it has set a new standard for sub-$100 portable media players. The SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ (plus) MP3 player is available now, delivering a best-in-class combination of features, ease of use and value. The SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ portable media player, successor to the popular Sansa Fuze MP3 player, offers consumers the quality and flexibility they demand at a price that's hard to beat. The completely redesigned media player delivers a hassle-free and satisfying user experience that enables unparalleled freedom in how consumers access their favorite digital content.
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Doctor Fish Magnifique, the Mayfair shop where fish chew on your feet, is still open today, awaiting o-fish-al word from the state on whether their operation meets health standards.
The Department of Regulation and Licensing sent an inspector Wednesday to check the place out, after a local salon operator complained. Details are in my story today.
Meanwhile, a majority of people responding to our poll say they wouldn't want to have fish clean the dead skin off their feet. The vote is 57% to 43% against the idea, with 1,240 people voting.
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Replace them? No, You shouldn't have to. I'd just
cut them to the ground and let them throw another
flush. It will be smaller 2nd time around and they
likely will be smaller next season but they will
(where it's stormin' now)
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Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 9:39 AM
To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Subject: smashed hostas
I hope someone can offer me some advice on what to do about a couple
of hostas smashed by a fallen tree. The top half of a large spruce
tree was blown over in a storm last night, and fell right on top of
my best, most established hosta bed. When I went out this morning I
thought the whole bed was ruined...all I could see was the spruce
tree. When I finally finished cutting the tree into small enough
pieces that I could move them out on the lawn, I was amazed at how
little damage was done! Only two hostas were badly damaged. I had a
huge clump of 'Sugar and Cream' the biggest one I have seen and it
was just flattened. Many leaves were just hanging by a thread and
I've removed those. Others are laying flat on the ground (I didn't
realize what long petioles this hosta has until I see them flat) but
are still in one piece. Should I cut off all the leaves? Or prop up
the remaining ones so they aren't laying on the ground?
For the leaves that are broken off, many of the remaining petioles
are 8-9 inches long. Should I trim them off at the ground or leave
them long? I hate to give up on this plant (one of my favorite
fragrant cultivars) because there has to be a tremendous root system
under the ground! The other hosta was 'Tattoo', which was completely
crushed. All I can do with it is wait and see if any new growth
comes up. But I expect I will have to replace it.
Linda Kofstad
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