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I keep forgetting to post a tidbit I learned recently about search engine optimization (SEO) for those of you with websites or online shops. Apparently, you can improve your SEO by renaming the pictures you upload in ways that enhance your SEO instead of just uploading them as the computer's default name given to them. IDK how this works or why, but I saw it on, I think, 2 different videos? Anyway, it doesn't hurt to rename your photos something to assist SEO before you upload the photos to your website. I hope this helps! |
Just learned something while changing my flight from May 4 to July 6.  (Yeah, WdC isn't the only place I'm disorganized and do things last minute.  )Non-Stop Flight: You flight from A to B without stopping at any other location. Direct Flight: You fly from A to C, but stop at B to let folks on and off. However, you don't get off (or, if you do, only briefly and at your own discretion -- you're not required to get off to change planes/gates/etc.). How do I have over a million frequent flyer miles and I'm just now learning this?    |
I avoid looking at my port, so I don't notice how much it needs to be attended to, Beacon's Light.  After the mistake of getting off a flight on the way the Falkland Islands and having the gate crew not want to let me back on (they eventually did, but were not happy about it), I am now asking more info about stops where I don't get off. I normally book my own flights and it's not uncommon to have to change planes, but apparently, I never book my own flights through places that expect me to stay on the plane when we stop. I had 2 stops like that coming to the Falklands and I'll have 1 going back to the US, but at least I know about it this time, so I won't fall for that trick again. |
Schnujo is Late to Lannister  - You need to get some information before you decide to leave the plane. Talk to the flight attendant first before you do anything. Just be careful traveling and be safe. That would scare me a lot, especially in a country I never been too. |
| Normally, they always announce in English, along with whatever other languages are appropriate, but this time, going through South America, it was all in Spanish once I left Los Angeles -- even the leg from LA to Lima was only in Spanish. Odd. I'm sure they announced for us to not get off on the 2 landings we weren't supposed to get off on, but they didn't say it in anything but Spanish. I expect that if I'm leaving from or flying to an English speaking place, they should speak English, but while some crew could, they didn't make any English announcements, which I found odd. Okay, From Lima, Peru to Santiago, Chile, maybe not so odd that there was no English, but from Los Angeles, USA to Lima, Peru and from Punta Arenas, Chile to Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands, it was odd that there was no English. I remember flying from Seoul, South Korea on Air France and finding it very odd that they didn't do any announcements in Korean, but they did announce in French, even though we weren't flying to France. They also announced in English, but that's pretty common, no matter where I'm going, as English is such an international language, I find it's commonly used, even in places where it's not the native language. But why didn't they announce in Korean? We just left Korea with a bunch of Koreans on board.  |
So, I just learned there's a job/business creating user generated content (UGC). Interesting... This is different from being an influencer because you don't need a bunch of followers like influencers have. You can advertise your business on UpWork, Fiverr, etc. You are advertising that you will do things like make product review videos or write product reviews, do unboxing videos, take pics of the products (if you're a good photographer), take pics of the products in use, model the products (or get models and you take the pics), etc. Huh. I had no idea this was a business, but it makes sense. IDK if you can make a lot of money, but apparently it is a thing some people do as a side hustle. Cool! Obviously, if you discover you don't like the product, I don't recommend going ahead and giving positive reviews. I was reviewing something for someone online and I didn't like 1 of the things I was supposed to review and I said I couldn't give them a positive review. I positively reviewed the other things, but not that one.  |
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Review of Silent Sisters: A True Story by Joanne Lee for
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Purchasing from the above link helps WdC. * * WARNING: THIS REVIEW INCLUDES SOME GRAPHIC DETAILS OF INFANT DEATH! * * This author knows how to hook a reader! She starts the story as she's at her mom's house to collect a dead, rotting baby, fluids soaking through the towels, from her mom's place to illegally bury in a cemetery in broad daylight. Uhh...WTF?!? Yep, I was DEFINITELY HOOKED! So, the horrible part is this is all a true story. But if you think your family is twisted, I challenge you to read this book.  The author was abused and neglected (mostly neglected) growing up and by the time she was 8 (or so), she was caring for her infant sister and by the time she was 10, she was caring for 2 babies while her mother drank and caroused and spent all their money so the babies sometimes had to wear tea towel diapers because there was nothing else. Food, even milk, was also a problem...as was electricity, gas, and water. And the place was a disgusting mess. When she helped her mother move a decade or so later, they found dog feces on the floor, though they hadn't had a dog in years and even a rotted diaper on the carpet, though the youngest was about 10 (or something like that). This book traces the twisted raising of Joanne and her siblings and how their mother hid secrets darker than they ever imagined. The opening to the book was just the beginning. It goes on through Joanne's adulthood, still mother to her younger sister. The story has a relatively happy ending, but in the meantime, it was a very disturbing tale. But that's why we read things like this, isn't it? This audiobook was rated 4.6 on Audible and was 8 hrs. and 28 min. The paperback was rated 4.4 and was 250 pages. If you enjoy twists and turns and crazy family drama, you'll love this book. Just remember that it's a true story. Someone lived through it all and now tells the tale. Kindle #18 in Violence in Society (Kindle Store) #57 in Violence in Society (Books) #62 in Dysfunctional Families (Books) Audible #44 in Violence in Society (Audible Books & Originals) #86 in Violence in Society (Books) #91 in Dysfunctional Families (Books) Paperback #91 in Domestic Partner Abuse (Books) | ||||||||||||
| I can't read books like these because I've lived It but in a different situation. I didn't have a stable home life while growing up but I did had a boyfriend who abused me, when I was younger. The girl's life was worse than mine but from what I read a little bit here, she never gave up hope to try to survive while her mom neglected her and her siblings. I've read sories like these before and I can't read them. They always bring tears to my eyes all the time. |
Beacon's Light, it wasn't an easy book to listen to, but it was inspiring and impressive to see how she pressed on through all the horrors she endured. And I was so happy to see that while she didn't get affection, or even much negative attention, from her mom, she understood it was necessary and gave it to her younger siblings and her own kids. I'm sure she wasn't a perfect parent, either. But she was a far cry better than her own mom, helping to break that cycle of insanity.  Great, asko25! Keep it up! |
What?  A word search? How very unexpected...  Hey, at least it's not about GoT, so be grateful. Sure, it's for GoT, but at least it's not about GoT.
We had to make a word search about our favorite author. Any Jim Butcher and/or Dresden Files fans out there?  |
| Schnujo is Late to Lannister - I picked one of those up once. I'm not sure which one, but I got confused with so many characters and such at the beginning. If I remember right, I think the inside jacket or pages had a map for the story, which was kind of cool. I'll probably visit the book store Monday or Tuesday. |
| Read some of the reviews. They'll usually mention if there are a lot (or too many) characters to keep up with. |
I've been exploring speech-to-text stuff and didn't realize how far it's come. This is for Windows -- 11, maybe? IDK, Windows. lol But it can do more than I realized! You can turn on auto-punctuation, so that's pretty cool because I think saying every piece of punctuation would annoy me. Also, hilariously, it can filter out profanity. I wouldn't really need to that too much, but I find that so funny! Here's their page on some of the functions. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/dictate-text-with-voice-4ddaf335-a835-... This shows you a bunch of things, including how to navigate your entire computer with your voice, but it also shows you commands you can use when doing speech-to-text. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/voice-access-command-list-dac0f091-87c... I've seen several very productive writers say they swear by speech-to-text. I know I never finish anything the traditional typing way, so what have I got to lose by exploring an alterative? I really should explore this more. I did see something somewhere about them stopping support for Windows speech recognition. They are now focused on voice access, which I think is just a pumped up version that can do speech-to-text, plus a ton more. I played with it a tad and it works fine, as far as I can tell. |
| I'm not sure about Cortona because I never used it, Massive Friendly Derg. s, I saw something somewhere about accents because when I read that heading, I thought of my Scottish friend using it. But I didn't read the section and now can't find it. But it does seem there's a way for people with accents to use it. Though IDK if it lets you train the AI or it has been pre-trained on a lot of different accents. |
| Schnujo is Late to Lannister - that was it. I haven't used a widows PC in over 2 years but at least I was close! |
Yes, GoT again. Don't blame me! Blame Gaby. Write two Structured Poems of your choosing. Both poems must be of the same structure. Show your poems on the newsfeed, and explain about this type of poetry. The diamante (dee-uh-MAHN-tay) poem is a 7-line structure that is shaped like a diamond. (Diamante is Italian for diamond.) It was invented in 1969 by American poet and teacher, Iris McClellan Tiedt. Schools love it because it encourages poetry while also reinforcing grammar. There are 2 types of diamante poems -- synonym and antonym. The rules for diamante poems follow: - Must be 7 lines - 1st and 7th line (last line) are 1 word - 1st and 7th line are either synonyms or antonyms of each other - 1st, 4th line, and 7th line are all nouns - 2nd and 6th line have 2 words - 2nd and 6th line are adjectives - 3rd and 5th line have 3 words - 3rd and 5th line are verbs - 4th line has 4 words (Excuse the poetic skill -- thankfully, no skill is required to get the points GoT is promising my team for my efforts here. ) Synonym Diamante Poem: Flower Beautiful, fragrant Grow, open, bloom Rose, lily, daisy, violet Sniff, smile, enjoy Lovely, intoxicating Blossom Okay, so that looks more like a ball...or perhaps a blossom when viewed from above.  I'll try to make the next one look more diamondy with my selection of word length. Antonym Diamante Poem: Land Dry, beige Sit, rest, sleep Sand, shells, salt, water Swim, splash, dive Wet, foamy Sea There! That one looks better. You're welcome to post poems below, but it's not required for me to get points for my team, so try or scroll on by. I leave it to you to decide.   https://poetry4kids.com/lessons/how-to-write-a-diamante-poem/ |
| That's interesting. But I learned the Diamante in a slightly different way. A Diamante is a seven-lined contrast poem set up in a diamond shape with the following format: Line 1: Subject Line 2: Two adjectives describing the subject Line 3: Three -ing words describing the subject Line 4: Four words: two about the subject, two about the antonym of the subject Line 5: Three -ing words about the antonym Line 6: Two adjectives describing the antonym Line 7: Antonym of the subject The contrast is in one poem, not separate poems. Consider: "A Love-Hate Relationship"  |
JACE  - I wonder if that's a more grownup version. Or just a variation. The antonym example I gave has the contrast in 1 poem. But the rule of ending in -ing for the 3rd and 5th lines seems to be to make creating line 4 as the longest line quite a challenge, which is why I wonder if it's not a more advanced version. I guess the only "real" way to know would be to see what Iris Tiedt had to say about it since she invented it. |
| Schnujo is Late to Lannister - Could very well be. One thing about poetry--it just flows like water, going wherever it wants. |
| Because no one is sick of GoT, word searches, or GoT word searches... Nope -- no obligation to do it. Just posting for the 1 person on the site who might not be quite sick of GoT yet.
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Just a 5-question quiz
Again, no obligation. I don't think GoT even cares if I post this, but I had to actually google answers, so I'm posting it to show off my work. Apparently, there is a complication with the ability to see the answers, so I'll post them both in this note (for new viewers) and in the comments (for folks who won't be revisiting this note but commented below). NOTE: The order of the questions changes each time you load the quiz, so I can't just say #1 is A. Answers -- in No Particular Order ▼ |
Another GoT Task for Me to Force You to Scroll Through. Create a marketing ad for Game of Thrones (WDC version) and post it on your newsfeed. If you're tired of not being tired, if you're sick of not being sick, I have a great game for you! We call it "Game of Thrones," but really, it's "Game of Who Can Go a Whole Month Without Sleep or Work or Anything Meaningful in Their Life."  Create items you've never wanted to creat. Host items in your port that you don't care anything about. Advertise meaningless drivel on the Newsfeed all in the name of points. If this sounds like fun, you should seek professional help. But in the meantime, since there's often a waitlist for the best mental health providers dealing with the deepest rooted insanity, contact Gaby ~ Just tired   about participating in "Game of Thrones" next year. It's way worse than we make it out to be. You've been warned!  |
I've added a new entry to my book, "Randomly Writing" : "Bunny, Bunny, Bunny by Schnujo" Here's a bit of Schnujo is Late to Lannister trash for you. It's the one where we take the lyrics of a song and make them funny. Yeah, I need to go to church. |
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