If anyone has understood the true purpose of a blog, it is Giddy Gabby at her 'Amuse Bouche' blog
Giddy Gabby's Random Facts and Daily Tips. Blogs are best done honestly, exposing our hearts, souls and interests. Abusive in-your-face marketing is not for a blog!
For those of us who could use a friend, Giddy Gabby is just the one to remind us, in the midst of a difficult world, of our humanity, of how interesting life really is, what real friendship is, and she gives us a human 'recess' from a stress-filled, workaday life.
So wonderful to read and to speak with Giddy. I spoke with her about her work here and on
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Giddy says:
Margaret, I have so much fun with this blog. I use it in the true sense of a blog--to keep track of links, videos, articles, anything that amuses, stimulates, charms, or touches my heart. I go back and view them over and over, and they never fail to amaze me as much as the first time I found them. And yes, I take my own advice. All of the tips come from experience--mine or somethin' someone taught me somewhere along the way that became mine too. It's wonderful how rich the world is with people sharing their particular talents and accomplishments. The WWW gives us access to the great talent lurking in every "ordinary" person.
Other Giddy Gabby Squidoo lenses:
American Idol - 10 things to do while your sweetie watches A-I
If you gag when you hear that familiar da-dah-da-dah-da-dah music announcing yet another night of Idol mania, check here for the latest tips and the top ten things you can do to get through the season without grinding your teeth to nubs and destroying your relationships. Plus, get the latest Idol buzz so you can act like a fan--if you want to.
Baby Boomers - rockin' the world By sheer numbers, we've sucked more out of the world, and maybe put more back than any other generation on the planet. Our parents and grandparents gave us the automobile, washing machine, flight, the N-bomb and the A-bomb, the Cold War, cold fear of communism, and wars we couldn't win. They also gave us prosperity like the world has never seen, minds of our own, unprecedented literature, and rock and roll.
We listened, rolled over, tuned out, jumped back in, bought more, traveled more, invented more, than any generation in the history of human kind.
We raised our consciousness, transacted our analyses, identified our dysfunctions, and co-opted our co-dependencies. We jogged for health and beauty, sculpted hard bodies, danced with Richard Simmons, boxed Tai-bo, and ran marathons.
We traded flower power for power suits, power lunches and power sleep. We dressed for success and played as hard as we worked.
Now, we keep our bodies limber with Yoga, our minds at peace with Zen, and our fingers on the pulse of the next generation. We're plugged in to cell phones, I-Tunes, Blackberries, Bluetooth, and we catch the game on handheld TVs.
We're the hippest, coolest, hottest, youngest grandparents the planet has ever seen. We're turned on, tuned in, and droppin' in everywhere. We e-vite, e-trade, e-mail, e-bay, and now we Squidoo.
Boomers Rock! Group HeadquartersA resource and lens-promotion site for Squidooers writing about and for the Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964). We're still small, but there are some terrific lensmasters and lenses in the group, including you, Margaret!
Did you know the first sonic boom occurred almost at the same time we burst into the world? Yup. When some of us were less than a year old, folks on the ground heard and felt Chuck Yeager break the sound barrier for the first time. That was 1947. Chuck may have started that boom, but we've been breakin' all kinds of barriers ever since. Squidoo helps us knock 'em down, too, and every time one of us adds a lens about something we care passionately about, we bust a hole in another one or build a bridge.
Winter Holidays - Family, fun, feasting and so much more It's Christmas if you're Christian, Hannukah if you're Jewish, Kwanzaa if you're African-American ...
People the world over celebrate one way or another around the time of the December Solstice. Who are we? What is different about our celebrations? What is the same?
Squidoo Lensmaster PageSo, here we have all that Giddy has give us so far. If you ever feel the need to get back in touch with your humanity, to de-stress and be befriended, then Giddy Gabby is your girl.
