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Cupcakes & Design

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Here at SomeGoSoftly you will find some of the most discerning readers on the internet – people that care about news and facts and creativity. HA! But you know I love you all dearly – especially lately – it is so busy here! Thanks!

So I want to do you all a favor and let you know about anther place you might like to check out.  I recently reconnected via Facebook with one of the super nicest girls I knew in High School. She’s started herself a website.

Run over there and say hi. Cupcakes & Design already has SomeGoSoftly beat – she knew how to design her own page. If you’re nice to her, she might even help me tinker around over here!

She blogs about design, multimedia, the web, and yummy food. A great combination, since I’m always eating while I’m sitting in front of the laptop! 🙂

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March Madness Again

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Every time that milestones like these come along I remember just how long I’ve been here at SomeGoSoftly. March Madness is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s the 5th year I’ve hosted a bracket group over on ESPN’s Tournament Challenge. Half the friends and family that join me are less interested in basketball than me (MK only signs up via force), but they make me feel extra special by playing along.

I usually come in dead last or very close. This might be due to my interest in nothing but the Big East and Big 12. Or because I just guess at my picks. Or because I’m thinking about SXSW more. Whatever the reason, I still enjoy putting together some crazy picks and checking the standings after each round of games.

If you’d like to join us, search for “SGS’s 5th Bracktacular” (Brackets+Spectacular…) and holler at me here/email for the password! All are welcome, I’d love to see the group get bigger every year!

I guess I blogged it two years ago, but not last year. I must have done horribly…

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Free Dr. Pepper Day

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Some of you are excited about Chinese Democracy, I’m just excited about free Dr. Pepper!

Not aware of the story? Link One and Link Two

Go to drpepper.com/freedrpepper now to get yours – only 8 hours left!!! NOTE – offer has been extended due to site issues yesterday. Go get you some!

Site is ridiculously slow loading, bear with it.

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For Serious

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Top 10 Most Irritating Phrases of the English Language

In his book Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare, Jeremy Butterfield outlined the top 10 most irritating phrases of the English language. (Why damp squid?)

… the book’s author Jeremy Butterfield says that many annoyingly over-used expressions actually began as office lingo, such as 24/7 and “synergy”.

Other phrases to irritate people are “literally” and “ironically”, when they are used out of context.

Mr Butterfield said: “We grow tired of anything that is repeated too often – an anecdote, a joke, a mannerism – and the same seems to happen with some language.”

Here they are:

  1. At the end of the day
  2. Fairly unique
  3. I personally
  4. At this moment in time
  5. With all due respect
  6. Absolutely
  7. It’s a nightmare
  8. Shouldn’t of
  9. 24/7
  10. It’s not rocket science

Found via Neatorama

I like it – can you think of any others?

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Shamu Makes Me Happy

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While I put the finishing touches on my Comic Con thoughts, here’s the link to the San Diego Sea World Shamu Cam.

Finding this made my day.

Shamu Cam

Sometimes when we drive back from Mission Bay we catch a glimpse of the show. We’re waiting for the kiddos to go back to school before we go check it out for ourselves…

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Do You Like Country Music?

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There is not much that I know about the country music scene, but I am being enlightened here in California by my dear dear friend JV. He has recently redesigned and relaunched his amazing site, and I am here to tell you to go check it out, while he works hard to throw up the massive amounts of knowledge and things he gets to experience (I get to send him on his way to Nashville for the CMA Music Festival this weekend).

There are videos, bloggy bits, and music for you to peruse. With the help of another Somegosoftly friend, RD, there will in time be more amazing content for you to enjoy. I’m most impressed with the site and hope you will be too!

So check out the new ACountry.com now, and again, and later, again.

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