Lightning Strikes – So Do Heavy Winds
Posting now while my UPS batteries still have some juice in them. Posting may be non-existent tomorrow while I clean up the mess.
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Pingback on Mar 9th, 2007 at 12:11 pm
[...] * Jordan from Marketing Pilgrim has a nice collection of mobile marketing resources since it’s the hot new market. Hey Dean, you all right out there? [...]
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Pingback on Jan 15th, 2012 at 4:33 am
[...] When I place a link on your Web site, I want someone to click on that link, or maybe I want a search engine to follow that link and crawl my brand new page that really offers neat content. So I fill out your stupid canned online profile scripts, join your silly forum, set up a signature and post to Google Groups, build Google Pages, or comment on your blogs (from my blog — I really do hope that Digital Ghost is okay). [...]
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March 2, 2007 at 8:00 am
Good luck DG. Hopefully, you’ll be spending your time cleaning up outside and not dealing w/ fried equipment inside.
March 7, 2007 at 10:59 am
Hey Dean,
Are you alright?
March 7, 2007 at 6:25 pm
Come back, Dorothy, come back.
Love,
Auntie Em
March 8, 2007 at 8:06 am
I saw some of the weather down your way on the news and it was looking pretty bad – hope all is well down your side of the world.
Scott