en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/297404 Comments by Fayza http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thanks-motherhood/#IDComment43481213 Stop trying to make me cry, dammit. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:53:14 +0000 http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thanks-motherhood/#IDComment43481213 http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thanks-beer/#IDComment43073703 I'd like to commend JMO for his awesome taste in beer. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:04:17 +0000 http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thanks-beer/#IDComment43073703 http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thanks-i-heart-you-internet/#IDComment42984941 I can't think of a better person to write an homage to the Internet than you. Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:02:40 +0000 http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thanks-i-heart-you-internet/#IDComment42984941 http://blog.tonychachere.com/2009/11/11/introducing-samantha/#IDComment42869401 Helloooooooooooooooooo, Samantha! Can't wait to hear your insider scoop :) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:26:05 +0000 http://blog.tonychachere.com/2009/11/11/introducing-samantha/#IDComment42869401 http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thankful/#IDComment41553875 Our clients are better than your clients. Big hearts to our clients! Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:38:57 +0000 http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thankful/#IDComment41553875 http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thanks-coffee-groundz/#IDComment41553784 "You embraced Houston with open arms and I’ll be damned if we’ll ever stop hugging you back." What a wonderful quote. I salute you, Jason McElweenie, and salute JR WITH you, too! Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:37:45 +0000 http://blog.schipul.com/thirty-days-of-thanks-coffee-groundz/#IDComment41553784 http://blog.schipul.com/condoleezza-rice-houston-quotes/#IDComment39921634 There are wonderful explanations that accompany her quotes - I was cursory in my roundup in order to make sure I included as many high points as possible. What an awesomesauce explanation of one of them, Jason! Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:15:20 +0000 http://blog.schipul.com/condoleezza-rice-houston-quotes/#IDComment39921634 http://www.cosmopolitician.net/sewnotcrafty/#IDComment24095414 I didn't doubt for a minute that you'd make it happen. Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:02:29 +0000 http://www.cosmopolitician.net/sewnotcrafty/#IDComment24095414 http://houstonzooblogs.org/zoo/2009/06/top-10-dogs-of-all-time/#IDComment23959516 Max is a very special doggiehead. Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:15:42 +0000 http://houstonzooblogs.org/zoo/2009/06/top-10-dogs-of-all-time/#IDComment23959516 http://blog.schipul.com/boss-blog-of-the-month-reggiebibbs/#IDComment23949767 Bravo. An excellent start to the segment indeed. I second the Boss Award! Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:46:14 +0000 http://blog.schipul.com/boss-blog-of-the-month-reggiebibbs/#IDComment23949767 http://houstonzooblogs.org/education/2009/06/hello-handsome/#IDComment23661871 Any animal that eats a lemur cannot be my friend. Mon, 8 Jun 2009 20:49:34 +0000 http://houstonzooblogs.org/education/2009/06/hello-handsome/#IDComment23661871 http://houstonzooblogs.org/cheetahdog/2009/05/training-101-positive-reinforcement/#IDComment23003333 Wow. This is an amazing angle! We here at Schipul would really like him to kiss us. He's weally cute. Mon, 1 Jun 2009 19:16:05 +0000 http://houstonzooblogs.org/cheetahdog/2009/05/training-101-positive-reinforcement/#IDComment23003333 http://houstonzooblogs.org/zoo/2009/05/forest-the-sllooowww-loris/#IDComment22347179 He's winking at me! HEY CUTIEPANTS, YOU WEALLY CUTE! Tue, 26 May 2009 19:34:49 +0000 http://houstonzooblogs.org/zoo/2009/05/forest-the-sllooowww-loris/#IDComment22347179 http://blog.schipul.com/trend-tuesday-twitter-search-changes-and-you/#IDComment21837794 Niiiiiiiiiiice. Thanks for keepin' us abreast of the trends out there in the interwebs, missy! Tue, 19 May 2009 19:16:34 +0000 http://blog.schipul.com/trend-tuesday-twitter-search-changes-and-you/#IDComment21837794 http://www.magsmacncheese.com/channeling-my-inner-army-chick/#IDComment21833587 Let's go skydiving then, Fearless! Tue, 19 May 2009 18:38:09 +0000 http://www.magsmacncheese.com/channeling-my-inner-army-chick/#IDComment21833587 http://www.cosmopolitician.net/the-dichotomy-of-independence/#IDComment20299684 You're pretty much my hero. I admire every move you make (and not in the creepy Police way). You're amazing, and I will support every single endeavor you undertake! Go get 'em, tigress! The world is your oyster. Now eat it! Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:05:40 +0000 http://www.cosmopolitician.net/the-dichotomy-of-independence/#IDComment20299684 http://www.cosmopolitician.net/why-you-should-not-attend-the-mom-20-summit/#IDComment17413333 #11 - You're taking the bar exam. D'oh! :) Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:41:04 +0000 http://www.cosmopolitician.net/why-you-should-not-attend-the-mom-20-summit/#IDComment17413333 http://www.jerrigirl.com/2009/03/19/more-than-a-little-worried/#IDComment17413182 Have you spammed your address book yet, missy? Why don't you do a half-marathon now that you're ready for it and post more photos of you racing to ignite people to adopt your cause? When I was fundraising, I tweeted maybe once a day (but probably more) with the link for donating. I wrote people on a regular basis asking for donations. I sent email to my hairdresser, my dentist, and I had a blog dedicated just to training. I know you haven't had the chance to dedicate substantial time to fundraising, but it's nowhere near too late to go full speed ahead! Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:36:55 +0000 http://www.jerrigirl.com/2009/03/19/more-than-a-little-worried/#IDComment17413182 http://www.gwenbell.com/2009/02/02/leave-it-at-the-alter/#IDComment14691243 Oof. Oof. Gwen, this hit home on so many levels. I feel myself developing that "callus around my heart." In an arena where I used to be so open and free, I feel myself pulling back inside my shell. Who's watching me? Who's behind me? Who's taking notice for the wrong reasons? Who's talking about me? Who's quoting me? Who's criticizing me? Who's misinterpreting me? Who's annoyed by me? Who now hates me because they don't understand me? Shrink shrink. One way of keeping ourselves from splintering, like you say, is to be ourselves. I used to blog under an alter ego, but of course, I had to divide the online me and the offline me in order to do that. It felt fraudulent; I felt like I willfully pigeonholed myself. I don't do that any longer. In simply being Fayza, it makes treating other people like actual people (instead of screen names) much easier (not that I didn't before, but you know what I mean - nowhere to hide). Now if only everyone else would follow suit. In a perfect world(wide web). Since we cannot tell everyone to be themselves online, the only thing we have control over is our response. And your suggestions are spot on. We have to remember that sticks and stones don't break our bones, and when they threaten to do so, we have to remember how we'd act offline - and do it. It's okay to do that, and perhaps even more so - we are much more available and vulnerable online than we have ever been offline. Sometimes we may need to go into protectionist mode. That's okay, as long as it's only a learning curve and a temporary one, at that. In order to put this much of ourselves out there, yes, we have to thicken our skin. But it doesn't happen overnight. Thickening our skin is work, effort, and learned through a lot of hard, tough lessons. As long as we've gleaned those lessons, we are pushing forward. But just 'cause we've thickened doesn't mean we've hardened. We have to look out for #1 before we do any good for anyone else. Excellent, excellent, excellent post. Mon, 2 Feb 2009 21:22:11 +0000 http://www.gwenbell.com/2009/02/02/leave-it-at-the-alter/#IDComment14691243 http://jasonkeath.com/social-media-for-pr/#IDComment14465246 That's my boss, and I'm in that slideshow! Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:32:06 +0000 http://jasonkeath.com/social-media-for-pr/#IDComment14465246