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Stand-up comedian—and newly minted mommy-blogger—gives some advice (based on experience) on how to comment like a grown up.  Back in the days of yore, or vaudeville as the case may be, the peanut gallery referred to those who sat in the “cheap seats.” They were the hecklers, the rowdy bunch, the group who would throw food at the performers…usually the cheapest snack, peanuts. Unfortunately, now with the blogosphere a-booming and instant access to practically every person’s thought the minute they think it, the peanut gallery has leapt out of the cheap seats and onto our blogs. And their taunting comments […]

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had an obsession with doing things the “right” way. I don’t like cutting corners because I believe—at my core—that doing things correctly the first time is so much more efficient than a more improvisational, trial and error technique. I’m pretty sure this proclivity is why my skill set led me to a jack-of-all-trades style generalist end. If I don’t know how to do something I need to do, I learn not only the method to accomplish that task, but also the reasons behind the methodology. One might say that I am thorough. […]

After a little more discussion and feedback, we have decided to start the Torque Book Club with a Google Hangout format, while also using our “community” section for posts and comments, section by section. This way, we can all meet “in person” for the first book. We’ll see how that goes and then—as a group—we can decide the direction we want to go for the upcoming books. Sound good? I think so. I want to see all of your faces and hear you speak! At least for the first book. Then we can talk about experiementing with a more asynchronous process. But […]