TWoNN Hall Meeting: New Listing Up Top

Hi, folks! You know that section that used to be on the top of the blog entitled "New Comments and Updates to Blog Entries?" Well, there aren't little magical trolls who keep that thing current, you know. Every single link that was posted there was painstakingly input by yours truly. Oh, I remember the days when we only had "小貓三四隻" (Chinese idiom meaning a sparse population or a low turn out). Back then, I rejoiced at every single comment that came in. Don't get me wrong. I still do but, lately, it has become a daunting task, what with all the comments being posted. So, I'm going to change it up a bit. I'm only going to post the links to blog entries that have been updated or commented on for any given day. So, a blog entry will only be listed once per day if it has a comment (or an update). The link will take you to the first comment for the day of that blog entry.

My apologies to anyone whose routine is ruined by this. I just can't keep up with the comments! It's for the better, though, because the list will now be more useful. It doesn't really help when all the comments that are listed are simply ones from the same blog entry, right?

Bonus TWoNNCotY points go to the person who can explain what the photo has to do with this blog entry.

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TWoNN Hall Meeting: TWoNN Citizen of the Year Award

Hello, world!

Today, I want to share a conversation with you. It is a deep and meaningful conversation that just puts a different perspective on things. I don't want to scare you, but I actually do have plans for our little blog. I like to call them "festivities," but feel free to apply your own labels.

In February, I challenged myself to post one blog entry per day. Okay, okay, so I chose the shortest month (but it is a Leap Year), might have underperformed sometimes, and deliberately announced the challenge in the marquee so there wouldn't be any actual evidence (e.g., a blog entry) of the promise I made. But it really got me to see that I can't just expect our blog to run itself. I must participate. I must treat it as a job (for lack of a better word, since this is one of the most enjoyable of the semi-regular activities in my life). I must make it a point to post here because "trying to" doesn't do it (the last entry I posted was four days ago).

But, this recent decline of blogging frequency is just one half of the participation puzzle. Another event has now forced my hand. I wasn't going to unveil this until March 15, but I fear it may be too late, so I will do it now. The one-year anniversary of TWoNN is coming up! April 15 is the date. Easy to remember, right? So, I had planned to conduct a trivia contest whereby a TWoNN Citizen of the Year is chosen. Of course, the selection will have a random slant to it (more on that later). But first, allow me to share with you the conversation that occurred earlier this week. This is the event that forced my hand.

Freelance Midget is favorite niece (don't tell your sister), and we chat during the day (via gmail) sometimes. She is a graduate of a prestigious university, and a very bright individual. One chink in her armor, I am grieved to reveal, is her knowledge of TWoNN history. Check it out (chat and email to be read in conjunction with each other):



Are you witnessing this? It seems that America's general blase attitude toward anything educational has seeped into TWoNN and its citizenry. One of the most important topics of TWoNN--Maggi Sauce, its origins and uses--completely forgotten by one of our brightest. Hang your head in shame, Midge. I hope your mom (3-fish) isn't reading this.

The above conversation and the realization that I must commit myself [insert crazy joke here] has encouraged me to launch the next TWoNN activity ahead of schedule. Okay, so, TWoNN Citizen of the Year--WHAT IS IT?? TWoNNCotY is a competition to determine who might be the most knowledgeable TWoNN citizen alive. The reason why I say "might be" is because I have devised a scoring system that has a random component. In the next month, I will try to come up with a trivia question each day* and the person who gets the answer first gets the points associated with the question. And, how many points does the answerer get? That will be determined by this. Yes, that's right. Either Mr. Nonny Nu or I will roll a die to determine how many points the person will get (and we won't do that until the question is answered--so don't even try to get all efficient and select only high-value questions to go after, Stillman).

The winner will be determined on April 15, and will receive a TWoNN trophy along with a certificate of appreciation. TWoNNCotY begins tomorrow, so be sure to look out for it!

Note: Play is suspended on the Chinese Idiom Game until TWoNNCotY is over, or it is revealed that Man from U.N.C.L.E. is actually Man from C.H.I.N.A., whichever occurs first.

* Like the Chinese Idiom game, the trivia question will change either when it is answered correctly, or when I can't stand it anymore.

[edit] Due to popular demand, the number of questions have been capped at 3 per day.

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TWoNN Hall Meeting: Get Ready for Thanksgiving!

Hi, folks,

Seeing as how we are all going to be celebrating Turkey Day separately, I was thinking of putting up photos from everyone's celebrations so that we could kinda celebrate "together." So, if you would like to join in on the fun, please email to nonnynu@gmail.com photos of 1) your Thanksgiving Dinner, and/or 2) (if appropriate) the atmosphere/decorations of your celebration. There will be a vote afterward for "Best Turkey (or Other Thanksgiving Meat)" and also for "Best Setting in a Supporting Role." (Special thanks to Freelance Midget for coming up with the idea for the voting! Unfortunately, she gets nothing for it.) Please note, if Willy Wonka participates, only 1/3 of the votes for his Turkey (or Other Thanksgiving Meat) will be counted.

The winner(s) will either get 2 extra entries counted (if they are already guestblogging) or will get honorary MAYO status on the Contributors list (if they are not already guestblogging).

All photo entries must be received by Nov. 23 midnight PST (that's the midnight that marks the END of Nov. 23--sorry, this "midnight" business has always been confusing to me). Polls open Nov. 24 noon PST (noons are much clearer, imho).

Remember, *NO FACES OR OTHER IDENTIFYING MARKS IN THE PHOTOS* and *NO NUDITY, STILLMAN*.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nonny Nu
Chief Editor, The World of Nonny Nu

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Has anyone else been busy this week? (And, Inaugural TWoNN Hall Meeting.)

I can't believe this. I was in 7 1/2 hours of meetings yesterday. This is on top of having to do actual work. And, I just now got out of a 4 1/2 hour meeting. I have another 1/2 hour meeting coming up, but the rest of my day is "free." GAH!! Does anyone feel like there are just too many darned meetings in the world?

Anyhow, let's have a TWoNN townhall meeting (now, appropriately dubbed "TWoNN Hall Meeting"), shall we?

Ahem.

I hope every likes the marquee along the top of the blog. I had known about it for some time and had even experimented with it on off hours (hours during which I didn't think blog members would be watching, like 3:45am, which is between meetings for me sometimes). I launched it when MonkeyPig was visiting us as sort of a welcoming gesture for her. I used green at the time because that matched with the whole decor of the blog. But, now, I'm going to use the colors to represent the crisis level in my head. To start off, Nonny Nu Crisis Level was at its lowest (green) when MonkeyPig was in town. At that time, I was on vacation and was having fun getting burned by the San Francisco sun. Then, as some of you may have noticed, on Monday this week, when there was only one serving of Magic Kitchen panna cotta left, Nonny Nu Crisis Level was at its highest (red). Today, NNCL is only elevated (orange), what with looming deadlines and yet more meetings. So, I think this may be a good method to convey my innermost feelings and anxieties to the world that is outside of TWoNN.

Okay, meeting adjourned.

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