{"id":1386,"date":"2009-01-06T07:46:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-06T07:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/06\/introducing-tuesday-tours-random-worthy-blog-posts\/"},"modified":"2009-01-06T07:46:29","modified_gmt":"2009-01-06T07:46:29","slug":"introducing-tuesday-tours-random-worthy-blog-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/06\/introducing-tuesday-tours-random-worthy-blog-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Tuesday Tours: Random Worthy Blog Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><a href=\"http:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/.a\/6a00d8341f053253ef010536b561f6970c-pi\" style=\"float: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tourist with suitcases\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8341f053253ef010536b561f6970c \" src=\"http:\/\/cynthiasamuels.com\/blog\/.a\/6a00d8341f053253ef010536b561f6970c-800wi\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;\" title=\"Tourist with suitcases\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWelcome to Tuesday Tours.&#0160; There&#39;s so much good stuff out in the Blog Universe; we all have our blog readers filled with those we love. &#0160;It&#39;s tough to keep up though, so until further notice, I&#39;ll be offering Tuesday tours of some of my own frequent favorites.<\/div>\n<p>One of my favorite bloggers, <a href=\"http:\/\/punditmom1.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pundit Mom<\/a>, offers posts at two ends of the spectrum as the week begins. &#0160;Both are worth reading. &#0160;The first: &#0160;advice to the Obamas about <a href=\"http:\/\/punditmom1.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/few-neighborhood-tips-for-obamas.html\" target=\"_blank\">the neighborhood around Sidwell Friends School<\/a>. &#0160;It&#39;s just fun.&#0160; The second is a serious post with a serious question: &#0160;When is it right to tell an airline official that <a href=\"http:\/\/punditmom1.blogspot.com\/2009\/01\/when-i-get-nervous-in-airport-does-that.html\" target=\"_blank\">a passenger is making you nervous<\/a><br \/>\n?&#0160; <\/p>\n<p>Concerned about what&#39;s going on in Israel?&#0160; Check back daily at Writes Like She Talks, where Jill Zimon has her finger on what&#39;s up all over the Web.&#0160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.writeslikeshetalks.com\/2009\/01\/05\/remains-of-the-day-1509-gaza-and-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Here&#39;s a sample<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>The wise Maria Niles is looking to figure out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogher.com\/obama-and-me-gen-x-or-boomers\" target=\"_blank\">all those generation labels <\/a>like X and Boomer and Millennial &#8212; and what they mean (and what the heck her own is.)<\/p>\n<p>Also &quot;generationally speaking,&quot; you know that all last year I wrote comparing 1968 and 2008.&#0160; Well,&#0160; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timegoesby.net\/weblog\/2009\/01\/reflections-of-lincoln-roosevelt-and-obama.html\" target=\"_blank\">Time Goes By columnist Saul Friedman<\/a> has done me one (actually two) better, writing of lessons from his own iconic president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and Obama&#39;s point of reference, Abraham Lincoln.&#0160; <\/p>\n<p>Beth Kanter is a legend.&#0160; Rightfully so.&#0160; So when she offers <a href=\"http:\/\/beth.typepad.com\/beths_blog\/2009\/01\/convios-now-is-the-time-campaign-a-healthy-social-media-lifestyle.html\" target=\"_blank\">52 ways for Non-profits to use social media<\/a> efficiently as a New Year&#39;s gift to her readers, I&#39;m figuring that at least some of them can help the rest of us too.<\/p>\n<p>Two of my favorite moms have something special too:&#0160; I&#39;m late on this one, but Her Bad Mother&#39;s description of <a href=\"http:\/\/beth.typepad.com\/beths_blog\/2009\/01\/convios-now-is-the-time-campaign-a-healthy-social-media-lifestyle.html\" target=\"_blank\">a willful three-year-old<\/a> (it&#39;s long so wait until you have time) is priceless.&#0160; Some kids are just strong strong little people.<\/p>\n<p>Also, Woulda Coulda Shoulda&#39;s Mir Kamin celebrated her son&#39;s last single-digit birthday with a <a href=\"http:\/\/wouldashoulda.com\/2009\/01\/05\/the-force-is-strong-in-you\/#more-2524\" target=\"_blank\">wonderful hymn to a newly-nine-year-old<\/a>.&#0160; She never misses, that one.\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Finally, this one &#8211; because <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amyjoshua.com\/2009\/01\/happy-new-year-it-has-been-awhile.html\" target=\"_blank\">the happy family in the photo<\/a> is mine.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Tuesday Tours.&#0160; There&#39;s so much good stuff out in the Blog Universe; we all have our blog readers filled with those we love. &#0160;It&#39;s tough to keep up though, so until further notice, I&#39;ll be offering Tuesday tours of some of my own frequent favorites. 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