Empty Notebook

1. Healthier Living - Two words, Thanksgiving Leftovers.

2. Cleanup - Not much to report, I’m hoping to get a few things done before the end of the year.

3. Website Growth - The Florida game always upticks ScalpEm.com… so I’m preparing for a bit of a slow down until bowl week.

1. Healthier Living - Um, it’s the holidays. It’s going to be tough I’m sure, but I’ll keep portions under control.

2. Cleanup - I’ve reorganized the pantry and a big cabinet in the kitchen.  It freed up a bunch of space, and it’ll make getting Thanksgiving dinner items easier to put away.

3. Website Growth - EmptyNotebook is a superstar this week thanks to the post about NBC Life. It’s nice to get some comments over here.

Something from last night’s episode. Interesting…

We are none of us alone.
Even as we exhale, it is inhaled by others.
The light that shines upon me, shines upon my neighbor as well.
In this way, everything is connected to everything else.
In this way, I am connected to my friend even as I am connected to my enemy.
In this way,there is no difference between me, and my friend.
In this way, there is no difference between me, and my enemy.
We are none of us alone.

Every so often in the fall or winter the sunlight hits just right in Tallahassee, and the canopy roads, trees, sky and air all look like they’re in super high-definition technicolor.

Today is one of those lucky days.

1. Healthier Living - I’m feeling better finally, had some weird stuff going on which was like stress related. Or maybe it was a virus. Good news is that the doctor wasn’t concerned.

2. Cleanup - Bam! My girlfriend and I got a spiffy new calendar for the fridge to keep track of important dates, and I got rid of all of the crap on my dresser. It’s all nicely filed in the To Pay, Paid, and To Save letter organizer on the dresser. That should keep things a lot cleaner. I’ve got a couple of filing cases to file away the paperwork that I need to keep around too.

3. Website Growth - ScalpEm.com and EmptyNotebook are continuing to risk up the Alexa ranks, although it’s slowly starting to level off. I’m very, very pleased with 2007’s performance was it comes to a close over the next month and a half though. I also launched a redesign of ScalpEm.com, which everyone seems to be very, very happy with. Not only did it make the site look more professional, and easier to read, but it opened up more space for advertising, that isn’t overly intrusive.

Part 1 - Brilliant

Part 2 - Super Brilliant

Ooops.

1. Healthier Living - Not much change, other than I’ve been under the weather a bit.  I’m feeling better though mostly, so that’s good.

2. Cleanup - Time to head back into some drawers and organize some paperwork.  Hopefully that can be done prior to Thanksgiving.
3. Website Growth - I’m ecstatic with ScalpEm.com’s performance this year. It’s really grown far and above what I thought, and I love getting comments from people I don’t know.  I hope to spur up some more discussion soon, and I’m considering expanding my topics from just FSU football and into the ACC and college sports in general.  It won’t be an everyday thing, but I think it would broaden the appeal of the site, and of my creative desires.