The best gift I ever received
Here’s yet another amazing TED talk to inspire you to see things differently.
Contested Irrelevance — My PAB2010 Jolt
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Honourable Mentions (Thank you!):
- Contested Irrelevance
- Is Your Blog Worth The Effort? Watch This
- Engagement, Authenticity and Influence: I’m Calling Shenanigans
- Humanizing Content Creation: A Personal Lens
- Think Your Lurkers Aren’t Engaged — Think Again
- From Andrea Ross to Content Creators: Your Work Matters
- Andrea’s Jolt
- Hightlights of PAB2010
- Bob LeDrew reflects on PAB2010 (MediaStyle.ca)
- JustOneMoreBook! Listeners Respond
- If You’ve Ever Wondered If You Should Keep Writing Your Blog…
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive. You can read more from Andrea here.
William Li: Can we eat to starve cancer?
Since Andrea is at the I Can Do It! conference, I thought I’d do my best to keep publishing fresh content on the site.
While catching up on a backlog of the TED talk videos, I saw this talk by William Li on eating to starve cancer. The talk includes a look at how cancer forms and how certain foods and spices stack up against prescribed cancer treatments.
This video is definitely worth a watch. There’s also a short animated story at the end that serves as a nice dessert.
Related Posts:
- The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen (delicious, easy recipes based on the research discussed above)
- Easy AntiCancer Action
- Et tu, du lait?
- Unshun!
- Happiness Is … Coffee
- The Reintegration Challenge
Mark is primary support, cheerleader and project manager of Andrea's recovery. You can read more from Mark here and on Mark's real blog, MarkBlevis.com.
Dad and daughters weekend
I can’t remember the last time Andrea went away for the weekend which means her getaway to Toronto is long overdue. It’s just Lucy, Bayla and me. There’s lots of fun things to do this weekend. However, like most weekends in our house, they have accumulated a mess that needs to be cleaned up before anything else can happen. I’m really hoping they can tackle the backlog tonight so we can enjoy the rest of the weekend with no pressure.
By the way, we pulled together a short video about Sylvester last night. Here it is.
Mark is primary support, cheerleader and project manager of Andrea's recovery. You can read more from Mark here and on Mark's real blog, MarkBlevis.com.
Ring that Bell – a documentary celebrating Andrea’s last chemo
We created a short documentary video celebrating Andrea’s last fast track bloodwork appointment and breast cancer chemotherapy treatment. The video includes reflections on the six months that got us where we are, the chemo process and the jarring “klunk” of The Bell of Hope.
Mark is primary support, cheerleader and project manager of Andrea's recovery. You can read more from Mark here and on Mark's real blog, MarkBlevis.com.
Get Well Wishes from some Rock Stars of Reading
We treasure this touching Get Well message and can’t help sharing it again here (we originally posted at our JustOneMoreBook! children’s literature/literacy site)…
Our friend author Richard Michelson arranged and sent us this amazing video Get Well message which was filmed on November 8, 2009 during the 20th Annual Children’s Illustration Show at the Richard Michelson gallery. The video features an incredible gathering of authors and illustrators sending get well soon wishes to me. How cool is that?!
A huge Thank you to everyone who beamed us these good wishes and to Richard for the beautiful sentiment. We missed you this year and we’ll be there for sure in 2010!
Front Row: Heidi Stemple, Rebecca Guay, Jane Dyer, Jeanne Birdsall, Diane deGroat, Barbara Diamond Goldin, Nonny Hogrogian, Susan Yard Harris.
Second Row: Brooke Dyer, Shelley Rotner, Norton Juster, Jane Yolen, Lesléa Newman, Brian Karas, Barry Moser, Susan Pearson, Anna Alter, Alice Schertle.
Third Row: Wendell Minor, Jeff Mack, Rich Michelson, Kathy Brown, Nancy Sippel Carpenter, Jeannine Atkins, David Kherdian.
Back Row: Carol Weiss, Mo Willems, Scott Fischer, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, Mordicai Gerstein, Paul Jacobs.
Andrea Ross was diagnosed with breast cancer October 6, 2009 and intends to survive and thrive. You can read more from Andrea here.
Survivor hairstyles and attitudes
We prepared this short video of clips from Andrea’s head shaving party and some thoughts that we live by every day.
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