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New Phone
My phone saga gets weirder. I called Nextel last week to complain that my phone sucks. Since I did not buy the replacement plan, I had to talk to Motorola. They pretty much told me I was screwed. We decided to take the phone to a repair center. However, on Sunday it was closed. The plan was then for me to take it in yesterday. Surprisingly, a phone showed up on doorstep about 10 am. I called and was like why did you send me a phone. Of course they charged me for it too. However, the charge was pretty cheap, so I am not too worried about it. I decided to keep the phone and I now have a phone that works and is really cool.
I even ordered a ringtone. My friend Kat will be so jealous. My ringtone is now Sober by Tool.
Stop Cyber Bullying
You thought bullying only happened in school, right? Well, welcome to the internet world where jerks hide behind proxies and anonymous comments to prey upon women. Yes, this is really happening.
I am not writing this to scare anyone. I think the majority of people on the internet mind their own business. It is the minority of people out there that are making some of our lives miserable. I am not sure if you have heard the story of Kathy Sierra. If you haven’t, please click the link. Yes, that is really happening.
Good Morning America did a short piece on cyber stalking this morning. See it here:
To me, it seemed more a fluff piece than anything, but I guess that is how you bring it to the nations attention. You start slowly. Kathy Sierra was interviewed for this. My friend Kat was also. She has had a cyber stalker for the past 5 years. Yes, 5 years and the authorities will not do anything to help her. He has threatened to turn her into Child Protective Services, threatened her, threatened her children, called her father a pedophile, and I could go on and on. I will not publish the site that he runs, because I do not want to drive traffic to him. However, in reviewing his site, I found several of my other online friends on there. One of them took down her blog last night due to finding herself on his hit list (she did put it back up this morning). There is also a piece written by the Washington Post which explains the situation much better.
I wish I could say I am not afraid of this type of behavior. In the internet world today, you can locate anyone (see privacy post below). With a new baby on the way, I don’t need this kind of crap in my life. I luck out. I have not become a target (yet). I would love to say that I would stand up to these a$$holes who do this. However, if my life and my kids lives are being threatened, I think I may do what Kathy did and pack my bags and close my blog. I give Kat a ton of credit for putting up with crap for 5 years now.
We cannot allow these creeps to do this to others on the web. I ask that all of you put the ribbon that Beth created on your site. Blog about this. The only way this is going to stop is if people take a stand and make these lowlifes realize that this is not acceptable! Or use this one: 
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lia sophia – games
Here’s one of the games I play at every one of my lia sophia shows. This will work with other home show presentations too. I call it 20 questions or I have seen it called Ask me about my job.
I have a roll of tickets that I bought at Office Depot. At the beginning of my presentation, I tell everyone that everytime they ask me a question about my jewelry, they get one ticket. If they ask me a question about my lia sophia job, they get two tickets. I tell them to interupt my presentation if they have any questions. I give away a gift for whoever has the most tickets. I then have everyone else write their name on the back of their tickets and put their names in for a raffle and give out 2 more gifts. Usually, you will get a couple of people who get into contest with one another. It also makes your presentation a lot more fun and you’ll find the questions cover most of your presentation anyway!
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