Personal - Shonali Burke

12 Jan 2010

Year Two, Here We Come

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As I mentioned yesterday, this blog turned a year old on January 10. Another milestone for me in a year of milestones (another one’s coming up on January 15, in case you missed my post from yesterday).

It’s been quite a ride, which is why I decided to use this wonderful photograph from West Zest’s Flickrstream (CC-licensed, of course) as a visual accompaniment to this post.

Because I felt quite childlike when I started my journey through the blogosphere; wonder that you cared what I thought, glee when it made you […]

By Shonali Burke|Jan 12, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: blogging, jeff crites, joe perez, kami huyse, lisa hoffmann, robin lane, shashi bellamkonda|8 Comments

11 Jan 2010

Time Flies When You’re Having Fun

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Yesterday this blog turned a year old. I’ve actually been doing this – sometimes not at all consistently, but I’ve hung in there – for a year.

Wow!

I do want to share some thoughts on what I’ve been through as a new blogger, as well as call out some people without whom it wouldn’t have been possible, but right now, I’m going to share another milestone.

In four days, I’ll turn 40.

Yup, I thought I’d get a bigger reaction out of you with that one. Time flies when you’re having fun.

I don’t know if […]

By Shonali Burke|Jan 11, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: alissa friedman, beth kanter, calcutta, geoff livingston, kids with cameras, kolkata, Personal|12 Comments

07 Jan 2010

Why Elvis Is Always On My Mind

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Gulp. I jumped the gun. In my excitement over the King’s upcoming remembrance, I published this on January 7 when he was, in fact, born on January 8, 1935. So I’m editing the beginning of this post to reflect that accuracy, and apologize for my inaccuracy, or eagerness, whichever one makes you more likely to forgive me. The rest remains the same. Rock on, Elvis.

Tomorrow would have been Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday. And this is my tribute, admittedly a very tiny one, to someone who literally touched my life across […]

By Shonali Burke|Jan 7, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: elvis, graceland, rock'n'roll|11 Comments

29 Dec 2009

Counting Down the Decade

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via youtube.com

We’re getting ready to countdown as we end the 2000s, and we’re experimenting with all sorts of new stuff. And ABBA finally (!) made it into the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame.

What better way to test Posterous?

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By Shonali Burke|Dec 29, 2009|Categories: Personal|Tags: 2010, abba, music, posterous|0 Comments