So you want to be a blogger

Sometimes I receive emails from newbie bloggers asking me stuff like: "Hey, Darla! How in the hell did your blog get to be sort-of-but-not-really popular? Why on earth do you have as many followers as Danny Bonaduce's Twitter account*? You ain't no big thang! Please explain." As I'm sure Danny "The Dooch Man" Bonaduce would tell you -- it takes pure luck …

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Jeezum Crow! I’ve been Freshly Pressed!

Or as my mom would say: "You've been what now? Is this that evil computer thingamabob? You really should pick up a phone more and call me. I could be lying here dead in my rocking chair after having a heart attack while knitting your afghan. You know the one I've been working on for months in …

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Firsts and Lasts with The Good Greatsby

Have you ever wondered who invented dessert? Or who was Brad Pitt's body double in Thelma and Louise? Or pondered why Paul McCartney decided to abandon all sense of musical taste and write the song "Wonderful Christmastime"? Well, all these answers and more can be found by visiting the hilarious blog, The Good Greatsby. If you've been searching …

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Firsts and Lasts with Nicole from The Middlest Sister

It's November! This means I get the honor of spotlighting Nicole -- a warm, witty blogger and inventor of ridiculously clever comic strips she painstakingly crafts using mere scrap paper and scissors. Perhaps you've been living under a rock and haven't visited her popular blog, The Middlest Sister, where she details what it was like to grow up with four …

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The Freshly Pressed Curse

Hey, kids! It's time once again for me to interview myself! Y'know....(ahem) because no one else wanted to. The last time I sat down with myself for an exclusive interview, things got cray-cray up in Darla's hizzle when an enraged Maineiac toppled the kitchen table à la Desperate Housewife Teresa "The Feds Are Only Jealz of My Fame" …

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Firsts and Lasts with Pegoleg

Sometimes you meet someone on WordPress and things immediately connect in a mystical way. You simply 'get' that person in ways you can't quite explain and a strong friendship is formed. Peg from the spectacularly entertaining blog, Peg-o-leg's Ramblings, is one of those people I am blessed to have met in my bloggy world. What was it about her? …

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The One About Sex That Should Have Been Freshly Pressed

Hey, gang! I know you all love some good blogging tips. Here's one: Just put the words SEX and FRESHLY PRESSED in the title, sit back and watch the stats soar! Sure, you might attract the wrong kind of hits, but such is life in this crazy mixed-up bloggy shizz-bizz we all groove in, ya dig? (I have no …

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Fluffernutter Friday: So bad for you, it’s good

I have been trying to write all week and nothing is working. Something is telling me the words aren't jelling, my spelling is... hell-ing. I'm resorting to making up words just so I can rhyme, and my punctuation is, (just); not: "making, sense". I want to use only smiley faces and explanation points to communicate. Gah! Did I just say, gah? Yikes, …

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