Day 7 & 8- Mother's Day, Etc.

I spent yesterday at my mom's house in the Poconos. We drank coffee and tossed around letter tiles, as usual. And yes. She kicked my ass in Scrabble, as usual. Since I am kind of poor and struggling, my mother's day gift to her was a roll of quarters-- she is going to Vegas in a few weeks. But, she lost on the Pennsylvania lottery Mother Day instant ticket I also gave her. Hope its not a sign of what my other gift will also do.

Anyway, so I did e-mail a submission yesterday to Jane for its "It Happened to Me" feature. I vent often about tragic things that happen to me, strange things that happen to me. So, I sent them one of those rants. They pay $1000 for those stories.

I recently got back in touch with a friend from Tulsa, and he and his brother own a web company called StreetTags.com. Their products have been featured in a few magazines. I spoke with him about a feature on some of their gadgets for my local paper, and he agreed to an interview. But then I got to thinking. They were also featured in Entrepreuner Magazine as young business people of the year at the end of 2005. Oklahoma has a state-wide magazine that profiles the people and places of the Sooner State. I am going to pitch a business profile to Oklahoma today.

There really is a story in everyone. That's reinforced everyday as I speak to people. I just need to find a place to tell them.