Pssst…. Hey, it’s Diana Gabaldon here, at the Ball!

December 03, 2011 (Date Found) | Pssst Post Filed in: Announcements | Blogs | Around the Home | Entertainment

Diana Gabaldon is the author of the New York Times #1 best selling, international award-winning OUTLANDER series (including the Lord John Grey novels), described by Salon magazine as “the smartest historical sci-fi adventure-romance story ever written by a science Ph.D. with a background in scripting “Scrooge McDuck” comics.”

Here’s what Diana has to say about her newly released novel: I’m thrilled by the advent of THE SCOTTISH PRISONER. I never like to do things I’ve already done, and I haven’t here; SCOTTISH PRISONER is a hybrid novel–something between the “Big” books of the OUTLANDER series and the shorter Lord John ones. It’s set in 1760, and is an adventure/crime/historical novel (with occasional sex and more frequent violence), featuring Jamie Fraser and Lord John in equal measure. If you’d like a brief preview, the first 19 pages are available on Scribd, here:....

Best of all, Diana will be giving a free copy of THE SCOTTISH PRISONER to a lucky Debutante Ball reader. The contest is open to everyone. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment.

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Pssst.… Need a Cheap Couch to Stay in NY? } Illegal

December 02, 2011 (Date Found) | Pssst Post Filed in: Blogs | Politics | Entertainment

Bunking in other people’s apartments is a growth industry. There’s a whole (and growing) online universe of apartment-swapping, of sublets, of short-term rentals, promulgated by firms like Airbnb.com. And, as it turns out, nearly every such deal is illegal here. Last spring, a law went into effect that bans the rental of New York City apartments for fewer than 30 days, providing what the mayor’s office described as “a clear definition of what constitutes transient and permanent occupancy.” Yet “the legislation hasn’t changed behavior,” says Paul Gottsegen, president of Halstead Management Company, adding that his firm continues to field complaints from neighbors about illegal renters. Stuart Saft, president of the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums, says that owners in buildings he represents have begun demanding that their boards act upon transient guests.

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Pssst.... Word of mouth can either build or break a brand.

December 01, 2011 (Date Found) | Pssst Post Filed in: Blogs | Tech & Science | Entertainment | Business

Consumer generated advertising is quickly growing and many brands are relying on their consumers to promote their products via social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.
As holiday shoppers continue their ventures on finding the perfect gift for their loved ones, Dave Williams of adage.com analyzes how word of mouth advertising can pump up a companies sales during this holiday season.
But what about the rest of the year?

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Pssst.... I am a Professional Procrastinator

November 30, 2011 (Date Found) | Pssst Post Filed in: Blogs | Entertainment

10 Worse Ways To Procrastinate
An odd approach to the best ideas to succeed. This list details the best ways to fail at being a procrastinator. Its a reverse of what you might first think, unless you are a genetically wired procrastinator.

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Pssst.... It's called gimp.

And if you see it on your piece of mid-century furniture, it has probably been recovered at some time in the past.

Gimp is a flat decorative trim or braid that conceals upholstery fastening points, such as staples or tacks, and it was almost never the trim chosen by mid-century designers. Instead, they favored less fussy piping, double welt cord or no trim at all.

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