Soup to Nuts - Progressive Dinner Blog Carnival
ByToday is the day. Well not quite. As the main course is served in the UK, we will be up and running a little earlier than the courses offered in the Americas. But I am getting ahead of myself. A quick explanation as to how this will work.
Drinks and hors d’oevres will be enjoyed at The Gonzo Papers
Followed by Appetizers at Change Therapy
Moving on to the First Course at Fallen Words
Main course if of course here and followed by:
Dessert at Fiction Scribe
And due to popular demand we have added a further treat which is:
Drinks after Dinner Reception hosted by The Lives and Times
What a feast ahead of you. Munch your way through six glorious collections of articles. Get involved by commenting and if inspired write some articles yourself.
Opening the oven to take out the roast, the aroma is wrapping itself around the first article. From France it’s Christine who presents Finding Your Special Talent posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France.
Kilroy is at Fear and Loathing the Beginning which may be found at Fear and Loathing - The Gonzo Papers.
A wonderful picture demonstrates THE POWER of the written word and may be found at The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Things I’ve found in the Blogosphere).
Anthony has fun playing tag with Jackson Pollock creative software and is encouraging participation at The Lives and Times.. of Anthony McCune.
Lin Burress has some good advice to give to parents when she presents Are Parents Helping Or Enabling Their Adult Children? | Telling It Like It Is posted at Telling It Like It Is.
Praveen directs us to a wonderful story at Tao of Simplicity: Neighbors: A Short Story about Geese, Arson and Life in the Suburbs posted at Tao of Simplicity.
Ali Gator has some thought provoking ideas on Women in Saudi Arabia which can be read at The Ali Gator blogspot.
Edmundo Rocha shows us a fascinating glimpse of Oscar Zeta Acosta at Oscar Zeta Acosta: One of God’s own prototypes posted at Scholars and Rogues.
For those interested in getting involved in the film industry here is a list of film production resources and a glossary of film production terms. blue skelton presents Production Blog: Film Production Glossary posted at Blue Skelton Publications.
Chastity Johnson starts her poem with: ‘i wish i could shed away all my pain through tears’ read her Poem at Myopic Broadcast.
Susan O’Keefe reports on the restaurants of Vail Resorts, which now feature hormone-free and antibiotic-free beef. Marilyn Terrell for Susan O’Keefe presents Hotel Confidential: Sustainable Eats on Vail’s Slopes posted at Intelligent Travel.
Great when we can provide a platform for poetry as well. This one is by Soham Das and is called The Victory and can be found at The Soul and The Witness.
Laura Collins writes about ‘To sleep, perchance..’ as another worrying condition teenagers fall prey to at Are you Eating with your Anorexic.
John Phillips presents an interesting human resources example in Are the Patriots liable for Randy Moss? conduct? posted at The Word On Employment Law.
Jose DeJesus MD presents a take on the encouragement your top performers need from you at Motivating Top Performing Employees posted at Physician Entrepreneur.
Albert Foong speaks on Compassion, The denial and the acceptance of suffering. This excellent article may be found at Urban Monk.
Oh, paper writing - something most students cannot avoid. For some students, writing papers or essays comes naturally. For others - well, not so much. Here are tips on making the process as smooth as possible. Tip Diva presents Top Ten Tips - Writing A Paper Or An Essay posted at Tip Diva.
Dr Martin Russell uses a Charles Dickens therapy to ponder about life at his Self Help Blog.
Building a successful business and life does not happen overnight. It can take years to reach the point where you achieve what you want. Dr. Joe Capista discusses this in A Mentor Can Change Your Life posted at The Success Triangle.
John, who says he is fit provides you with 4 Reasons You Should Be Writing a Weight Loss Blog and you can find this article at John is Fit.
Thomas K is planning a trip to Mars in Space is the Place which interesting take can be read at The Sporadical.
Scott the Poet gives us a wonderful poem with a short introduction at Poem: Native and more may be read at Poetic Leanings.
Tsai Jie allows her friend to talk about Sociology 101 while looking at SecondLife and is featured on Diary of a Second Life Courtesan.
Leanderthal, Lighthouse Keeper is offering some meat and potatoes for the Main Course and writes about Impeaching Bush and Cheney at his blog A Voice Crying in the Wilderness.
Politics, stock markets and hope…a recipe for real change says Carole G. McKay at Free Falling posted at Gold Post-it.
Monica Hamburg has an interesting view on Social Networking which is worth reading on her blog at Monica Hamburg.
Roy Fox is sending out an invitation for a Time to Play! at his blog of 1 For Your Success - Resources for Life.
It hasn’t been long since I was a teen says Simple Nickle. Now that I’m an ‘adult,’ there are many things I wish I had known and done during my high school years, particularly when it comes to money. So read what the simple nickle presents 5 Smart Financial Moves for Teens posted at the simple nickle.
Jeremy says he is a political geek (one of those dirty liberals you may have read about in the newspaper). He writes about Those Bleeding-Heart Conservatives at his blog Politics 4 Geekz.
Isabella who is hosting the Appetizer course of this scrumptious meal, also had time to send through Canada-9-5-fifth-edition to the main course. It can be found on Alphablogs.
Then there is David Mills with a great article “Hey, let’s play… Negro” which looks at our prejudices and that can be found at Undercoverblackman.
Silicon Valley Blogger presents Get Rid Of Your Debt With These Debt Defying Strategies posted at The Digerati Life.
This article discusses the importance of good dental care for your family’s health and well being. Discount dental plans can be an affordable alternative to expensive dental insurance, often providing benefits not found in traditional plans. Helene Zemel presents Affordable Dental Plans posted at Health Plans Plus.
Jacob Share shares with us the 50 Funniest Short Job Descriptions Ever. Have a laugh, they are great fun. And the blog is at JobMob.
Kuanyin discusses Uranus On My Ascendant in her blog called Moonlight Becomes Me, which must be one of the most beautiful names for a blog!
Hope you enjoyed the feast. Watch out for the next one scheduled for April 30, 2008. Keep an eye on The Gonzo Papers for further details, or mail kilroy60@gmail.com for more information.














16 Comments
January 29th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
Wow Anja! What a turnout! This is awesome! Thank you for including my post in your carnival. I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind editing the spelling of my last name, it’s Burress not Burgess.
Happens all the time.
January 29th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
[...] Anja Merret wrote a fantastic post today on “Soup to Nuts - Progressive Dinner Blog Carnival”Here’s ONLY a quick extractJohn Phillips presents an interesting human resources example inAre the Patriots liable for Randy Moss? conduct? posted at The Word On Employment Law. Jose DeJesus MD presents a take on the encouragement your top performers need from … [...]
January 29th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
wow! this is a revolutionary blog carnival! thanks for letting me a part of it.
i was curious which articles were the most helpful or interesting to you, as the editor? or, to all the readers out there, since their were no editor’s choices, which are the reader’s choices?
January 30th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Thanks for including my post in the Progressive Dinner Carnival. What a creative idea!
January 30th, 2008 at 1:03 am
Lots of fun and thank you!! Only, now that I ate the main course first, I must run around my condo to burn calories for all the other courses.
January 30th, 2008 at 5:41 am
We really pulled something off here! To put together a one-of-a-kind event requires an extraordinary effort; I couldn’t have done it without you.
We’ll look forward to lots of comments; that’s the way to score big when you visit carnivals!
I’ll see you soon at your next carnivals…and will look for you at the Gonzo Gratitude Carnival in February.
January 30th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
[...] main course @ Anja Merrett [...]
January 30th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Wonderful main course. You did a nice job on this.
January 30th, 2008 at 11:30 pm
[...] The Main Course…at Anja Merret - Chatting To My Generation [...]
January 31st, 2008 at 12:19 am
What fun! I loved being part of appetizers over at Isabellas. It will take away to sample all the food and talk to all the dinner party guests. Good cooking, here!
Janet Riehl
http://www.riehlife.com
January 31st, 2008 at 12:46 pm
Anja, I Stumbled this post. Nice job getting this done
Jacob
February 3rd, 2008 at 11:06 pm
[...] Main Course at The Soup and Nuts Carnival [...]
February 4th, 2008 at 6:04 am
[...] Soup to Nuts [...]
September 4th, 2008 at 5:19 am
Thanks Anja, these carnivals take a bit of work to put together, but result in a lot of good content for us readers.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Thanks Anja, your hard work is much appreciated. There are some great reads in this one.
October 23rd, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Stumbled on your post Anja, great work… great laugh et tres sympa.