Comments on: Friday Blog Roundup

By: nonlineargirl

nonlineargirl — Thu, 14 May 2009 02:05:00 +0000

The wellsphere “invite” didn’t sit well with me either – hmm, let’s see, I write, you benefit? Sounds, um. No thanks. (As a little fish blogger hit-wise, I am already skeptical of such “offers” to help me boost my readership.)

By: docgrumbles

docgrumbles — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:58:00 +0000

great interview!

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 12 May 2009 16:23:00 +0000

Dear Mel, I have just now put your book on my sidebar and I suck for not doing it earlier.

Love,

Jen

By: ms. c

ms. c — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:26:00 +0000

Awesome interview, Mel.
Mazel tov again!

By: Jill

Jill — Sat, 09 May 2009 12:48:00 +0000

wow… thanks for including me in the round-up! I was wondering where all the extra comment love was coming from

As for the What if: I’d TOTALLY take the job. having only 1 month suck as opposed to 12 is totally worth it in my book!

By: Christy

Christy — Sat, 09 May 2009 06:32:00 +0000

I read every word of this post, and I'm glad I didn't miss a single one.

I'm intrigued by your Mother's Day plans, and hope to hear more. Sounds like you will enjoy it.

As my first mother's day approaches I'm feeling all jumbly about it, so I love that you have a meaningful plan.

By: Lollipop Goldstein

Lollipop Goldstein — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:24:00 +0000

Three cheers to that, Mrs Spock. Er…the UTERUS thing, not Wellsphere. There are no cheers for Wellsphere.

By: MrsSpock

MrsSpock — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:12:00 +0000

I signed up for Wellsphere hoping to improve my traffic- and have gotten on 2 hits in several months. Now I’m rescinding.

And about UTERUS, because I am the person who nominated the next person we are fundraising for, and I am one of the gals in charge this go round- I will say details will likely be upcoming on Monday.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:53:00 +0000

Just watched your interview Mel and think you did a great job! Way to go!

By: Cassandra

Cassandra — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:42:00 +0000

What if: I've had that job. Except that the pay was not good. And instead of 1/12 bad, it was 1/4 of the year miserable (12-14 hours a day doing work that I hated surrounded by horrible people), 3/4 fine. I will never go near a job like that again. 1/12 would be easy in comparison, esp. if it came with financial compensation for the hours.

I have a couple of friends who have another variation on that: 90% or 100% awful and intense (as in 14, 16, 18 hours days). But, the pay is beyond incredible -- annual salary is literally what I make in a decade. One of them sees it as no big deal, and the other keeps wishing he'll get laid off.

I asked my husband how much money he'd have to make to have their work hours and his answer: $70 million!

We both work very hard when we're working and love what we do, but we're a household that values quality of life.