My online exploits
Mood:  chatty
Topic: General
Okay, okay, I guess that title sounds a little more risque than it actually is ;-)

I just thought I'd write about a couple of the places I frequent on the Web-- sort of my "Net homes away from home"...

First and foremost is Grab.com, a place that's hard to describe with a couple short words-- it's basically a community that has everything-- games, chat, forums, and all sorts of community-oriented material, like personal profiles, sharing photos, interacting with friends, making blogs, and a host of other stuff.

I've been a member since January-- I first stumbled across it by accident in some email that had a link to the JewelQuest game-- I'd play for hours before I realized that I could sign up as a Grab member. Then when I first signed up, I would play games and meet new people in the game chats. Before long, I discovered the message boards, and found myself meeting even more people from around the globe. In May, I treated myself to a birthday present (actually, the exact date is my son's birthday) and bought myself a Gold membership-- only $20 a year and some nice little perks to make my Grab experience even more enjoyable (<-- Gawd, listen to me, I sound like a commercial!)

In case you're interested, here I am on Grab: http://www.grab.com/profiles/?uid=105060

The other place I frequent is Nerdtopia, which some members might consider the unofficial Shawn Bakken fan page ;-)

Have you watched the WB's "Beauty and the Geek" reality show? Well, Shawn was one of the "geek" contestants, and after the show, his blog was so overrun by fans who basically used his comment section as a message board, that he created a Yahoogroups mailing list... and from there, a message board for the rest of us geeks/nerds/dorks. You can find links to both in my "links" column to the left. It's kinda cool to have a "celebrity" of sorts pop in on us from time to time. Shawn seems like a pretty cool fellow and definitely not of the "geek stereotype".

Anyhoo (not that anyone reads this-- but for the occasional soul that does stumble across this blog)... those two places are where you can find me online a lot.