{"id":2224,"date":"2008-06-22T00:39:32","date_gmt":"2008-06-22T05:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=2224"},"modified":"2008-06-22T00:39:32","modified_gmt":"2008-06-22T05:39:32","slug":"my-second-squidoo-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/22\/my-second-squidoo-page\/","title":{"rendered":"My second Squidoo page"},"content":{"rendered":"

I never did make it out tonight.\u00a0 If you read my last post, you know that I signed up for Squidoo earlier in the day (check that post<\/a> for a more complete description of what Squidoo is).\u00a0 Around 8 PM I got done with my first article, or “lens,” for Squidoo, a tutorial on left and right English in shooting pool<\/a>.\u00a0 I planned to blog for a few minutes after that, then hit a friend’s party at a condo on South Main, then go to a bar and do some tube top watching.<\/p>\n

Instead, it’s 12:15 AM and I’m still sitting here at the computer.\u00a0 When I signed up for Squidoo, I was warned that it is terribly addictive, and it must be, because on a beautiful summer night in Downtown Memphis, I find myself inside my apartment at the laptop.\u00a0 That doesn’t happen very often.<\/p>\n

(Hmmm, it just occurred to me, I have 180 beers in the fridge.\u00a0 Hang on, I’m going to pop open an Old Style.\u00a0 *POP*\u00a0 That’s better.\u00a0 Can you believe this is the first beer I’ve had all day?)<\/p>\n

So anyway… I decided to start work on my second lens, and for that one I chose a topic I know well… my recommendations for restaurants to visit in Downtown Memphis<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s divided into four sections:<\/p>\n

Where to go if you only have time for one meal<\/li>\n

Best places to eat dinner<\/li>\n

Barbecue<\/li>\n

Best places that serve breakfast\/lunch only<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
If it’s well received I may go back at a later date and add more sections.\u00a0 I can think of at least two more, burgers and places that deliver.\u00a0 I have a feeling a lot of my Downtown Memphis Information pages may be migrated over to Squidoo sooner or later.\u00a0 They’ll reach a wider audience there, and it will bring more traffic back to my blog too.\u00a0 Plus I get paid for ad revenue on my Squidoo pages… I think I finally see a way to monetize my writing on the Web without subjecting my blog readers to a huge barrage of off-topic advertising.\u00a0 For the past year or so, I’ve had this feeling that my writing and other creative Web ventures would one day pay my way in life… but I never could figure out how that would happen.\u00a0 Now, I think I’m starting to see the light.<\/p>\n
12:37 PM:\u00a0 Maybe I’ll go out to a bar now.\u00a0 Or maybe to bed.\u00a0 Or maybe I’ll start work on my third Squidoo lens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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