Participants in Holidailies have all taken a very solemn vow to update their Web sites every day from December 5 to January 6.http://www.holidailies.org/en-ushttp://www.holidailies.org/img/holi08-feed.gif/8831http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsswebmaster at holidailies dot orgMeagan B. Callhttp://hadesarrow.com/blog/2009/01/06/a-big-box-of-adhd/http://hadesarrow.com/blog/2009/01/06/a-big-box-of-adhd/Having lots of hopes shouldn’t be a bad thing. There’s no rule that says I have to work on things consecutively just because that’s what most people do. So I made a box to organize my brain.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:59:08 -0600Erikhttp://www.electronic-replicant.com/archives/2009/01/entry_998.htmlhttp://www.electronic-replicant.com/archives/2009/01/entry_998.htmlAlas, the fun, festivity and frivolity of Holidailies has come to an end. This will have been my 23rd Holidailies post, thus exceeding the "realistic" goal of twenty posts by three. Yes! No shame of defeat for me! The final prompt of the challenge is epiphany...Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:58:41 -0600TigerWillowhttp://iamthiswoman.com/mainblog/flow/http://iamthiswoman.com/mainblog/flow/How do you know you’ve hit your stride and are “flowing”? You lose track of time. You’re not wishing for 5:00, or lunchtime, or any particular time. You are engaged in something, you notice the time idly, and a little bit later, you look up and you’re amazed that two or three hours have passed.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:54:55 -0600BadGirlhttp://bbgblog.com/2009/01/i-need-a-massage-so-um-you-have-it/http://bbgblog.com/2009/01/i-need-a-massage-so-um-you-have-it/[ADULT CONTENT] The fine folks at Babeland are letting me have a contest. And since my back is killing me lately, I’m giving away this fancy six pack of Massage Candles.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:16:39 -0600Laura Plamondonhttp://lauramerle.blogspot.com/2009/01/finish-line.htmlhttp://lauramerle.blogspot.com/2009/01/finish-line.htmlI feel like I gave a half-hearted effort this year. I hadn't anticipated that somehow after retirement I would have *less* time to spend on-line, not more.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:16:05 -0600GreenTunahttp://greentuna.blogspot.com/2009/01/pass-it-on.htmlhttp://greentuna.blogspot.com/2009/01/pass-it-on.htmlNow, it could be that I've lost my acerbic, cynical edge, but maybe my epiphany is the realization and acceptance that we all need each other. Sink or swim, we're all in the same boat, so we might as well acknowledge the fact that it works so much easier if we row together.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:15:38 -0600Doloreshttp://culinarycuriosity.blogspot.com/2008/12/remembering-mo.htmlhttp://culinarycuriosity.blogspot.com/2008/12/remembering-mo.htmlMy father would have been 81 years old today. And while I didn't learn nearly as much about cooking and baking as I could have or should have from him, he remains one of my primary inspirations in the kitchen...Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:11:14 -0600Margaret DeAngelishttp://www.silkentent.com/Trees/?p=957http://www.silkentent.com/Trees/?p=957I saw seven swans a-swimming and made a sketch in my purple Moleskine. I’m a writer, you see, who needs to write down what she sees so that she can funnel it all into her stories. New York City is a laboratory for the fiction writer,Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:08:48 -0600Beckyhttp://becky-says.diaryland.com/20090106.htmlhttp://becky-says.diaryland.com/20090106.htmlIt's good discipline for me, and gives me a way to say hello to the world in a way that does not wear out the little buttons on my phone.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:07:27 -0600Glasswalker33http://glasswalker33.livejournal.com/144827.htmlhttp://glasswalker33.livejournal.com/144827.htmlI really wanted to go out with a bang for these Holidailies posts. Unfortunately, my gut has sided against me momentarily. I've been sick the past few days now, and forced to spend too much time in the tub.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:03:01 -0600Amberhttp://ambereternal.livejournal.com/223756.htmlhttp://ambereternal.livejournal.com/223756.htmlSo until next year...so long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, and goodnight.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:00:11 -0600Sherryhttp://andromeda.qc.ca/?p=1395http://andromeda.qc.ca/?p=1395Even at supper time, she laid in the hall outside the kitchen and looked at me pitifully as though she were saying, “I’d be sniffing for crumbs but I just can’t get up.”Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:47:28 -0600Melissahttp://runmelissarun.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/epiphany/http://runmelissarun.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/epiphany/This is the last day of Holidailies and dammit I made it. I posted something every day. By golly, I did it. I had an epiphany. Writing something every day is hard.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:47:08 -0600Renéehttp://blog.blondelibrarian.net/archives/2009/01/goodbye-holidailies-2008/http://blog.blondelibrarian.net/archives/2009/01/goodbye-holidailies-2008/Of the 33 days, counting this post, I posted 29 times. I feel pretty good about that.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:41:21 -0600T.R.http://tumbleddown.com/2009/01/06/epiphany/http://tumbleddown.com/2009/01/06/epiphany/A couple of months ago, I had a realization.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:37:21 -0600Frankhttp://readyrow.blogspot.com/2009/01/end.htmlhttp://readyrow.blogspot.com/2009/01/end.htmlToday marks the last post for Holidailies. This is the second year I have participated in this event. At times the words flowed freely and other times it was a struggle to come up with something to write about. Luckily it comes at a time of year where a lot is going on what with the shopping, the preparation, the decorating, the eating and most importantly, the family. The Holidays don't mean nearly as much unless you have someone to share them with.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:35:35 -0600krystynhttp://2008.glitterbook.com/?p=100http://2008.glitterbook.com/?p=100But he’s my Dad, and it’s become a major portion of my waking thoughts, so I am putting pixel to screen and writing a few words about it.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:32:51 -0600Thelhttp://heavydutypower.blogspot.com/2009/01/grace-in-small-and-big-things.htmlhttp://heavydutypower.blogspot.com/2009/01/grace-in-small-and-big-things.htmlI can be a little cynical about people. To have two separate folks running after me to reunite me with my dropped wallet, on a day otherwise full of frustration, was a nice bit of evidence for the way it's also possible for us to all look out for each other.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:28:13 -0600John Sherckhttp://wheresmyplan.blog-city.com/chew_on_these_things.htmhttp://wheresmyplan.blog-city.com/chew_on_these_things.htmSome musings on college football as well as a recipe that has exactly nothing to do with football.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:23:15 -0600Jettehttp://clever-lazy.com/blog/archive/archive/001391.htmlhttp://clever-lazy.com/blog/archive/archive/001391.htmlThank you, everyone who participated in Holidailies, and hopefully we'll see you again in December.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:17:16 -0600Bellehttp://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/why-books-a-million-sucks/http://betweentheprose.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/why-books-a-million-sucks/In essence, this business has made it so that once a purchase is made, there’s no way they can lose money.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:12:50 -0600Michaelhttp://buntsign.com/Jan09/20090106.htmlhttp://buntsign.com/Jan09/20090106.htmlThe New Age channel usually has something appropriate for a gloomy day.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:12:26 -0600meloukhiahttp://meloukhia.net/2009/01/epiphany.htmlhttp://meloukhia.net/2009/01/epiphany.htmlSometimes waking up is hard to do.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:58:32 -0600Shmuelhttp://www.babeltower.org/soapbox/blog/2009_01_04_old.html#4208555925062885443http://www.babeltower.org/soapbox/blog/2009_01_04_old.html#4208555925062885443My total output stands at nine. I fail at Holidailies. (P.S.: Thanks to Chip and Jette!)Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:52:08 -0600imphttp://www.girlingotham.com/2009/01/06/just-under-the-wire/http://www.girlingotham.com/2009/01/06/just-under-the-wire/In which I try to end Holidailies on a high note, but mostly just long for zucchini pancakes and potato latkes.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:44:30 -0600Laughing Musehttp://www.titledeleted.com/current/clearancelevel/mission_log/the_social_networking_sky_is_thinking_of_falling/http://www.titledeleted.com/current/clearancelevel/mission_log/the_social_networking_sky_is_thinking_of_falling/The drama llama was saddled, ridden hard, put away wet, and trotted out again.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:30:32 -0600KarenDhttp://www.hatontop.com/olj/2009/01/06/three-is-a-magic-number/http://www.hatontop.com/olj/2009/01/06/three-is-a-magic-number/In December I hoisted the equivalent of 21.6 African elephants, up from 16.7 the month before.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:20:32 -0600Angelahttp://www.notesonalife.com/notes/thankful-things/thankful-things-15.htmlhttp://www.notesonalife.com/notes/thankful-things/thankful-things-15.htmlWe have plans this weekend that definitely include pinochle, and might include getting sloppy with friends and/or a short overnight trip to the mountains.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:09:12 -0600Melliehttp://melliemelo.blogspot.com/2009/01/now-back-to-our-regularly-scheduled.htmlhttp://melliemelo.blogspot.com/2009/01/now-back-to-our-regularly-scheduled.htmlWell, today marks the end of Holidailes. I think I did fairly well for my first time doing it. It went by really fast. I enjoyed participating and it motivated me to write. Although, many of my posts were just typical day to day drivel. Surprisingly, two of my more thoughtful entries were picked for the "Best of Holidailies."Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:08:42 -0600angelhttp://masterrulesher.blogspot.com/2009/01/end-of-holidailies.htmlhttp://masterrulesher.blogspot.com/2009/01/end-of-holidailies.html[ADULT CONTENT] Well this is the end of Holidailies 2008.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:45:15 -0600Jenipurrhttp://jenipurr.com/meow/2009/01/06/transitioned/http://jenipurr.com/meow/2009/01/06/transitioned/It has been a rather uneventful sort of day today, matching set of hives aside.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:48:28 -0600Kittyhttp://cinemagypsy.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/my-god-what-are-they-doing/http://cinemagypsy.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/my-god-what-are-they-doing/I was kidding of course. I always thought it was a bit backwards that people jumped out of cakes and not into them.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:35:06 -0600MissMelisshttp://www.missmeliss.com/2009/01/hot-chocolate/http://www.missmeliss.com/2009/01/hot-chocolate/Twilight comes early in the mountains in winter, and I would race the shadows home, a tiny bit of delicious fear keeping my feet swift and my path true.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:30:26 -0600Kymm Zuckerthttp://kymmz.livejournal.com/195194.htmlhttp://kymmz.livejournal.com/195194.htmlAfter the perfectest trip in all the land on the way to LA, it couldn't have gone that well going back to NY, and it did not.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:29:19 -0600kismethttp://www.kismet.cx/?p=1145http://www.kismet.cx/?p=1145So thank you, forces of insufficient understanding and patience, for thrusting me forth...Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:28:26 -0600Moxiehttp://moxie-cat.livejournal.com/13055.htmlhttp://moxie-cat.livejournal.com/13055.htmlI don't know whether it's just these folks, or if it's a New York thing, or what - but where I come from, if someone tells you they have other plans, that is a signal that the discussion is over.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:19:43 -0600Chiphttp://www.unicom.com/blog/entry/591http://www.unicom.com/blog/entry/591A day late and dollar short, that's me. This article's title is the writing prompt from yesterday, the penultimate day of Holidailies 2008.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:15:05 -0600Tanya Rothhttp://supergradstudent.blogspot.com/2009/01/end-of-holidailies-road.htmlhttp://supergradstudent.blogspot.com/2009/01/end-of-holidailies-road.htmlWhen I visited Mark Twain's home in Hartford, Connecticut, about ten years ago, the British-accented tour guide told my group that the exterior paint trim color was NOT orange. Rather, Mark Twain said that considering the price, it was - specifically - vermillion. This week, I'm surrounded by a rather flat shade of vermillion - more pumpkinish than true vermillion, but the theme's the same.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:13:52 -0600Reneehttp://www.justme.org/inthenow/2009/09jan/58.htmlhttp://www.justme.org/inthenow/2009/09jan/58.htmlI know. How exciting is THAT!Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:42:50 -0600Miriamhttp://fauxklore.livejournal.com/127668.htmlhttp://fauxklore.livejournal.com/127668.htmlThe definition of "this week" is flexible.Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:35:57 -0600