Friday Linkage
A website previously unknown to me is about to become a part of my daily life. I am in the process of joining the Checkup Today network, a community based on the topics of various health issues, news and stories.
As far as I’m aware, I will be contributing in part to the Weight Loss & Nutrition category, but there are many other great areas of interest as well. Check out the site and see where it takes you!
Another link I’d like you to check out is the National Eating Disorder Association’s 3rd Annual Every Body is Beautiful Online Auction. The auction ends on December 2nd and includes all kinds of amazing stuff like tickets to live talk show tapings, vacations, celebrity memorabilia, books (like this one, that I’ve previously written about) and concert tickets. I’m panning on bidding on this shirt, so come check out what you can do to help, too. So far they’ve raised over $9,000 to go towards treatment referral, support and education.
Since the blogging boom has erased the dotcom fall-out with so many professional bloggers and telecommuters, new forms of journalism and education being are being embraced and self-publishing via eBooks is going through the roof. What does that mean? Anyone can write a how-to, market it within their niche and sell it for a minimal cost to themselves and their customer. People are snapping these things up! Downloading them up, more like.
So, a question for you, fine reader. If you had the opportunity to download, virtually anonymously, an eBook that taught you how to have an eating disorder, would you? I know some of you, who don’t comment, but still do read, are pro-ana or pro-mia - why hasn’t anyone told me if such a thing exists, where to get it, or why there isn’t a demand for it? Are you all too busy doing crunches and running miles? Email me if you’ve got something to say on the matter, it will not be discussed further on ED Talk outside of any comments you feel like leaving.
And enjoy your weekends, okay?
November 14th, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Hi Tara,
I wasn’t sure if you got my e-mail or not so I thought I would go ahead and leave you a comment.
Thank you so much for promoting the Checkup Today Network of Health Blogs. I’m so glad that you are interested.
To be a bit more specific I recently had an issue with my 16 year old. I caught her purging in our home. I knew something was different about her but wasn’t sure what. When I caught her it became abundantly clear and then I was able to recognize some things that were “off” with her that I had not noticed before.
So anyway, I’ve got you in my news reader and will be reading your blog whenever I get the chance to. Thank you for having the guts to share about eating disorders. It can’t be an easy thing to do but clear it’s a necessary thing and I think you are doing a good thing!
BTW, is there any way that you can keep the Checkup Today banner at the normal 125×125 size? It looks a bit stretched out.
November 15th, 2007 at 12:38 am
Hi Angela. Yes, I did get your email and I’ve changed the size to the size you’ve requested - though it will take a little time for the server to acknowledge the change in size. My apologies for the lack of diligence.
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