The Great Sound Experiment

This little bit of text right here is a test of how I can include text BEFORE the Utter - so this is totally flexible and pretty cool. Click on the Orange thingy with the white arrow in it to start the sound - if you have speakers.

The idea here, is to see if there is any value to this notion of voicing a post. I can think of some value right off the bat. For example - I might type out something that is sarcastic in nature and someone could mis-read it and not get the sarcasm. If they hear me speak it, while they read it, perhaps the sarcastic nature of the remark would be clearer and less liable to misinterpretation. There is, also, the possibility of doing a video using Utterli, but I have seen my ugly mug in the light of my laptop screen and there is no way I'm going to inflict that on the world at large. I'll just keep it to myself, thank you. You WOULD thank me, if you'd seen what I saw. I am going to post this now - I want to see if I can precede or follow the Utter with additional text. Later on, I will add photos and so on - just to see how flexible this whole thing is. ta ta.

Mobile post sent by louceel using Utterli.  Replies.  mp3

Apparently I can go back and edit the post just like any other regular post and add text after the Utter.

NOW FOR THE GOOD STUFF

I had lunch with Linda (Employee No. 3699) and her husband Paul, and his mother, Barbara (who is visiting from Florida) today. What a great time we all had. Linda's blog is The Random Memorandum and her MIL (Barbara) reads Linda's blog and because of that, started reading my blog. She lurks. She is a sweet lady. We ALL had a great two and a half hours sitting in the Chili's Restaurant in Shorewood, Il, chatting away. SWMBO was there as well, but time commitments meant she couldn't stay for the whole thing. But she was there long enough to make a good impression and tell a few stories on me, thereby ruining MY reputation. Linda and Paul are both great conversation and we could have gone on talking but the waitress was looking at her booth for eight with a real yearning.

Seriously, Linda and her husband are destined to be friends in real life, as well as out here in the blogosphere. And I couldn't be happier.

Pleanty of pictures were taken - Paul took some for Linda's blog, and Annie and I both took some shots for this blog. Linda and I plan to publish our separate pictures on the same day. We'll let y'all know.

That's it.

Peace.