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Thank you to all our new subscribers! We've been working hard to bring you the best of what And Then Some Publishing is all about. Below are updates on the technical side of our blogs, books you need to check out, the release of Part 3 of Edgar E. Willis video series How to be Funny on Purpose, and a preview of Thursday's essay about random observations for those planning a cruise. This is fun... And Then Some!


Do you know what time it is? FeedBurner doesn't and neither does Google!
And Then Some Publishing, LLC has been working on shoring up the technical side of our blogs. Specifically, we've been working on the email delivery options. We have blogs running 5 days-a-week and it's come to our attention that our blog emails are arriving almost exactly 24 hours later than they should be.  


We've adjusted our delivery options to no avail. Author Katherine Tyrrell of Making A Mark blog notes in her December 12, 2008 post, Feedburner doesn't know what time it is. Artist Robert Houston Sneed commented on her post and came up with this time standard: Google GMT = Google Manages Time.


That was 2008 and now it's 2010. Nothing has changed. And Then Some Publishing is going to run some tests to see if we can get our posts to land in our posts in your email close to when when we publish. Don't worry... you will get your And Then Some. We're just trying to figure out how to get your And Then Some faster! We would love to know how to fix the issue of getting FeedBurner to burn our feeds at the right time. If anyone has suggestions please leave a comment. 


Video: How to be Funny on Purpose: An Anatomy of Humor, Part 3 of 5
Release date: March 1, 2010


Edgar E. Willis has been presenting the five part series, How to be Funny on Purpose on YouTube . Part 3 presents another stage in the evolution of jokes. Teach yourself how to trigger an audience, perceive an incongruity using a mismatch of language. Learn to plan a joke and prepare yourself for a spontaneous moment that can can take your joke to the next level. 


Watch the first two videos on YouTube:
How to be Funny on Purpose: Part 1
How to be Funny on Purpose: Part 2


Don't forget to check out Edgar's book he penned at 96 years old! Civilian In an Ill-Fitting Uniform: A Memoir of World War II takes a different approach. Instead of proceeding chronologically, it focuses on how a civilian with no military experience, converted overnight into a naval officer, reacted to the strange new world of the navy. Get more information at EdgarEWillis.com.

Books and Book Reviews:
On Monday May 3, 2010 Book Club... And Then Some presents TWO book reviews: 
Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime, by Bill Gates Sr. and 
Feeling Good Together: The Secret of Making Troubled, Relationships Work, by David D. Burns. 


Get the books now at Amazon or wait for the review on May 3, 2010:
Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
Feeling Good Together: The Secret of Making Troubled, Relationships Work

And Then Some Publishing's book, Relationship Rules: For Long-Term Happiness, Security, and Commitment. includes special chapters on self-disclosure, gender differences, conflict management, and the appendix on forgiveness focuses on issues that often create problems in relationships. The practical and specific ideas and suggestions in this book will assist relationship partners in facing these issues and resolving the problems they can cause. It is available now at Amazon.com. Don't forget... $1 of every Relationship Rules book goes to Find a Cure for breast cancer through Susan G. Komen for the cure!

Thursday's And Then Some Essay preview:
Random Observations for those Planning a Caribbean Cruise
by Richard L. Weaver II

Thursday’s essay, “Random Observations for those Planning a Caribbean Cruise,” is an essay that offers me reminders for the next time I cruise. It may offer you some reminders as well. These reminders are random notes that I write in the journal I always keep when I travel.

Excerpt:

If your goal is not to gain weight on a cruise, one way to avoid some of the calories is to avoid all bread and potatoes (and most desserts!). Your ship cook will make it very tempting! By avoiding bread and potatoes, you can concentrate on the main foods. It is also easy to avoid all deep-fried foods and pasta. If you are thinking as you read this that it is precisely these items that make up the cruise-food you expect for the cost of your cruise, then you will check onto your ship as a cruiser, but you will surely leave it as cargo!

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