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Virality and the Ricochet Meetup
I had a dream last night that I hosted a Ricochet Meetup at my house, and 400 people turned up. I didn’t have enough forks.
Then I woke up, with a slight cold … and my beloved brought me breakfast and informed me that I’d “gone viral.” A story I told on The Moth a while ago has been re-released as a video (didn’t know they’d filmed it!) and has had 1.4 million hits.
An image of the little girl I call Nina, who loved her cousin Andy, rose before my eyes. How odd it is that her story is now part of the lives of a million strangers. She (a third-grader by now) is waiting under the grey sky for the school bus.
There are so many people in the world, and yet it is so small. I’ll see some of you — probably not 400, though! — in Massachusetts this weekend!
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I didn’t even get invited.
I didn’t even notice the misspelling. During the video I kept wondering when we were going to get to the virility part. Great video – you are a very effective public speaker. As others have said, thanks for sharing.
Me, too! It’s why I love my work.
Name tags printed, meet-up stickers packed, camera battery charged. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone this evening.
Y’all have a wonderful time!
‘S alright. I eat with my fingers.
Spoon, often, for me…
I bought the book – what a tough lady! Kate was gracious enough to autograph it for me at our Mt. Pleasant mini-Meetup. She is a very inspirational speaker too, and almost had me wanting to sign up for the Maine Warden Service (grumpy, out-of-shape geezers like me need not apply).
Hey, Stad, they made a grumpy, out of shape geezer into their chaplain!
Pics, Kate?