It’s time once again to Use Me and Abuse Me, so lets get this party started. Yeah baby! The idea is to introduce yourself, chat up the guests, and pick up some new followers.
Be a star and rock out in the comment section. Meet up and mingle!
Stop by with ONE link to a blog post and paste it in the comment section. Two will put you in my spam filter and I hate when I have to stop dancing to fish guests out of my filter. It’s so embarrassing…
Include a short hook to let people know what your story is about. A post works better than your blog URL since a guest may click over to your place and not know where you keep the beer or the chips. When you link a post, it takes the guest right to the heart of your home where they can read your story.
Don’t bring one of your friend’s URLs, since they may not come by to party with us and that defeats the purpose. Remember. This is about you. That is also why you should never drop off your link and run. You wouldn’t go to a party, fill a doggy bag and go home.
If you leave a link, click on a few. Tell them, “Susie sent me.” They should click back. Chat up your guests here and at your place. The more links you click on, the higher the chance your new friends may subscribe to your blog.
Rock out with the Wild Rider in the video below-
Now stand up and dance to Follow Me by Muse!
The bar is stocked, the barista is already pouring cappuccinos, and the tasty treats in the buffet were flown in from New York. Nothing is too good for my friends! This is my way to thank all of you for subscribing to my blog. Now you can meet each other! How cool is that?
Spread the word. The more the merrier!
Have fun and don’t forget to dance!
Susie Lindau's Wild Ride 
What a great idea! You Susie, definitely rock! I’m in a different time zone so hope I’m not too late to say ‘salute!’
I’m just going to put a link to my latest post and hope that maybe any party goers will be intrigued enough to have a look around! 🙂 http://theamateurcamera.wordpress.com/2013/09/25/weekly-photo-challenge-from-line-to-patterns/
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You are never too late to “abuse me!” It will roll all weekend and people will still be checking out links next week!
Thanks for bringing your photos to the party! They were beautiful!
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I’m always getting to the party kinda late. Maybe I like to be fashionably late although I’m wearing sweats and a t shirt right now…I would like to dance except that my left knee is filled with lot’s of fluid and is not cooperating. But I’ll dance with my arms. 🙂 I’m going to lure my new friends in with a fishing story. http://swimmingtomy50s.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/about-a-boy-and-a-fish/
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I adored this post! My dad is a huge fisherman and I forwarded it to him. He will be so happy to read that. What an amazing accomplishment for your son. Of all the reasons to skip school, you can’t beat that. 🙂
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Thank you, Sophie!! Glad you enjoyed the post and hoping your father does also. So nice to meet you and happy to have seen those delicious recipes for the crab dip and the Smith Island Cake! You are quite multitalented! Congrats on your Gold Medal Winner book! I love meeting new people at Susie’s. 🙂
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Dude …. You know I love this story!
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I loved this story! Wow! I had no idea so many colleges offered the sport! Thanks for coming by and partying with us! It wouldn’t be the same without you!
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Thanks, my friend! I love your parties but I hope to one day party with you in person! 🙂
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Well I wanted to stop by earlier before all the good appetizers were gone, but alas I was not able to swing by until now. Glad the bar’s still open.
I recently posted about my trip to Disney World, complete with video footage of what it’s like to take the plunge down the Humonga Kowabunga. Check it out. http://www.jansenschmidt.wordpress.com
I’ll look for you all there.
Patricia Rickrode
w/a Jansen Schmidt
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Welcome Patricia!!!!
Great to see you. The appetizers are restocked and the barkeep will be here all day! Have fun clicking on links and saying hello!
Loved your trip to Disney. What fun!!!
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I love when you do this! Here’s the post I just wrote, a satire about the movie biz as I report on Disney’s new release: “Dumb, Dumber & Dumbo”. 🙂
http://moviewriternyu.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/disney-green-lights-dumb-dumber-dumbo-for-summer-2014-release/
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I can’t leave a link this time — craziness abounds over here. But I wanted to at least stop by and check in on you to see how you’re doing! Still wild as ever, I see. 🙂
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Thank you so much! It is so wild that I haven’t had time to get through all of these amazing links. I have this thing about reading all of them. Thanks for stopping by!
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Hey Susie,
Popping by to add a dessert to the party! I’ve got a nine-layer chocolate fudge cake recipe on my blog that’s to die for. 🙂 Love your parties. Hope to catch up with you in Boulder soon!
http://www.sophiemosswrites.com/2013/07/wind-chime-cafe-recipe-smith-island-cake.html
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Okay Sophie. That is more than fabulous! Thanks for bringing your dessert to the party! YUM!!!
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Hi, Susie sent me. What? Uh.., oh, do you think she saw this? Probably not, but….., oh, hi Susie, great party. You havin’ a good time? By the way, the Guinness was great. Thanks once again for your great hospitality, da
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I’ll try to finish (one more time). WP is doing some weird things tonight. Thanks once more for your great hospitality and your thoughtfulness, darling girl. You da best !!!
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http://pjb1943.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/too-many-miles/
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Love this eerie and lovely poem. It gave me shivers!
Thanks for bringing it to the party!
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Hey Susie! I finally made it to the party! Late… but I made it. But all the party animals are still hanging out so I’m off to check out some of your peeps.
But here’s my little addition of how comedy and ha-ha moments get me through. Hope it gives you a little laughter 🙂
http://thewishfactor.wordpress.com/2013/08/27/daily-prompt-funny-ha-ha-its-my-compass/
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Hilarious as usual Guat! Humor is the best way to look at life. I figure I might as well join the crowd in laughing at myself!
Thanks for rocking out with me!
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Duuuuuuuuuuuuude. Your parties always rock and I was able to meet a few new peeps out there.
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Oh I am so glad!
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Another great bash, Susie! Your parties are the best and I have to say thank you for some of the fabulous connections I’ve made here … not just crazy great dancers but crazy great bloggers too! Our time in France is flying by … you know how that goes! I’m off to mingle and click … after one more stop at the buffet, of course…
http://patriciasands.wordpress.com/2013/09/13/ahhhhhh/
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Thanks so much for stopping by! Love you post about Nice, France. So jealous!!!!
I hope you have fun clicking on a few links and chatting with the guests. It’s never too late to use me and abuse me!!!
I am still reading through all of these fabulous links!
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Hi Susie and friends!! Thanks for hosting. We don’t play rock over here in Thailand. It’s K-pop or bust, learn to love it (or live with it in my case).
If you want to know what feet and farm have to do with losing weight, ask a Thai fitness instructor http://gypsytrain.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/feet-and-farm-my-week-as-a-thai-jazzercise-instructor/
Can’t wait to check out all you other rock stars, party on Wayne!
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Feet and Farm! Now I get it! Party on Garth. Have a blast. Sorry it took so long to get to your post. Another wild weekend!
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Hello Susie – sorry, late as usual – I was on the train yesterday listening to Muse funnily enough – the man sitting next to me had such hairy forearms they had a centre parting. Anyway here is Miley Cyrus twerking with a sausage http://gingerfightback.com/2013/09/25/is-that-miley-cyrus-twerking-with-a-sausage/
Best wishes – now of to RAWK!
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I love this one! Brilliant Ginger.
RAWK ON my friend!!!
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These parties are like crack! I don’t mean we can actually get crack here. I think I mean that you can’t have just one (link) that is? To clarify that last sentence, I know we can only leave one link. But we can try several other bloggers’ links and say Susie sent us. All in all, perhaps this makes these parties more like potato chips than crack as I have enjoyed a few parties here as well as several other bloggers’ links.
Parties at Susie’s are the best. Bet you can’t enjoy just one link, too. I will enjoy several, thank you very much. Speaking of links, I brought a link of my own to share as I’m late to the party once again, but it’s spilling over to Friday as all good blogs, I mean, parties, do: http://bobskelley.com/2013/09/27/reboot-friday/
The avocado dip is just marvelous. Ramble on!
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You bring up some great points! Thanks for the food for thought and the avocado dip!!!
So glad you’ve been double dipping in the comment section. Click as many links as your heart desires!
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Sheesh! Such a crowded party, I had to dig my way to the comment box! 😉 Sorry for being so late–beyond fashionable, IMO! I’ll share a link and come back later to check others’ out. Already looking forward!
I saw a woman crying at a bus stop a few days back, and was mesmerized. She inspired this post on sadness and letting ourselves feel. (Yeah, more pity party than rockstar—but there’s a reason many of the best songs are sad! LOL) http://augustmclaughlin.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/the-beauty-of-the-blues-high-sensitivity-and-feeling-out-loud/
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Thanks for bringing your thought-provoking post to the party! I hope you have fun meeting the guests! I know they will enjoy meeting you!
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Hope there are still some chips and salsa and margaritas left! Sorry to be so late. The past few days have been non-stop busy.
2012 was a hell of a year; I lost both of my parents. Here’s a post a few months after Dad died, when my mentally ill mother became so manic that she lost all touch with reality and had to be hospitalized. http://mariner2mother.wordpress.com/2012/04/14/when-will-she-come-back/. Just know that 8 months after this post, my mother took her life.
Susie! Thanks for having these parties and inviting us all. Gonna go visiting now.
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So sorry to hear about your parents. That must have been so hard. Thanks for sharing this poignant post.
Have fun clicking on links and saying hello!
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As always you rule Susie! You’re awesome for throwing these parties.
Here is something we all go through – SPAM! Those annoying and sometimes crazy messages we get on our blogs. This is another post on some I have received.
http://blog.theregularguynyc.com/?p=4558
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That was great! What a hoot some of those spam messages are…
Thanks so much for bringing it to the party! I am still dancing!
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Okay, my first time to join the party. Had trouble deciding which of my blogs to use, but finally landed on this post: http://bluegrassnotes.wordpress.com/2013/08/22/world-view-full-empty-better-worse/
which reflects on different ways to view the world.
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You have such a fabulous outlook on life! Thanks so much for bringing this link to the party. Sorry it took a while to work my way through all of these links. I have this thing about reading every one of them!
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I was in no hurry. Thanks for the kind comments.
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thank you susie for the open invitation. i love parties and i’m the kind of guy that wears the toga at a wedding reception.
i hope your readers enjoy.
http://kippfu.wordpress.com/2013/08/13/yoga-fire/
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You fit right in with your toga or surf board!
I am sure my readers did enjoy. That was hysterical! I’ve been in that position before!!
Have fun clicking on links! They should click back to your place.
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Hi Susie! Have spent the last hour visiting the great party blogs above. What a wonderful hostess you are, what a generous, indomitable spirit you have (hope you’re feeling much better by the way).
Probably too late, but I’d like to add a post with a few laughs (hopefully), asking – Are you a hedgehog or a fox? Most people can identify themselves immediately.
http://susanlattwein.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/are-you-a-hedgehog-or-a-fox/
You’re fantastic, either way!
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Sorry I am SO late to the party, but that’s kind of how we roll down here in Miami, Also, it took me a while to work up the courage to attend a party since I’m still a bit shaken about what happened last time, which was this:
http://stuntedadults.com/2013/09/17/the-bachelorette-and-the-bidet-a-modern-fable-of-friendship/
Here’s to hoping that the new blog friends I meet here are just as poorly behaved, because bad decisions usually make for great stories.
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Hey, Susie!
Just found your blog–the post about the literary conference was what drew me here.
In the spirit of fun, I brought a party game for everyone!
http://dontreadbooks.com/2013/05/16/contest-who-will-write-the-next-robert-langdon-adventure-you/
The contest is over, but anyone can use the template to creat their very own Bestseller in true Dan Brown fashion. Hope you enjoy!
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