The first FOA goes to none other than the amazing Faiqa. Her blog, Native Born, is always entertaining and thought provoking. Her perspective is always well conceived and if you can read her blog without feeling your brain cells growing, you’re doing it wrong. Intelligent, funny, unique, and articulate, Faiqa has a lot to offer even if you hold it against her that she’s one of my best friends.
Are you ready to enrich your blogging experience?
P.S. Her name is pronounced by us ignorant Americans (and Canadians and Europeans) like “Fie-ka”, and there’s no “U” in it!
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Twitter: poppycede
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Her name is pronounced FICA. (Ignorant North Americans know how to say that. It’s what gets taken outta our paychecks if we have a job.)
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@Poppy, yeah, I almost wrote that, but then thought people could mispronounce it “Feeka” still.
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Super awesome idea Adam. I will follow and might “steal” the idea. Bravo.
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@OHmommy, steal away!
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Twitter: themuskrat
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This would be better if all the FOAs got a new car, like Oprah would do.
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@Muskrat, are you volunteering to be a sponsor?
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Faiqa is AWESOME.
And, your opinion matters (when it’s the same as mine)!!
Hahaha
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@Sybil Law, hahaha!
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Twitter: nualathewriter
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What a great idea. Can’t wait to see who you steer me towards.
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@bellawriter, glad you like the idea!
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Twitter: VerdantDude
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One day the government is going to round up all the Friends of Avitable and there will be a reckoning. Oh yes, there will be a reckoning.
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@B.E. Earl, or the FOA will take over the government.
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Twitter: thebchronicles
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Love this idea! And Faiqa!
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@jess; [the bottle chronicles], she is pretty awesome.
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What a cool idea! Also, a great lady to kick off the feature with.
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@Hockeymandad, thanks.
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I’ve just started moving about the greater blogging universe, so I appreciate the pointers and am off to check her out…but not without a ‘OMFG 800?!’ first. I have 220 or so and holy hell that’s gotta get trimmed back. How do you possibly manage that? Or are they all slackers?
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@Neeroc, I have to skim a lot. A LOT.
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Twitter: thepsychobabble
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You never fail to make my internet addiction seem small by comparison. (Purged the reader down to 107 blogs this weekend) Thank you for the self-esteem boost:p
Although, I suspect you’ll probably cause an uptick in that number with these features. Damn your good taste.
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@thepsychobabble, as long as you read me, you can get rid of the other 106.
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Twitter: elizabethbarone
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I love Faiqa. She is the epitome of classy, and she’s always making me think and grow as a person.
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@Elizabeth Kaylene, yes, she definitely is.
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Twitter: DExtraordinaire
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I love Faiqa. I had the pleasure of meeting her in NYC about 18 hours before she became famous. Or at least when I met her again she asked me “Didn’t we meet before I was famous?”
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Twitter: hellohahanarf
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How did I miss this feature? I must have been slacking! Anyhow, I love this concept, even if it does mean that eventually I will lose even more of my life to the internet. Sigh.
Faiqa is a spectacular choice for your first FOA. She is truly wonderful.
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