Welcome back from the weekend-long celebration of my birthday! Truly though, while I was celebrating my advancing age (and one gray eyebrow hair... what's up with THAT), love, and my
childhood crush Abe Lincoln, some of you may have been shoveling snow, napping, or (gasp), working. This week is already making noise, so let's see what the fuss is all about
Last week Buddy Media let me give away ten spots to Just An Online Minute
readers who wouldn't mind rubbing elbows with Buddy Media and their business pals as well as the sharp-tongued Seth Meyers. The ten lucky winners: Jacque Amyot of Goodmind; Jenn
Layton of BUZZMEDIA; Jenean Chapman from the block; Montana Triplett of Tremor Media; Rose Colonna of Tasteful Treats & Treasures Gift Baskets; Lynne Jansons of Mediaedge:cia; Elise Jimenez,
Evelyn Coleman, and Lara DeSignor of Click 3X; and media event specialist Shirley Toussaint. We're all dressing up as wombats, so look out for us! Interesting that the first
ten to respond were women.
But first we have to get through the rest of February. This week is about pushing winter away with hallucinations of sun-warmed skin and
rum-toasted brains - brought to you by the "Rum Capital of the World," Puerto Rico. Tomorrow night I'll be covering the official launch party for the Rums of Puerto Rico campaign
"Reflections." And I'm sure they don't mean those reflective moments where you lift you head from the toilet, wipe away a rope of belly foam from your quivering bottom lip, and
groan to your mirrored reflection, "Is there where you really want to be?!"
THURSDAY is a twofer, combining one of my favorite things, music, and another of my guilty pleasures, infomercials. The first is a launch party for
Guvera, who just added performer Drake to their list of performances/speakers that already includes Alice Cooper and The Bravery. Guvera's mission is "Make music free for the people,
prosecute no one, pay the artists full price, share the love." So, if Vevo is sights, maybe Guvera is sounds?
Also on the night of Guvera's launch is the Skype-powered
celebration of Purple Lab, a beauty brand launched by Karen Robinovitz, a former journalist. While Karen launches her line on HSN (Home Shopping Network!), the rest of us will be at MEET
drinking champagne and drawing on each other with lipstick - and this will be Skyped-in live to the HSN broadcast. While THAT is happening, there will also be 25 satellite parties
hosted by bloggers nationwide and they'll Skyping in and out of each others' parties. This sounds a lot like that episode of "The Office" where Michael Scott mistakes his
password and login for the satellite party for directions to the NYC-based party. 
In other business, I'm pulling together our reader spotlight ad campaign. If you're interested in sharing why you even bother to open your email or go the
MediaPost Web site, I'd love to hear from you and make you a part of the campaign! Email me at kelly@mediapost.com and we'll get
started!
As always, if you're cooking up an event and you want it in Just An Online Minute, send invitations to kelly@mediapost.com!
*edited at 3:19p.m. EST on 2/16/10 to correct the
day of the Guvera party. Thursday. Not Wednesday. Thursday.*