Category: Working it
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Post #987 on Why I’ve Not Been Posting More Regularly
My absolute favorite blog in the entire world is the Everywhereist. In fact, I almost don’t want to talk about it because I’m afraid you’ll wander over there and abandon my modest musings forever. Every single post gives me the same mixture of emotions in this exact order: First, giggly amusement and head-nodding recognition. Then…
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This Other Blog That Sometimes Lets Me Write for Them
Heading over to the gym for some more pain, but I wanted to shout from the interweb rooftops about a new blog that I’m contributing to. It’s part of Project: Time Off, an initiative to encourage people to take time off from work, which seems like such a no-brainer to someone who not only took…
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Places I Never Thought I’d Go (or, be let into): Walt Disney World
I have tried several times now to sit down and write about our March trip to Cambodia, but I struggle with it each time. Basically, Cambodia broke my heart. It’s not just the fact that its people are desperately poor. I’ve been to plenty of economically disadvantaged places. My personal-travel-arranger-for-life XFE pointed out that many…
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Friday Links: The It’s Monday and Everybody Loves Will Ferrell Edition
That’s right, Friday’s links on a Monday. That’s because I went to a networking event on Thursday that morphed into a happy hour that turned into a very happy night so Poe Communications/Beverage Distributors Inc. was closed on Friday. Sometimes, happy hour gets in the way of running a multimedia communications empire. Recent psychology research reveals…
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Friday Links: Anti-Climatic News Edition
It’s been a busy week here at Poe Communications and Heavy Manufacturing, Inc. Getting back in the freelance grind after the extended holiday, meeting with clients on the coldest day of the year, and assembling a cat scratch post can really take a lot out of a girl. Heck, I even hurt myself at the gym…
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The Emotional Healing Power of Naples (and Pizza)
My cab driver doesn’t seem to have enough hands. I’m bumping along Naples chaotic, narrow, cobblestoned streets in the back of a cab. My cab driver is holding his phone up to his left ear, swerving in and out of the bumper-to-dented-bumper traffic. I think he’s fighting with the person on the other line. He’s…
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Friday Links: Does This Blog Post Make My Butt Look Big (And/Or Shiny?) Edition
I was a bit light on posting this weekend. Mostly because I was transfixed by the comet landing. I just don’t get it. Why would anyone want to land on a comet? I don’t get space exploration in general. And don’t even get me started on this nonsense about commercial space travel. Or NASA funding.…
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Friday Links: Sneaker-Wearing Spiders Like Female Bosses (and Fritos Chili Pizza)
Now that I’m working freelance from Poe Industries Worldwide Headquarters, my style needs have changed a bit (Jeans Day EVERYDAY). Plus, I’m coming up with a packing list for Italy and I know I’ll need to take my Pumas (cobblestones — WHY???). So this slideshow I found on Pinterest on cool sneakers and the outfits…
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When Life Hands You Lemons, Use Them as Weapons
At work a few weeks back, we did this exercise to kick off a brainstorming session <insert eyeroll>. We were supposed to visualize a lemon, and then write on a piece of paper all the things that you could do with a lemon. My new boss, Tina, filled her whole page with very practical, Hints…