Tag: Bad Choices
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Risking it All (or Not) for My Youth Back
I was at a sort-of networking/motivational speaker-type event recently, the kind of event where you have to wear nametags, but since this was an event for creative folks, they’re not just straight-forward, run-of-the-mill nametags…they’re free-expression, icebreaker-type nametags. “Hello. I’m ______________. I would RISK it all for _______________.” I stood hunched over the registration table, Sharpie…
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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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Scuba Diving Can Absolutely Kill You: Bali Edition
Our vacation to Bali wasn’t all delicious food and kite flying. I also cheated death. Fine. That might be a bit dramatic. But it sure felt like I could have easily died while scuba diving in Bali. Here are four signs that scuba diving in Bali might not be for you. 1) Your PayPal account…
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Yep, That’s 1,300 Words on ‘Jungle Gold’
As you may know by now, The Poe-XFE-Petunia household will gladly watch just about any reality television show that Discovery or A&E wants to foist on the unsuspecting viewing public. For example, we recently watched an episode of “Doomsday Castle,” (basically a combination of “Doomsday Preppers” and “This Old House”). The hillbilly family featured in…
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Stop Eating Each Other!
Fellow civilized people of the world: Can we just make a pact right now? Can we just agree not to eat each other? Please. It’s getting ridiculous. And I don’t appreciate our government having to waste time and taxpayer dollars reassuring people that there’s not a zombie apocalypse happening. Although, I must say, the evidence…
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Running Update: Hopping Pathetically Down the Bilby Trail
You’re probably reading along on the PoeLog and noting the conspicuous absence of posts about a certain activity, and you might be asking yourself, “Hey, I wonder if Poe still runs?” Or maybe you have more important things to think about, such as when the heck is Jessica Simpson going to give birth? (Seriously, she’s…
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The Ups and Downs of Bachelorette Dining in New York
I still have a few more Australia posts to write (nope, not letting go of vacation), but I did want to talk about this past weekend’s trip to New York and specifically the food before I forget it all in a work-and-life-in-general-induced haze. Lucky Cheng’s not surprisingly, was not very good on the food front.…
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Five Stages of Porktober Acceptance
*WARNING: A pig was most definitely harmed in the making of this post. If you’re squeamish, skip this one. If you like tasty, delicious pork and all it’s derivatives, read on. There comes a time in every girl’s life when she realizes she is not in control of her relationship. She is not the driver…