Whatever life dishes out, and whatever we can make of it. . .
Posted in Health, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Surviving Recession on Mar 9th, 2010
Avoidance (Procrastination?)
Let’s be clear. Avoidance is not the same as procrastination. Avoidance is a fine art unto itself. A coping strategy. No 12-step program required.
I am avoiding the email account I use for “dating.” Thus, I don’t have to deal with the issue of Date Night Guy.
I am avoiding calling the company where I [...]
Posted in Business, Culture, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Mar 3rd, 2010
Do you know what you’re worth? How do you ascertain your value – as a worker, a creative, a woman, a man, a spouse, a parent? As a member of society?
I’ll state this up front. This isn’t the usual morning musing. But hang in. It may be useful.
What is your job worth?
In layman’s terms, in [...]
Posted in Business, Lifestyle, Surviving Recession on Mar 1st, 2010
Need a dose of fabulosity? Get off the island.
Sometimes things happen. It’s serendipity. A fortuitous occurrence. Or as I like to think of it – unexpected good stuff. But it doesn’t happen often. And it rarely happens in isolation. You’ve got to reach out, in whatever way is possible.
Get off the island!
With teens in [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Relationships, Surviving Recession on Feb 15th, 2010
Money makes the world go round?
Yesterday I enjoyed my Bravo TV fix while puttering around, as Millionaire Matchmaker reruns played in the background. I won’t say I wasn’t amused by some of the shenanigans, and experienced a gag reflex at others, but judging by the way this show nudges an odd assortment of characters into [...]
Posted in Culture, Fashion and Style, Lifestyle, Other Stuff, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Feb 10th, 2010
Vegetative states
While it was an article on French Yahoo several days ago that alerted me to this story, CNN Health is now reporting the news that for the first time, a man in a persistent vegetative state (since a car crash in 2003) was able to respond to questions about his life, by thinking yes [...]
Posted in Business, Culture, Parenting, Sexual Politics, Surviving Recession on Feb 5th, 2010
It’s Friday. Where’s my paycheck?
I am a divorced, full-time parent, who also seeks work and has been doing so for more than a year, since the most recent layoffs – two, nearly simultaneously. I was working a corporate full-time contractor job (marketing writing) and a freelance journalism job. I managed both around parenting my boys. [...]
Posted in Language, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Surviving Recession, Technology on Jan 25th, 2010
That big M tattooed on my chest? Uh, nope – just paint. Maybe it’s the big M on my form-fitting super sexy spandex uniform of daily duties, the sequined M emblazoned on my ruby-colored cape, the glitzy grosgrain ribbon folded and tacked into embellishment in the shape of M’s, a perfect pair of M and [...]
Posted in Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Parenting, Surviving Recession on Jan 21st, 2010
Did you ever have a teacher or professor who changed your life? Or at the very least, believed in you just when you needed it most?
I can remember several, in high school and college mostly, men and women who fed my hunger to learn, and allowed me the space to dream. I never forgot [...]
Posted in Fashion and Style, Lifestyle, Morning Musing, Other Stuff, Surviving Recession on Jan 19th, 2010
Some particularly playful writers in the neighborhood have been exposing themselves of late. Now, now. Keep your pants on. Exposing themselves by taking us on a tour of their respective billfolds, wallets and purses.
First there was the slow and meticulous reveal at The Critical Path, followed by Nicki’s look at Nicki’s Nook.
This glimpse into what [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyle, Relationships, Surviving Recession on Jan 14th, 2010
So what is it with these women? We know they aren’t “real” real housewives, and we know reality TV edits heavily to give us a provocative view. It’s voyeurism + gossip, with a dash of envy and a dollop of disbelief. Most of us are weary of real impacts to our much “smaller” lives in [...]
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