This has been a pretty horrible week. I don't even know how to express the grief and anger I feel for everyone involved in all of the events this week. The worst part is trying to find a way to help. There aren't marches to lead people to polls that are denied them. Community organizers… Continue reading Life Events: violence this week
Category: Memories
Life Events: House Hunting
My husband and I are in the house hunting process. And it doesn't help we're in a super-shortage of houses on the market. So we've spent hours over the past 2 months scouring Zillow & Realtor.com for houses that we think have hope of making us happy. We schedule 4-5 to see on a weekend and… Continue reading Life Events: House Hunting
Life Events: Response to Pulse Shooting
I was not going to write about the shooting last weekend in Orlando. I am about a cis white christian hetero-normative as I can be. I support LBGTQ friends & family, but this was not my community that was attacked - I do not want to speak from my position of amazing privilege and whine "oh,… Continue reading Life Events: Response to Pulse Shooting
Politics: Presidential candidates
I haven't weighed in on the presidential primaries for a variety of reasons (not the least of which amounts to "oh shit, people are getting violent..." and all those levels of scary that are going on in this election). But I finally realized why I'm not agreeing with most of my circle on the presidential… Continue reading Politics: Presidential candidates
Review: Uber
I have finally used Uber. Ironically, it was interspersed with taxi rides so there was some very clear and definite comparisons I was able to make. So let's begin with my feelings on taxis: EWWWW. Call me frugal or frugal or whatever but I really struggle with taxi pricing. Let's do some math. (Click here… Continue reading Review: Uber
Writing: Cost of Writing
It's difficult for writers to make money. I went out into the cold corporate world after college because I don't like going hungry. Some days I hate it. I hate going to work. My fingers itch and all I want to do it use post-it notes on a wall and figure out the plot hole… Continue reading Writing: Cost of Writing
Life Events: Listing
Yesterday I listed my condo for sale. I am writing this the night-of, so when you read this, it will be "yesterday." Almost exactly 3 years ago the contract was accepted for me to buy this condo. I was terrified. Terrified. Homeownership is a big deal. It's the American Dream. Granted, I'm pretty sure the American… Continue reading Life Events: Listing
Theory: The “Me Be Smart” Policy
If I ever run a big company... (More than like 100 employees) I am going to implement the "Me Be Smart" policy. I think almost every company I've every known or worked for would introduce policy without always thinking it through. The employees most affected would be shocked. Horrified. Frustrated. So if I every run a… Continue reading Theory: The “Me Be Smart” Policy
Life: Resolutions
I don't set yearly resolutions in January. Too much can change during a year for me to know everything I want in Month One. I do have ongoing goals. Goals I can start Jan 1st or May 18th or Sept 21st. I don't need to make them public (usually). The one thing I do like to… Continue reading Life: Resolutions
Writing: Un-happy
I write better when I am unhappy. I can’t prove it with statistics or numbers. But when I am unhappy... And I mean the kind of unhappy where I get in my car and cry the entire trip and have to spend two to five minutes cleaning my face before I go into wherever I’m… Continue reading Writing: Un-happy
Dream by Day 