Busy Mom lost a wager with Matthew at Child’s Play x2 (which I’m adding to my “dad blogs” subscriptions) over the Tennessee Titans/San Diego Chargers playoff game last week, and her payment was a post in praise of California. I think she did pretty well at hitting the high points for someone who claims to have spent less than 48 hours of her entire life in the state, so here’s her list, with comments added […]
Tag: blogs elsewhere
The challenge: working with (and wanting – oh, and reading) what you’ve got
Even if one doesn’t go on record and “officially” make New Year’s resolutions, there’s something about the turn of the calendar that seems to prompt a round of “out with the old, and in with the new.” Or at least the “out with the old” part…some of it, anyway. It can help you find new ways of looking at what you have left. Tall Paul and I spent most of the first weekend in January […]
Bookworms Carnival #7 – more looking back at the Books of ’07
The 7th Edition of the Bookworms Carnival is posted at Reading With Becky, and this is my first time as a participant. The theme for the carnival was “Best of 2007,” and I submitted my review of my “Book of the Year,” Eat, Pray, Love. Click the link to the Carnival post to check out the dozens of book reviews and lists that were submitted. The Carnival is a monthly event founded by Dewey at […]
Scraptacular #1 – odds & ends
One of the New Year’s Resolutions I’m acting like I made – although I’m on record as not making them – is “no blogging at work.” I can check my feeds when I need a break from what I’m doing, I can leave comments on other people’s posts, and I can even make notes for posts I’d like to work on – but no actual composing or posting. It’s been less than a week so […]
Words begone!
Via book blogger and LAist contributor Callie Miller, here’s a list of “Banished Words” for 2008, as compiled by Lake Superior State University (LSSU). They’ve selected words and expressions that have been so overused that, while they may not necessarily need to be retired permanently, they should take a nice long vacation until they’re missed and would actually be welcome again; for example, “truthiness” has been reclaimed for 2008 after banishment for 2007. LSSU accepts […]
Think twice!
10 valuable decision-making tips and an acronym that ties them together, all in one! These are from Fortune magazine, via Water Cooler Wisdom: Take the Global View. Always keep an eye on where you’re headed. Don’t lose the big picture. Hope for the Best – But Plan for the Worst. Having a plan for the worst case scenario can help keep you from panicking. (I call this “the realist’s creed.”) Investigate, then Invest. Get the […]
Not up to the challenge
“Reading challenges” are very popular among many of the book bloggers, but I’ve decided they’re not for me. Even though most of the challenges I’m aware of don’t require reading particular titles, they usually involve a specific genre or category, as well as a minimum number of books to be read. And since I’ve made the somewhat discouraging discovery that I’m not actually reading as much as I thought I was in the first place, […]
A Christmas gift: Super-duper Nerd Alert!
Merry Christmas! Here’s a little gift from me to you… If you’re not one to embrace your inner geek/nerd/dork, there’s probably not much for you in this post. (Or in this whole blog, come to think of it, but you’re welcome to stay anyway!) On Fridays at the Work It, Mom! Blog, Mir gives Nataly a day off and posts a “Casual Friday” link roundup, and she will have my enduring gratitude for bringing The […]
A(n updated 12/17) statistic you might not really want to know…
…unless you’re ever in a situation where your youngster’s kindergarten class is about to turn into an ugly mob: 9I’m not proud of it, really… I suspect that the fact I’m not much taller than they are might be an advantage, though. Thanks to Karen for finding this one, and to both her and MaryP for letting me know to correct the coding under the badge so that it doesn’t link to a dating site […]
Relationship bargaining
I started following the Aisledash wedding blog because a couple of my favorite bloggers became contributors, but there’s a lot of good content there even if you’re not currently a bride- (or groom-)to-be. If your interest isn’t just in weddings, but on the marriage relationship that follows one, they’re talking about that too. This relationship-related item, about a story from the Today Show‘s website, made me cringe: In short, a married man asked Dr. Gail […]
Scenes of the times
In all the hype and the shopping, let alone Santa and the elves, sometimes the origin the Christmas celebration can slip one’s mind. My friend Ann, who is in her final year at the General Theological Seminary in New York City (yes, I’m a near-heathen these days, and one of my good friends will be a minister in a few months – go figure), sent a link to a blog that can help remind us […]
In the spirit of the season…
…Sunshine is hosting yet another contest! And everyone’s a winner, because this isn’t really a contest – more like a party, and everyone’s invited. The prize is the joy of giving – and, if you e-mail her about what you’re doing this holiday season to make your world a little bit nicer, a cool holiday button for your blog. (If you’re reading this post in a feed reader, click through to the blog to see […]
