I had to unsubscribe from the Huffington Post feed, because I just couldn’t keep up, so now I look to other bloggers for the heads-up on posts worth reading over there. Mojo Mom identified this post by Laura Vanderkam as a “must-read,” so I did. Vanderkam suggests that women who have managed to “have it all” – the career, the marriage, and the kids – may have benefited by becoming mothers earlier in life, rather […]
Tag: blogs elsewhere
Personal Thanksgiving
Deb Owen has two terrific, related posts this week on her “8 hours & a lunch: a search for balance & sanity” blog. (As an aside, she happens to be unmarried and childless, in case you thought that working moms were the only ones looking for those two things!) Tuesday’s post concerning making “gratitude” a daily practice is a reminder that it’s worth remembering – often – that while we spend a lot of our […]
Strategic dining(?)
Today’s “gimme a break” story comes from the New York Times: Women are making the “strategic” choice of ordering red meat (mainly steaks and burgers) on dinner dates in order make a statement about themselves and convey certain impressions that foods like chicken and salads won’t reinforce. Broadsheet’s all over this one. I say, order what you like. If you’re a meat-eater, then get a filet; but if you’re not, don’t order something you don’t […]
The American vacation – endangered species?
I took my “summer vacation” in May this year, to coincide with traveling east for my son’s college graduation. We tend to go fairly early anyway, since my husband doesn’t handle heat very well and isn’t up for much activity by mid-summer. The kids took their vacation with their mom this year – it was her turn. But next year it’s ours, and Tall Paul is already planning a road trip to Yellowstone and the […]
Who’s in charge here? Or, more boys vs. girls…
The Work It, Mom blog brought my attention to a New York Post article citing a new survey suggesting that 3/4 of workers prefer a male to a female boss. I’m having trouble finding links to the survey itself, but the results are consistent with one conducted by Elle Magazine/MSNBC earlier this year. Another study this year found that most people have no preference for a boss of either sex, but among those that did […]
Make money the old-fashioned way
Marry it. I read this feature on “How to Meet and Marry a Billionaire,” and really, really wanted it to be a big running joke, but it doesn’t seem to be. This is a three-page article with very specific suggestions on where to go and what to do to find and hook the mogul of your dreams. But to be fair, it’s not just being mercenary…one of the professional matchmakers-to-millionaires quoted in the article advises […]
Guess who?
To help build their online community, Work It, Mom! is periodically featuring one of their members through the main site blog (Nataly’s), so that members can get to know more about each other. The feature may be in the form of a guest post, an essay, a link to the member’s own blog, or something else about them – all a member has to do is e-mail them and let them know if she’d be […]
Good girls don’t…negotiate?
A new study authored by three women professors at Carnegie Mellon University and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government looks at the (very real, still ongoing) gap between men’s and women’s pay, and suggests that negotiation is a major factor in the difference. It’s not necessarily that men are more willing to negotiate salary, or that women don’t know how to do so. Rather, it looks more like women will just choose not to negotiate because […]
This advice is right on the money
Thanks to the Consumerist blog for an awesome money post. I laughed, and then I winced. Their “10 Tips That Will Make Sure You Stay Broke” really work! Unfortunately, I can confirm that through personal experience with several of them (I won’t say which). (But I will say that #6 and I have met many times.) But the cycle can be broken! Turn it on its head, and you get some really good basic personal-finance […]
I really don’t think this is what the vow means
I’ve joked on several occasions that since neither of us wants to go through a divorce again, my second marriage is going to be “till death do us part – one way or another.” I think I’m going to stop saying that, though – some people actually mean it. Our Bodies Our Blog mentions an article from the Boston Globe Magazine about men who kill their wives instead of divorcing them. The article notes that […]
Secrets and spoilers and Harry, oh my!
Don’t check this out if you’re still reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! J.K. Rowling did a two-part interview with the Today show this Thursday and Friday, and Entertainment Weekly’s PopWatch blog has helpfully summarized her answers to some “burning questions” about things she didn’t mention in 759 pages. On Thursday, she answered: What jobs do our heroes have “19 years later?” Now that we know Snape’s motivation, how does that change things? What […]
Family/business…
A few notes on a favorite subject: I was really impressed by Dustin Wax’s recent post on Lifehack.org, “Becoming a Great Step-Dad.”The lessons he’s learned in that role so far are equally applicable to step-moms, and the post is a quick overview of the basics every stepparent should know: The natural parent has more authority over the kids than the stepparent, so take your cues from, and consult with, him or her If the kids […]
