While many of my friends spent our junior year abroad in exotic places like Florence, Tanzania, Nepal, Paris and Argentina, I opted for the wilds of St. Louis, MO. My main gig was volunteering at…
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You know how everyone makes all the usual jokes about pregnancy and food cravings? Pickles and ice cream will always be hilarious, but these cravings are a serious force to be reckoned with. If I…
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I'm bad at picking books to read at the bookstore, you know, when it's just me and shelves of beautifully packaged words. Apparently I missed that gene. I get swayed by the cover or the…
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First, watch this video (or at least the first 30 seconds)... My dear friend and tech writer extraordinaire, Ron Miller, posted this video on his blog and sent me over to see it. And I…
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I haven't been sleeping well. Even when I appear to sleep well (ie. I go to sleep at 10 and wake up at 6), I open my eyes and feel like I've been fighting a…
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There's something that's always intrigued me about Carrie Bradshaw. I mean, there are many, many things, but there's this one in particular. (In case you've been living under a rock, Carrie's the main character on…
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Today is the first day of February. We are now being bombarded by society's demand for love via a Hallmark holiday full of chocolate and candy hearts about a saint that actually shot people in…
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This is a familiar client/Writing Roads scenario: Me: If you want to be part of the world online, you must have a blog (for all of these reasons and more) Client: Okay great...how often will…
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for Part 1, which really should be read first, click here Naked as the day I was born... Last night I received a compliment that was dressed in sheep's clothing. I dare say it was…
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In my life, I've woken up to many things: dogs wanting to go outside, babies crying, dorm fire alarms going off, delightful lovers, the announcement that the plane was about to land. But this morning…
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Jumper Cables…
