Every few months, it seems, the big news outlets write a story about 'the mommy bloggers' - and these articles are always bad. They serve as a reminder to these women and the rest of…
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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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Today is Blog Action Day when about a gazillion bloggers take to their blogs to bring awareness to a certain topic that needs attention. This year, that topic is climate change. I could write a…
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Dear Naomi Wolf, I'm really a fan of your work. So I'm quite confused by the article you wrote about Angelina Jolie in Harper's Bazaar where you declared her the new feminist icon. One of…
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Matt Dickman of Techno/Marketer wrote a great post about the fact that's confusing many people about the 2009 American Idol finale. It seems that even though Adam Lambert ruled the numbers for search, since…
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As my good friend, Sarah, likes to say, "You can't make this stuff up." Irony, according to my favorite dictionary (courtesy of Apple) is 'a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary…
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This is post is not intended to bash anyone or any religion. When I click on someone's Twitter profile and it tells me they are a Christian or follower of Jesus, I take pause. I…
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These words arrived in my inbox overnight, and I was moved immediately to share them here. As a writer talking to other writers, I'm posting them because the words are exquisite. As a human, I'm…
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Mistakes? I make them all the time. I'm constantly learning, tweaking, adjusting, back pedaling. I think it's part of being alive - it's definitely part of owning your own business. But the actual mistake, I'm…
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Everyone's thinking about beginnings today - but I can't help think about endings. You see, I suffer seriously from Post Whatever Depression. It started in my childhood camp in Northern Minnesota - the single most…
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Jumper Cables…
