A while back I read this blog post about a capsule wardrobe. This morning two of my friends re-posted the same author’s blog post about why she got rid of her kid’s toys. I have often been appalled at the sheer number of toys some kids have. OMG, my in-laws used to spoil my (ex)nephews so badly that there was barely room for the kids in their own ( Read more... )

If I’m being honest with myself I’m really, really pissed at EVP for ruining what was a really great gig.

I was so happy when I started working at BlackOps. Going back and reading my Live Journal entries from right when I got hired, I thought I’d captured a unicorn That mythical workplace where I liked the work, all of my coworkers were cool ( Read more... )

It was a quiet weekend. I did the usual weekend chores. But mostly spent the weekend reading.

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While reading an article last week about a woman whose mother had been murdered. I copied out this one line, because I wanted to write about it. "Sometimes when I'm feeling blue, I wish I could call my mother up ( Read more... )

My official theme for 2012 was “”Life begins at the end of your Comfort Zone.” And my unofficial theme was “Stop lying to yourself.” I’m not sure that I kept to those themes as much as I should have or would have liked, but I do feel like I stretched myself in 2012. Which was the whole point.

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The other day when I was down in the BlackOps kitchen I spotted a really beautiful gift box of cookies at the reception desk. It was a silver box, with beautiful embroidered fabric on the lid. There was silver-gilt ribbon wrapped around the box, and there was a photo hang tag attached to the bow. I started chatting with the female receptionist ( ( Read more... )

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I’m a silly fangirl. I occasionally like to buy action figures for my favorite characters (For example, I have two Legolas figures, one for the office, one for home). Why not, when spending $8.99 can make me so happy ( Read more... )

July 20th was my Live Journal “lurker” anniversary ( Read more... )

CBS Sunday morning ran a brief piece this morning about the wedding of Charles and Diana, which happened 31 years ago today, on July 29th, 1981 ( Read more... )