The Working Mom Dilemma

About four months ago, I joyfully welcomed my second daughter into the world. I thought it was impossible to be in love with anyone except my husband until I had children and fell in love twice more. I’ve always had an innate desire to be a mom, but I wasn’t aware of how much I [...]

Gaga for Gaga

I thought my first blog was going to be boring but after a very glam-fabulous week I now have a blog to be judged on. Oh guilty pleasures, what they do to your reputation.

Last week I experienced the Lady GaGa phenomena in person. The performance met every expectation that every review I read built up.

What Tony Hsieh Didn’t Say About Social Media

Zappos is about culture. It is a company that is completely, totally, 100% invested in its culture. They want their people to want to be there. To be actively engaged. They even offer new employees $2,000 to quit during training.
Let that sink in. After you’ve made it through several rounds [...]

What Tony Hsieh Said About Social Media

When I first heard of Zappos.com a couple of years ago, it was in reference to Twitter. Here was this crazy CEO worth a billion dollars sending out frequent and personal tweets about his own life, inviting people to spur-of-the-moment happy hours in New York City, and not once mentioning a special deal or [...]

18hrs and a Bag of Cheese Doritos

It’s interesting, really. I’ve been an Apple fan (girl) for a few years now and honestly I’ve never even thought about camping out for a release. Don’t get me wrong, I come from a family of line standers. There are the Chick-Fil-A openings where the first 100 folks see free chicken for a year, or [...]

10 Things I Learned About SEM From the Movies

“Yo, Adrian.” I’ll admit it: I’m a total geek and I love to learn new things. So much so, I try to tackle something new every year. The guitar didn’t last long because I didn’t like calluses on my fingers. Golf lessons in July weren’t my best idea either, especially in [...]

Generation Z? The “Homelanders?”

With a toddler in my house and another little one on the way, I can’t help but be fascinated with the differences the newest generation will have from even today’s teenagers. My husband and I laughed he other day that our almost 2-year-old already has full understanding of the iPad and will never comprehend that [...]

Good Search Has Spoiled Me

The other day, the navigation software on my BlackBerry disappeared without reason. It was nowhere to be found. I could uninstall it, but I couldn’t open it from anywhere. After some research I figured out what happened, and the official fix from Sprint was to search the software store for “nav” and to download and reinstall the software. A direct link would have been nice, but I digress.

1st & 10

Picture this: You’re calling a huddle. It’s the 4th quarter, you’re on the opponent’s 40 yard line with 20 seconds left to play on a first down. You’ve got one time out left, and the other team’s out. The running game’s been less than stellar, but their defensive line is worn out, and your rookie slot receiver’s been hot for the last two passes, having just come off a catch-and-run for 30 yards to get you where you are right now. Communications with the booth are down, so it’s your call what the play is.

The Maytag Man

For those of you either still not buying into the whole Twitter machine (or for anyone just looking for a good Friday read) – A shameless plug for my best-friend-even-though-she-doesn’t-know-it-yet: dooce vs. Maytag