30 Years of Music: 2011
2011 became the year when so many of my favorites decided to have new releases, and it became a very happy listening time. In some ways, it’s difficult to say which song from the following fifteen is my favorite, but once you reach the end, it will be obvious to anyone who has followed my music writing. Still, play all …
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This Open Thread Is Getting Sentimental
It’s Monday, and my littlest one has gone on holiday without me. I miss him so, and going through all those pictures of him, I gloss over the past by wishing he was still a baby and here with me. In reality, I didn’t sleep for 18 months.
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Apps That Don’t Suck: Star Command
Star Command is more fun than it should be, but it could be a lot more.
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Strip Search: The Right Approach Wins
The Challenge: Oh my goodness, did anyone else yell, “Where are you going?” The teams were pre-decided. Katie and Abby were paired up and Maki and Lexxy were a team. Each team had to find Seattle landmarks and sketch them. Abby and Katie mapped out their route before starting — see where this is going?
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Four Brilliant Novels to Read This Summer
Looking for something different to read but not sure of what? Here are four awesome, thought-provoking books that might just be up your alley.
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We Try It: HabitRPG
I sometimes forget things seconds after I’m told them. I’m horrible with names. I can’t remember to do easy tasks and my family is used to being asked to remind me of the simplest of things.
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Dispatches from Ladyblogland
I spent the weekend exploring Baltimore and I found a lot to love in charm city. Equally as lovely is this week’s roundup of everything weird and wonderful in ladyblogland.
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Eternally Second String
This article is written for all those who are never first choice. Or rarely first choice. We get the jobs because someone else backed out. We get the house because someone else couldn’t afford it. We are the experts in unrequited love and rebound romances. We grow up in hand-me-down clothes and were the last ones chosen in gym class. We …
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Camp NaNoWriMo — When November is Too Far Away
Remember November? Back when we were all very excited about banging out our NaNoWriMo first drafts and giddily* updating each other every week on our progress? Or were you on the outside, with your nose pressed up to the window going, “Seriously? November? November is really busy! When am I supposed to find time to write 1600 words a day …
Read MoreThe Cost Of Breast Milk
When it comes to the positives of breastfeeding, the possibility of it being free is often quoted. My experience of giving breast milk to my sons hasn’t come quite so cheaply.
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News in Asia
Hello, my lovelies! Happy news time. I’m gonna keep this short and sweet today as I have TWO baby showers to attend (the number of my friends reproducing tends to come in waves).
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Cheap-Ass Landscaping: The Plant Hospital
I was raised thrifty. My mom fed me a steady diet of garage sales and goodwill stores to the point where paying full price for something feels like admitting defeat. The only time I’ll fork over full price is a local family-run business, otherwise I’m the Liam Neeson of shopping.
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Lunchtime Poll: Make it Rainbow!
June is national Gay Pride month, and this fabulous unicorn is excited!
Read MoreNew Show Recap: Mad Men, Season 6 Ep. 10 “A Tale of Two Cities”
This week on Mad Men there’s a lot of business-related power struggles and Don continues to be weird and self-destructive.
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