The proverbial “they” say imitation is the best form of flattery. In that vein, I’m marrying two posts I stumbled across and loved last week.
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The Perils of Un-drunk Dialing
We’ve all been there before, right? A little too much wine, beer or moonshine mixed with loneliness turns into an inescapable urge to reach out to _________ electronically.
The result: words, typed or spoken, that you’d pay $1 million to retract.
The solution: step away from your phone and computer while intoxicated.
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Hooker or Hillbilly? You Decide.
“What were you wearing?”
In hindsight, those words my mother uttered both infuriate and amuse me. But let’s rewind 24 hours to put them into context.
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Sunday Funday with #Mcconelling
I’m not a bandwagon kind of gal most of the time, but occasionally there’s something that is so funny that I can’t resist. That is the case with Jon Stewart and his parody of Mitch McConnell.
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The Pat, Pat, Pat and Other Thoughts on Hugging
Wrapping up a lovely brunch on Sunday with a few of my closest girl friends, we stood on the sidewalk for a few moments to say our goodbyes.
“It’s like we’re all waiting to hug each other,” my friend Jodi quipped.
“Well, you know that’s not on my mind,” I retorted.
Everyone laughed. They know I’m not a hugger.
Before you get all judgy and assume I need counseling for some deep-seeded aversion to affection, let me explain. It’s not that I don’t hug people. I just subscribe to a self-imposed hugging etiquette that’s evolved over time.
Know Your Target Audience
Know your target audience. That’s the first lesson taught in TV news, and one I learned many times since switching to marketing as a career.
Perhaps that’s why this experience, related to my father fighting lung cancer, stands out clearly six years later.
The Art of Doing a Header
If you read that headline and thought this would be about sex, get your mind out of the gutter. If you thought it was about graphic design, sorry, I can’t help you. This is story about falling and other not-so-graceful feats of klutziness – my expertise.
I bump into walls, desks and anything shin-level so frequently that you could play a challenging game of connect the dots with the bruises on my body. And in the last decade alone, I’ve survived at least five headers down flights of stairs. You could say it’s just the way I roll (or tumble).
By Self or By Stranger: Photos While Flying Solo
Selfies, selfies, selfies (cue my best Jan Brady impression). They were everywhere I turned this past week.
They were the inspiration for the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge. Lots of wonderful examples of artistic selfies.
They were the focus of a PicMonkey infographic based on its survey of American adults. It turns out men in my age group are the worst offenders. I can attest to that based on the abhorrent profile pics I’ve seen on eHarmony. For Pete’s sake, men, get some friends and have them take your picture!
An Unexpected Delivery
Last night I got what I’ll call an unexpected (and unwanted) delivery. Working late at home on a Friday night, tired and famished, I ordered in.
When my doorbell rang, my stomach greeted the driver with a happy growl and somersaulted over the sweet, savory smell. Yum!
Then I opened the box. There, atop my sandwich, appeared two fliers.
An Open Letter to Cat-Check Boy
Dear Cat-Check Boy,
You don’t even know that’s your name, and I confess I’ve long since forgotten your real one.
I met you in 2003. Your strong face and blue eyes struck me from across the bar. You stood out amongst the lackluster men I had encountered since moving to that small town.
Awkward Laughter 