The thing about a blog is that it inspires more blogs. It literally multiplies, like it’s a gremlin or something. By the way, I wasn’t sure if “gremlin” was a proper noun, so I totally (as opposed to partially?) Googled it — since Google is, afte…

Ah, always a good time when you’re nearly done with the blog post for the day, only to accidentally close the window you’re typing in when you meant to instead close another. My bad. Here goes again. Long story short, the last thing a girl wants t…

Have you ever had such a clear picture for what you want your life to be that, when you take stock of all that’s around you, sometimes it feels like your dream is still decades away? Last night, after perhaps half a glass of wine too much, I found…

Things that are awesome about today: Our office IT dude helped me ditch my work Android for a work Blackberry. Yep, that’s right. I’m a die-hard Blackberry fan. Who knew? I didn’t realize it until I accidentally emailed the whole world — thanks t…

So the bra saga continues. A couple months ago, after thinking I’d found great-fitting, no-slip strap undergarments for the girls, I realized I’d ordered what amounted to the turtleneck of bras. While the “no-slip strap” claim was true, it also wa…

Sometimes it’s the simplest of days that makes you the most thankful. I’m thankful for my clean car, post-Harbor hand wash. I’ve seen people there inspect their cars thoroughly and make the employees do certain areas over again, questioning them a…

I woke up this morning and the first thing I wanted to do was scratch my back. Vigorously. Last weekend’s sunburn had been manifesting itself in serious peeling since Wednesday, and today was the worst. From my shoulders downward, things looked ab…

I covered a lot of territory last night while I was flying home from San Francisco — not only literally, but thought-wise, as well. It’s amazing how much the mind can think about when it’s not at rest. The skies looked turbulent and threatening a…

I flew up to San Francisco this morning for a business day trip. Earlier this afternoon as the group I was with walked down the street and hailed a cab, we all piled into it and I noticed a man sitting on the sidewalk as we drove away. He had a si…

There’s nothing quite like getting a Living Will, Last Will and Testament and Power of Attorney in order to make your emotions take a sudden nosedive. Being the genius that I am, I decided to do this around 10am this morning, and it had a marked e…