I’m usually late when it comes to trends related to fitness and technology, so maybe hot yoga isn’t new to you, but it is to me. New and FABULOUS! I went to a 6:30 AM (!!!!) class this morning with my friend Staycee. I worked out yesterday with “Raoul”, so I was a bit sore [...]
“Multitasking has become a necessity in everyday life. To eliminate it completely, I needed to find out where it began. The term “multitasking” was created for computers, not humans, enabling its users to surf the Web for summer tanks, print reports, and download the latest John Legend CD all at the same time. This is [...]
Here are some of the latest posts over at my other blog baby, CoParenting101.org: For those parents who did not get the memo: Co-Parenting: It’s not about you… …still, the put-on-your-oxygen-mask-first rule applies: Co-Parenting and Healing: Rising from the ashes of divorce And finally a little throwback text: Divorce by the Book Tell a co-parenting [...]
I was still sulking about the fact that TechBoo and I are bad for the environment, when good ol’ Raving Black Lunatic came along and brightened my day with some good news. The distance, literally, between TechBoo and me, may actually be good for us, according to the implications of this article from The Atlantic. [...]
For a long time, I’ve been drawn to tragic biographies. Ever since my senior year in high school when I worked shelving books in the media department of the main branch of the Jacksonville (FL) Public Library, I’ve been fascinated by turbulent life stories, those of celebrities in particular. As I shelved, I would read [...]
The year: 1989. The place: Yale, The Afro-American Cultural Center (bka “The House”) Me, a freshman, not dancing, just holding up the wall as the song below plays. The album it’s from, along with “Poison” (BBD, “Never trust a big butt and a smile…”), was the soundtrack to my freshman year: Question: Did we really [...]
Michelle at GirlChildPress is playing with my emotions. In case you don’t know Michelle, she’s the editor-brain, -heart, and -soul behind Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta! [1] and Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces. She’s playing with my emotions because on her home page is this little teaser: Woman’s Work: [...]
Michelle at GirlChildPress is playing with my emotions. In case you don’t know Michelle, she’s the editor-brain, -heart, and -soul behind Just Like a Girl: A Manifesta! [1] and Growing Up Girl: An Anthology of Voices from Marginalized Spaces. She’s playing with my emotions because on her home page is this little teaser: Woman’s Work: [...]
So I’m working on a new article for a national magazine (well, fingers crossed), and in the process I reach out to the subject of this article for an interview. I totally put on my detective hat and track him down via email (leaving all my credentials and contact info). He totally CALLS ME BACK [...]
Seems Tami and I have formed a mutual admiration society. You see, Tami received an “I Love Your Blog” award from Ginny’s Thoughts (anyone who reads Tami even once will understand why), and the award rules require her to nominate 7 other blogs for the award. And guess who she nominated. Yep…Mamalicious! Tami used this [...]