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The Hidden Costs of Blogging and Rarely Discussed Money-Saving Measures
So, let's talk cold, hard cash: how much does it really cost you to blog once you factor in the necessary (computer), the wanted (pretty blog design), and the reality (nothing is free: when you're...
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Statement Accessories to Brighten Summer Styles
It's no secret that I love that feeling that it's finally Friday after a long week. It's also no secret that I love statement jewelry. On any given day, you can see me wearing a handful of colorful...
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Anthony Weiner and Women: Who Is the Story Here?
Thursday's headlines that Anthony Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, thought herself to blame for the congressman's repeated forays into the lands of sexting women who were absolutely not her, kept the focus...
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The Stay-At-Home Mom Midlife Crisis
You mean I have to do something else now?I've been in my pajamas all morning. They double as yoga pants. It's how I roll most mornings.One thing I have learned this summer is that mornings are good for...
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Bob Filner: America's Most Lecherous Mayor?
Bob Filner makes Anthony Weiner look like an amateur. San Diego's Democratic mayor even won Conan O'Brien's "Perv-Off" and broke The Daily Show's "Eww-O-Meter."The scandals unfolding about the serial...
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Harassment Could -- and Did -- Happen to Me
I was 23, working at my dream job teaching writing at an alternative outdoor high school, when I experienced sexual harassment. I did not think that I was the type, whatever that means. I was too smart...
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Pushy Parents and Competitive Camping: How Much is Too Much?
As a Brit, competitive camping is a world that I'm not privy to. American-style summer camps have only taken off in the last ten years and are not dictated by 150 year old traditions. As such, British...
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FREE This Weekend: "Real Stories About Sexual Desire"
"Women are constantly judged as slutty, or uptight, but the reality is somewhere in between those two, and sometimes, no where near either. We have secret shames and private desires and we all feel we...
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The Souvenir Shop Trap: Saying No to Stuff, Saying Yes to Fun
I was fanning my neck with the Shedd Aquarium map, searching the signs overhead for the entrance to the dolphin show, oblivious to the dangers lurking behind me on row upon row of overstuffed, expertly...
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The Hidden Costs of Blogging and Rarely Discussed Money-Saving Measures
So, let's talk cold, hard cash: how much does it really cost you to blog once you factor in the necessary (computer), the wanted (pretty blog design), and the reality (nothing is free: when you're...
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Statement Accessories to Brighten Summer Styles
It's no secret that I love that feeling that it's finally Friday after a long week. It's also no secret that I love statement jewelry. On any given day, you can see me wearing a handful of colorful...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Anthony Weiner and Women: Who Is the Story Here?
Thursday's headlines that Anthony Weiner's wife, Huma Abedin, thought herself to blame for the congressman's repeated forays into the lands of sexting women who were absolutely not her, kept the focus...
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The Stay-At-Home Mom Midlife Crisis
You mean I have to do something else now?I've been in my pajamas all morning. They double as yoga pants. It's how I roll most mornings.One thing I have learned this summer is that mornings are good for...
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Bob Filner: America's Most Lecherous Mayor?
Bob Filner makes Anthony Weiner look like an amateur. San Diego's Democratic mayor even won Conan O'Brien's "Perv-Off" and broke The Daily Show's "Eww-O-Meter."The scandals unfolding about the serial...
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Harassment Could -- and Did -- Happen to Me
I was 23, working at my dream job teaching writing at an alternative outdoor high school, when I experienced sexual harassment. I did not think that I was the type, whatever that means. I was too smart...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pushy Parents and Competitive Camping: How Much is Too Much?
As a Brit, competitive camping is a world that I'm not privy to. American-style summer camps have only taken off in the last ten years and are not dictated by 150 year old traditions. As such, British...
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FREE This Weekend: "Real Stories About Sexual Desire"
"Women are constantly judged as slutty, or uptight, but the reality is somewhere in between those two, and sometimes, no where near either. We have secret shames and private desires and we all feel we...
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The Souvenir Shop Trap: Saying No to Stuff, Saying Yes to Fun
I was fanning my neck with the Shedd Aquarium map, searching the signs overhead for the entrance to the dolphin show, oblivious to the dangers lurking behind me on row upon row of overstuffed, expertly...
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The Finale of Groundbreaking Show The Fosters: Brilliant Casting!
From 1998 to 2002, a series called Any Day Now captured my devoted attention. It starred Annie Potts as Mary Elizabeth (M.E.) Sims and Lorraine Toussant as Rene Jackson. The two grew up together in...
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I Am a Summer School Slacker
We had great intentions of riding the momentum from school and all that we’d learned as we entered in to summer vacation. Workbooks were unearthed from the bowels of our playroom. Pencils were...
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