Sunday, May 25, 2008
Is Subway Discriminatory?
I have been a freqent Subway customer for years, and I enjoy the sandwiches very much. I appreciate the effort that Subway makes to offer fresh, wholesome ingredients at a reasonable price. So you can imagine that this loyal customer was very disappointed to learn that Subway is sponsoring a contest...
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Danica as Role Model
This is a departure for me. I don't do sports. And I don't usually admit to liking NASCAR... the people I work and socialize with associate NASCAR with drunken rednecks, and that's not the image I want to protray (because I am neither). But FOX's article on Danica Patrick is right on, and I want to...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Return of the Migraine
Thought I was over the worst of it yesterday when I posted. But that's the most evil thing about migraine. You think it's on the wane, but really it's just falling back to gather its resources so that it can attack you again with redoubled fury. So obviously, when I posted yesterday, I was in the...
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Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Anatomy of a Migraine
It started Saturday, with rampant binge-eating/food cravings. Should have known something was up; that's been a precursor to an evil migraine before. I did manage to get most of what I wanted to do done on Saturday, but by late afternoon, I was feeling rather seedy. Woke up Sunday with the "uh-oh, I...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Unobservant People
My foot surgeon has allowed me to go into tennis shoes, and that meant that I had to buy a pair of shoes that I would feel comfortable wearing to the office for the next month. Our office has a "no sneakers" policy, so I wanted my tennis shoes to be discreet and non-obvious. I knew exactly which...
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Saturday, April 26, 2008
Do You Have a Kitchen Scale?
I just read an article on Slate about Gordon Ramsay 's new cookbook, and I was dumbfounded to read the author's assertion that normal American cooks don't have scales in their kitchens: "Many ingredients are listed only by weight... as if Americans kept scales in the kitchen the way Europeans do."...
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
Enthusiasm at the Interview
Penelope Trunk's blog today talks about interviewing for a job, and how sending a thank-you note afterward is too late to show enthusiasm for the position. It's a pretty good post, overall, but she made one statement that really struck a chord with me: "...most hiring managers are subconsciously...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Kissing the Kidlets
Homegirl wants to know if bloggers kiss their kids. I kiss my kids all the time. Hugs and kisses are a big way of showing my kids that I love them, that they are important and special to me. My parents both grew up in less affectionate homes, and so affection was a big part of our family growing up,...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
You're Makin' Me Nervous!
I was nominated for a rather prestigious award, and the announcement of the winner is tomorrow at a special luncheon. (It's Administrative Professionals Day tomorrow.... have you recognized YOUR admin lately?) I'm up against a lady who has become one of my friends, and we're both pretty calm about...
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Saturday, April 19, 2008
You Can't Have It All!
I enjoy reading Penelope Trunk's blog, The Brazen Careerist. But, quite honestly, Penelope Trunk is nuts. She has a lot of interesting ideas... ideas that would be great if money were no object and if life were a fairy-tale. Unfortunately, money IS an object, and a very big one in many of our lives....
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