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Monthly Archives: April 2011
Social Post Moderators Wanted
In my social networks, I have a few friends with consistently fantastic, virtual-high-five-worthy status updates. They crack me up, they teach me new things, and they challenge me to up my game. So it is with no length of time … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Friends, Humor, Life, Social Media
Tagged Blog, Boring, Facebook, Interesting, Moderation, Profile, Social, Twitter
414 Comments
Taste Acquired
The concept of “acquired taste” eluded me until New Year’s Eve 2006 when I decided that two of the world’s apparent great pleasures – sushi and wine – had escaped me long enough. 2007 was going to be the year … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cooking, Food, Humor, Life Lessons
Tagged acquired tastes, Japan, Korea, sushi, wine
1 Comment
Easter Bunny Playbook
Although Christmas is clearly the most magical holiday in existence and the gluttony of Thanksgiving and Halloween is beyond compare, Easter far outranks its competitors when it comes to the sweet stuff. Reese’s Peanut Butter cups are morphed into the … Continue reading
Phonephobia
Since I was a kid, I’ve had this recurring dream involving a rotary phone. There is a masked prowler in my house and I need to call Interpol, but I keep miss-dialing the country code. I always wake up in … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Humor, Life Lessons, Mobile, Movies, Phone, Social Media
Tagged cellphone, horror, Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson, mobile phone, Scream, Taken, thriller, When a Stranger Calls
3 Comments
Pink Shirt, White Suit: Still the Best of the 80s
I recently saw Don Johnson at a restaurant near my office in Orange County, and the resulting excited Facebook post, tweet and mass text was met with a mix of silence, “who” and “is that the guy from Die Hard.” … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Friends, Humor, Movies, Social Media
Tagged 80s, 80s movies, Breakfast Club, Die Hard, Don Johnson, Gremlins, Katy Perry, Miami Vice
2 Comments
Work Travel Withdrawal
When I got my new position at work about a year ago I was ecstatic. It meant an exciting job in social media and an even more exciting move to California. It also meant my days of work travel (aka … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Holidays, Humor, Life Lessons, Travel, Work
Tagged Diamond Status, Hyatt, Hyatt Gold Passport, Southwest Airlines, TSA, Up in the Air
4 Comments
Enough Dude
My fifth grade boyfriend – otherwise known as the kid I held hands with twice and wrote smiley-faced notes to – had an adorable habit of rapping along with the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air opening theme. In fact, I’m fairly … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Friends, Humor, Life Lessons, Movies, Social Media
Tagged Anchorman, Big Lebowski, Dude, Jeff Bridges, movie lines, Ron Burgundy
2 Comments
Sticky
After a weekend full of baby shower treats, food truck specialties and theme-party butlered hors d’oeuvres, it’s become clear that food trends are the new shoulder pads. Fondue parties were big in the 60s, the 70s were dedicated to the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cooking, Food, Friends, Holidays, Humor
Tagged baby shower treats, cake pops, cookie pops, hot dog on a stick, kebab, minnesota, skewer, state fair
1 Comment
Fools
The scene is Christmas Day 1991. Snow falls in the Chicago suburbs as an eleven year old girl in red snowman socks (that she still owns) wakes up at 7AM and runs to the tree to scope out the loot. … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Family, Friends, Holidays, Humor, Life Lessons, Work
Tagged april fool's day, boombox, Color Me Badd, joke, prank, surprise
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White Elephant in the Room 
Voice of Unreason: No, I’ve Never Seen The Godfather
I’ve never seen The Godfather. I know you’re currently thinking (in a voice several octaves higher than your own and with infinitely more exclamation points and question marks), “You’ve never seen The Godfather?!”, but no, I haven’t. In fact, the … Continue reading →