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• Saying “I Do” to Equality

  

  The year is 2014. People can carry whole lives full of information and pictures in a phone the size of a deck of cards. There’s an African American president wh... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Motivational Speech for My Vacuum

  

  Hey there bagless buddy!There’s been a little bit of concern about your performance of late. Maybe it’s because you’re a bit confused as to what this job... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who I Am

  

  About eight or nine years ago I was in a group therapy session with 10 other women when the doctor had us go around the room and do a seemingly simple... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Discount Double Check

  

  A majority of my purchases can be rationalized with the phrase, “It was on sale and I had a coupon.” Every. Single. TimeI love Sundays because the new grocery a... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Revealing Some Lady Parts

  

  Remember when I said that I Just Want to be Alone?Well, I have confession. At times, I don’t want to be alone. Sometimes I need the support of other people who... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Age of Asparagus

  

  As you may know—and one look at my blog header in which I am “smoking” asparagus will tell you—my love of asparagus runs deep. So deep in fact that I eat it... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Measuring Up

  

  I’ve been doing this blogging thing for a few years now, which means I occasionally give people the impression that I might know what I’m doing. Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• See Ya Later, Sochi

  

  For the last two weeks, the Olympics brought Americans together in confusion as to where half of those other countries are located.In case you missed any of... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Just Want To Be Alone

  

  I have an Olympic recap post I was going to put up today, but that will have to wait a day or two. Why? Because remember when I said I have a few cool things... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Desperado for Avocado

  

  Ladies and gentlemen, “Veginem” will be back with an Ode to Asparagus in a couple of posts. But today we are going to honor the amazing avocado with a song I as... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2014 CREATIVITY, FOOD & DRINK, SELF EXPRESSION

• What A Snooze

  There are some ridiculous inventions out there—toaster, anyone?—but someone somewhere had the guts to pitch and promote their new product. Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Crap Glamour

  

  Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I actually cared how to coordinate clothes or correctly apply fancy makeup. Maybe I would have more friends or... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Girl Has to Have Standards

  It was the moment when he reached down into the console of his truck, picked out a used golf tee and started using it as a toothpick that I learned a) to... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Under the Weather

  

  If you’re tired of me complaining about the weather, I can promise this post isn’t just about that. Instead I’m going to use it as a fancy metaphor for... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hashing It out with Hashtags

  

  When people hear I’m an editor, the first thing they often assume is that I’m the grammar police.I am not.However, I do love language and a little part of my... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Touch and Go

  I had been seeing her for about a year—12 whole months—so I thought that what we had was special. But apparently I was nothing more to her than just another bod... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Toast

  

  I’ve long held the belief that there’s not much that smells better than bread, specifically toast of any kind.Right now I own two toasters—a cheap one that I go... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Stars! They’re Just Like Us!

  Anyone who has “accidentally” flipped through an US Weekly magazine (as I did while waiting to get my hair did the other day) knows there is more important... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weighing In

  

  Unless you’re new here, you know that I’ve never been “girly-girly” and couldn’t care less what is classified as “beauty” or fitting some socially (unattainable... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION

• An Inconvenient Truth

  Despite what this post might suggest, I would generally describe myself as more self-deprecating than self-centered.However, I have come to realize that at time... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 CREATIVITY, SELF EXPRESSION