"Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story."-Mason Cooley, college professor What's your story this weeken...
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Webster It...
My friend just wrote me from Seattle and told me my blog was cathartic. After consulting Mr. Webster... I laughed. Look it up... you might laugh too. Well played, Seattle. Well played.Watch out B-M Purge Week... I'm ready... with a ready vocabulary.Any more words I can over-use that we...
B-M Purge Week
Before I forget, I need to document that I will soon be forced to participate in 2009 B-M Purge Week. Yes, this is an official week in my office. And they have posted signs in the bathroom stalls, reminding us when we should purge of our un-needed B-M materials on a specific week in November. (insert giggle #1)Does anyone else find the choice of words hysterically funny? And slightly inappropriate to be used inside of an agency known for its strong communication skills? People pay us to come up...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
The Phantom of the Staircase
I have to say... I feel bad for smokers. I feel bad that they are voluntarily inhaling carcinogens in 2010... when there are more proactive non-smoking groups and information about the dangers of smoking than there elementary schools [that is clearly a made up comparison, based on nothing.... but you get my point]I feel bad that they always seemed stressed out... until they have a cigarette.I feel bad that the annoyance of second hand smoke has caused state-wide laws against smoking in public and...
Thursday, October 22, 2009
A Lesson in Flag Football
Flag football. Another initiative I took on this fall to broaden my horizons and sports knowledge base (can you tell I've been writing a new biz doc all day today??). Spring season... it rained for a month straight. Unfortunately we were on the turf fields... so they never called a game. It could be 45 degrees and raining and we were playing. For a first timer... this was one step up from hell. Actually, for a second timer... it still would've been a painful experience. I'm not a varsity player....
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Kick me when I'm down...
When I set up my Google homepage, I included a daily horoscope in there for sheer entertainment and curiosity. Sometimes those suckers are right on! But every day I'm slightly shocked about how disheartening this one paragraph often is. Tough love, if you will. But do you really want to hear tough love from the stars?? Perhaps I should remove this... but I am a slight masochist... and honestly...they entertain me.Anyways... had to share today's post... because my reaction was, "REALLY!? Way to kick...
Monday, October 19, 2009
Reflections from the Cat Lady
As I talked to my cousin (the-new-mom) Jenny tonight, I started thinking... sharing an apartment with an overweight cat on the Adkins diet is much like having a newborn in your room. Unfortunately for me, my cat's LBs are not shedding... and this four-legged baby is not growing up anytime soon. She's growing. Just not growing up.So these next few months,...
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Winner for a Moment
I admit. Me joining a fantasy football league was a bit out of my element... but with each week, I've been learning the ropes, trading players and monitoring my status. Yesterday, I logged on to find 3/4 of my team was on status for a BYE week. I put Payton Manning on the bench, dropped Brady Quinn (b/c let's face it... the Browns suck) and brought in Brett Favre for my QB for the week. I switched a few others... and felt like I had a strong group for week 6.With confidence, I checked my standing...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
My Weekend Unplugged
This past weekend I packed my bags and headed to Kansas City with my mom to visit my cousins, their babies and my aunt and uncle. As much as I love Chicago, I needed a break. I needed a break from everything normal... and this trip couldn't have come at a better time. I decided to unplug from Twitter... from Facebook... and from my blog... and just...
Friday, October 9, 2009
Notable Quotables
"And yet, to say the truth, reason and love keep little company together nowadays."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dr...
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
What We Didn't See at the 5k...
Although, clearly, we were right behind this elite runner, we had to catch the highlights of this monumental finish on FOX. Our one fan, Jake, however, couldn't stop talking about the surprise finish. Talk about running to the alter...
Notable Quotables
"We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are."-Anais Nin, French writer and diar...
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Bucktown 5k
This morning my friends Joanna, Kristine and I sported up in our best running attire and trekked it out to Bucktown for their annual 5k. The three of us joined 4,000 runners for the 3.1 mile race... 3,000+ of those people are just 7 days away from running the LaSalle Bank marathon next weekend. We, however, were just running to workout together and...
Friday, October 2, 2009
Shocker!
Chicago was eliminated from the first round of voting for hosting the 2016 Olympics.I guess we have to give up our dreams of the Gold line running through the Olympic village and our vacations to Hawaii.... and meeting Russian gymnasts.There's always 203...
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Decision Day: 2016
Tomorrow is a big day for the Windy City. Chicagoans will find out if we will host the 2016 Olympics. As with every major highly-publicized decision - Oprah vs. Michigan Ave, Drew Peterson vs. All His Wives, The City vs. South Side Parade - Chicago is torn. But in the end, we have to remember that even if we end up paying $10,000 (each) in extra...
ChicagoNow.com Worthy??
My big blogger break has come. ChicagoNow.com is looking for Chicago-centric bloggers to feature on their network. Sooo... I need all you to help make my case. If you read this blog and haven't click the "follow" button on my side panel, do so now. I know that's a lot of you... how, you ask? Well, when I wasn't blogging all summer, you pestered me...
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