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A coworker of mine was recently very sick.  She had just been feeling under the weather, but throughout the day at work, she started feeling much worse.  Even though she left early, by the time she left she had a fever over 103 degrees.  She was also not the only person in the office who wasContinue reading “How I Avoid a Cold”

My husband took me to see Justice League this weekend for a date.  I am pretty sure we both have a crush on Gal Gadot, and he will sell me on any movie that Henry Cavill is in to get me to go.  I am not a movie buff by any means, and 10 years agoContinue reading “What I Took From the Justice League Movie”

Growing up, I was exposed to electronics and technology very young. My dad was a major techie, and from the age of 2 and 3, I was learning to use computers and play video games. I was just discussing this with a friend of mine, who is a gamer, and he shared with me thatContinue reading “The Original Turn Based Strategy Game”

It\’s funny how as adults we can always remember the couple of gifts we got as kids that meant the most to us.  Often time they weren\’t even the most expensive gifts we received, but they stand out in our minds as the most memorable. When I was four, I got my first two-wheeled bike. Continue reading “Favorite Childhood Christmas Gifts”

I tend to be a stickler for the English language sometimes.  I hate when people use incorrect forms of words that have, since being so commonly misused, been added to the dictionary.  However, the English language is also very limiting in some ways and totally illogical in others.  Even Shakespeare invented his own words, so IContinue reading “Inventing Words”

I love Christmas.  I always have.  I love everything about it from the twinkling lights to the dairy free eggnog that I drink.  I love having Christmas as an opportunity at work to be festive and spread cheer to my coworkers.  I own enough unique pieces of Christmas headgear to wear a different one toContinue reading “Christmas Cards”

As part of my Day Zero Project goals, I am slowly working through the list of unlistened to audiobooks that I have (40 in all!) and have been working backward from longest to shortest.  I was so excited recently when Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson came up next. I have always loved studying BenjaminContinue reading “Benjamin Franklin: An American Life – Review”

My coworkers and I often joke that \”feedback is a gift\” – and hence, every day is Christmas.  It is sometimes hard to put yourself out there knowing that with expression often comes criticism.  And the more passionate and important the expression is, the more fervent the feedback.  It\’s just the way it is. IContinue reading “Accepting Feedback”

Social media is such a misnomer to me because in having social media we often actually become less social. My observation, which seems to be backed up by people who actually study this, is that people who are immersed in social media forget to actually socialize in the moment with the people around them. IContinue reading “Flashback Friday to MySpace!”

I was reflecting recently on those friendships that we have where we meet someone when we are young and somehow, through time and circumstances, we still find ourselves together. My dad had a friend that lasted his whole life, from the time he was a young man until he passed away.  They were such differentContinue reading “The Blessing of Lifelong Friendships”