Have you ever analyzed the type of pictures that you tend to take? I think most people have a picture-taking style or interest. Some people’s pictures will consist primarily of their kids, pets or themselves. Some like landscapes, signs or food. Do you know what I discovered when I was skimming through all my iPhone…
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Reply All is Not the Devil
Many a spooky story is told about people using the reply all functionality on an email when they meant to send a snarky comment to just one person. Naturally, the offenders are then tormented and humiliated and sometimes even tarred and feathered for their technological mishap. Stories of these blunders have everyone so scared that…
How to Deal with Negative Blog Comments
Over the course of a blogging career, there certain things that we will likely all encounter. Spam, for instance, is almost sure to find its way into your inbox. Similarly, it is almost inevitable that you will eventually get a comment that accuses you of being less than human. This comment will both hurt you…
In Defense of the Minivan
When I was young and childless, I used to see young moms driving boxy minivans and laugh and vow I’d never, ever drive one (or a station wagon) in my life. Then we had our first kid. Our first car? Well, we got rid of the two-door and ended up with… a station wagon. I…
Freud by the Skeeball Lights
I have a Master’s Degree in Psychology, which gives me the authority to analyze every person I meet and make sweeping generalizations about their issues. As you might imagine, this makes me very popular at parties. Sometimes, when I’m not wishing that I had majored in Art History instead (though such a degree would most certainly have led to a…
Status Update: How I Make My Life More Awesome Than Yours!
Everyone’s read a friend’s status update and thought, “God, their life is so much better than mine.” No, it’s not – they’re just better at making you feel like it is. So pull your head out of that oven and let me teach you to craft an update that’ll have Rachel from Tennis Camp weeping…
It’s for Yooo-Hooo
The house phone is ringing and it will probably go on ringing until I answer it. No-one in the house ever seems to answer the phone; they all appear not to hear it. When I was a teenager there was one phone in the house and it was situated in the hall where everyone could hear your conversation. Permission…
In Defense of The Smartphone Addict
Picture it: Blue skies. A Great Lake full of water. Green trees. Hiking trails and biking trails and geological wonders as far as the eye can see. This is The Great Outdoors. And there in the middle of it all is one oblivious asshole with their nose buried in a cell phone. They’re walking figure eights…
