March 2010

I’m a type 7, what are you?

March 22, 2010

In high school, girl friends and I would obsessively take those “How great of a lover are you?” tests in trashy magazines like Cosmopolitan, Allure or Vogue.  Actually, we became hyper obsessed with Cosmo specifically, because it was racy, gratuitous and sexy – everything that we were not.  I was a real dork in high […]






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Fantasy travel trips that you can do now

March 19, 2010

If you haven’t already read The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris, I highly recommend you do.  Though parts of it can sound unrealistic at times, it will change the way you think about work, play and everything in between.  Among other ideas, Tim talks about the highly affordable lifestyle of taking mini-retirements while you’re still young, able […]






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The next next generation

March 18, 2010

When it comes to technology, I consider myself quite tuned-in. I read my daily TechCrunch, Valleywag, Boing Boing and Engadget. I’m an early adopter of most online services and I get really really excited about stupid geeky things like A.I. apps, open-source CMS offerings and start-up camps.  But in my old age, I’m starting to […]






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Stuff on my mind when I’m not thinking anything important

March 18, 2010

Showers are the best places to brainstorm. Ever noticed how the most inane creative ideas come forth some time between the soap rinse and the shampoo lather? Things like children’s books plots about farty sheep and caterpillars (note: There really are children’s books out there about farty sheep and nose-picking caterpillars and monkeys that go […]






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A picture is worth a thousand words: Flying over Kunming

March 17, 2010

This is an oldie but a goodie. Way back in November 2008, a good friend and I did a 10 day trip to China. Braving dodgy, local airline companies, we made it to Kunming and Lijiang. Cold, remote and ancient. We hired guides that could hardly speak English and explored dark, traditional tea houses in […]






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I’m too sexy

March 16, 2010

So, I’ve been home a little over a week now and it’s been lovely. There is nothing like the wonderful love of Mom and Dad to make any crazy person go sane (and from what I’m told, I’m a little more crazy and a little less sane). It’s nice to come back to home cooked […]






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Twitter, will you marry me?

March 15, 2010

Twitter. Is. The. Best. I remember reading articles when it first came out, about how pointless it is.  140 characters, posted in real-time.  Why?  What for?  How does that change anything?  Critics said it was a fad and people are still waiting to see how Twitter is going to make money.  I say to them, […]






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Life lessons from Cirque du Soleil’s Ovo

March 12, 2010

Last night I was treated to a showing of Cirque’s Ovo, courtesy of a great friend who thought of me when a certain company decided to be nice to its employees by buying-out the entire show. Guests were invited. Cirque is ridiculous. It’s the 2nd show I’ve seen (the other was ‘O’ in Vegas and […]






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