During a peacful, perhaps blissful, sleep this morning I was awakened by the rumbling that has everyone rumbling in St. Louis.  A 5.2 magnitude earthquake that started all the way over by the Illinois and …

Dwight Wannabe has been writing these amazing letters all week.  In his words, “I’m no meme-maker, but if you’d like, I heartily encourage you to join me by posting an open letter or two of your …

I have a new addiction, Twitter.  I didn’t use Twitter for a while because, well, I actually can’t remember why now.  But now I am finally on the Twitter wagon, lagging behind so much there might be wagon …

Exxon Mobil has broken yet another profit record while people across the nation are breaking their backs to pay for gasoline.  I am not an economist, but naming the skyrocketing prices of crude oil as …

This week I decided to do a little social research.  I know there are a bazillion studies out there in psychological academia that address this very subject in a very thorough and re-creatable way, but …

In the movie Pay it Forward, people across the nation were infected by acts of kindness.  I am not sure if everyone around me has made a resolution to be more nice and appreciative in 2008, or …

Yesterday, the Mitchell Report was released.  The report kicked some butts and named names (well, there were a couple of “Players X’s” in there - but it mostly named some names, almost 90 to be exact) …

I recently switched the insurance policies on my car and residence to a new carrier.  I went on a warm, sunny afternoon to sign my paperwork and happily hand over a check much smaller than payments gone …

SWAG: definition = Something We All Get.  I am addicted, as evidenced by my overflowing drawers of branded ink pens, stress balls, light up toys, and even luggage tags.  In the age of information overload, the …

In order to be a good writer, you must first be a good reader.  Inherent in being both is the ability to listen to people and honor their honest feedback.  Since my theme this week …

What do you want to be when you grow up?  This question can be quickly answered by a five year old, but they hear it all the time.  People my age?  We tend to believe …

Remember about two weeks ago when I had to pay for a very exensive repair on my GM vehicle?  Well, I updated my blog post to include a snippet about the Chrysler strike and guess …

The past few weeks I have been working on the personal statement for my law school applications.  Even though I love writing, it has been a difficult and, at times, emotional process.  I have been soliciting …

My sister’s labor was induced Thursday and is still in the process of having a baby girl.  This is the first baby in my family and I am learning that there thing that are better left unsaid, …

It has recently come to my attention that there are certain things that “nice” girls do not do.  There is smoking (guilty), drinking too much (double jeopardy – can’t convict), talking about politics (it’s a …