‘General’ Archives
Trying to stay on budget, despite my family
My sister did me a favor. It cost me $51. A month ago I bought new furniture. It's pretty, durable, lovely furniture that qualifies as an investment. I opted to pay it off via a credit card instead of pulling the money out of my savings account. I did something similar last year and have nearly finished paying that off already. Basically, I [...]
the Tweets that can cost you your job
Ragan.com posted "5 reckless tweets that can get you fired" and it has a cautionary tale of what can happen when you don't think twice before updating your status. The most recent Twitter debacle comes to us from CNN’s former Senior Editor of Mideast Affairs, Octavia Nasr. CNN felt that her comments compromised her credibility as a reporter [...]
A family wedding — putting on my armor
There's nothing simple or straightforward about getting ready to go to a family event, especially if it's not just your family. It takes advanced planning. You have to be sure that you have the right dress, accessories, make-up, and gift. Everything is judged. I know because I'll spend the wedding judging others. I'm lucky I already had the [...]
A family wedding — family obligations
My brother-in-law's youngest sister got married recently. Unfortunately, I have to confess that I don't really like my brother-in-law's siblings. We don't get along. It probably has something to do with the fact that they're awful to my sister. Or maybe I just don't like them. For some strange reason, probably family obligation or something, I [...]
The reality of living in fear, in Texas
My cousin's wife is a teacher in the Valley and told me about the kids that are being relocated from Mexico to the US, in an effort to keep them safe. Families are sending their kids here to get them out of the crossfire. And some of them have ended up in Texas because their families have been victimized, they've lost family members, or there's [...]
8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do
I bookmarked this either late last year or early this year, and never got back to it. The post is actually called "8 Things Every Geek Needs to Do Before 2010," but it's a good list to visit any time. Edit your privacy settings and friendships. Change your passwords. Own your name. Prune your feeds. Find a better mobile. Update [...]
Tips to improve your resume
No matter how great your credentials, your resume is going to be discarded if it has typos. BNET posted "5 Smart Ways to Eliminate Typos on Your Resume" with a synopsis of a longer article, by The Washington Post. Here's the short version: Review your edit later. You can’t confidently correct a resume while you’re writing it, because [...]
How I blog
As many of you can probably already tell, I write my "diet update" posts throughout the day. It's one if the ways my iPhone comes in handy-- I can start a post, save as a draft, and update throughout the day. My personal posts have increased in frequency since I got this mobile device. And they've become less about work, and more about me. I [...]
This year will be different.
Happy New Year! Every year I make resolutions, promises to myself and others, that I'm going to improve my life, my habits, my tendencies and that this year will be different. Every year, I am committed that this year will be different. That this year I will absolutely positively see my resolutions through and make them reality. Every [...]
