Category: General Musings
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Frog Hunting – Episode 2
Note from the author: This is a follow-up to the post “Frog Hunting,” which you may want to read first. After six months of unsuccessful attempts to meet men online, I canceled my online dating account. Then, after eight months of unsuccessful attempts to meet men in person, I joined a new dating app.…
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Fear Factors
Oh, hey! Haven’t seen you in a while. How’ve you been? I purposely did not post for the month of March because I was out and about, running communication stuff for a large conference, and trying to do any extra writing would have likely resulted in spontaneous human combustion. Then, when I returned, I fully intended to…
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Size Me Up
A coworker reminded me this week that since we’re going to Florida, we will probably want to bring bathing suits. I’ll be there for an entire month, so realistically I will want more than one bathing suit. But I only have one good bathing suit. If you’re female, you already know where I’m going with…
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Good Enough
It seems that someone (who I suspect shares a large portion of my DNA) recently reminded my grandmother that I have a blog. I say “reminded” because she definitely knew at one point, but apparently she forgot and stopped reading. I know someone reminded her because she’s been in the hospital, and when I called her…
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Disordered Thinking
You see, I’d like to think I know myself pretty well. I majored in psychology, so I know how humans work, and I have a basic knowledge of mental health. I’ve taken many online personality tests, and I invest a lot of money to learn more about myself and then process what I learn.…
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I Serve at the Pleasure
I am a fan of dramatic criminal and political television. Castle, Chuck, The West Wing, NCIS, Blue Bloods, I’ve binged watched and since forgotten most of them. But my ongoing favorite, my consistent go-to, is Madam Secretary. It’s my jam. In case it’s not your jam, the titular Madam Secretary is one Elizabeth McCord,…