by Whitney | Nov 1, 2006 | Uncategorized
There’s a new challeneg on the web- to write a novel or a book in 30 days, by writing blog posts daily. I thought I might try this, with parenting ideas, and see what gets generated during the month of November. I was at a brunch this weekend with some...
by Whitney | Oct 26, 2006 | Uncategorized
Sixteen years ago, I lived in Gainesville, FL. I was working in a small law firm as a legal secretary, and my boyfriend, now husband, was a medical student at the University of Florida. One morning, we woke up to hear two college students were found murdered in...
by Whitney | Oct 22, 2006 | Uncategorized
A long time ago now, when I was in college, I had the first experience of getting a bit over my head with credit card bills. After some embarrassment, I fixed the problem and have been credit concious every since. I pay bills on time. I don’t charge anything I...
by Whitney | Oct 2, 2006 | Uncategorized
I found the allegations of politicians being “wafflers” or”flip-floppers” interesting in the last election cycle. Apparently, if you change your mind about anything, at any time, you are being inconsistant, and that’ s supposed to be...
by Whitney | Sep 23, 2006 | Uncategorized
I’m sitting here on a Saturday afternoon, reading a book I heard about on a local NPR show called “the Long Tail” by Chris Anderson of Wired Magazine- and I was blown away by the ideas presented in the first chapter- so much so, I wrote a quick...
by Whitney | Sep 19, 2006 | Uncategorized
I have a big problem with our nation’s politics at the moment. We have leaders who are using language like “Islamic fundamentalism” and “Islamic Fascism” on one hand, but on the other, are imprisoning people for long periods of time...