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Best of Web: Airline Fail Edition

February 21, 2010

Usually this posts on Sundays, but I’m on vacation. Also, there is no usually. Deal. For some reason, my attention this week has been on the epic failure that is modern airline customer service. It’s been a crazy week for the friendly skies. On Spirit Air, an entire family was kicked off a plane because [...]

Tagged as: air canada, air safety, airline, airlines customer service, aviation, customer service, news, security screens, spirit air, travel, us airways, writing

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Link Round-up

February 20, 2010

Clearly it’s time to stop pretending these link round-ups are a weekly event. In my head they happen every Saturday, but here in reality it’s spottier than that. Nevertheless, here’s a good one. I’ve spent the past week riding the whirlwind that my angry rant about US Airways started. I’m more than a little embarrassed [...]

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Keeping a Journal

February 10, 2010

Yesterday I wrote about several steps to making a life change stick. Then in the shower this morning, I thought, “Oh! I need to write more about journaling vs. simple record-keeping.” And sure enough, the first comment on yesterday’s post was from the always thoughtful Rebecca Weger, saying, “The most important piece for me is [...]

Tagged as: experience, health, james pennebaker, job search, journaling, journals, life, life changes, life stuff, money, powerful, writing

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Well, hello there 2010

January 1, 2010

A lot of people have written extensively about how happy they are to bid good-bye to 2009. For me, it’s been a pretty good year. I’m not sorry to see it go, but only because I’m looking forward to carrying all that joy with me into 2010. 2009 was a year that saw the continuation [...]

Tagged as: family, holiday, money, new year's resolutions, relationships, sex, witchcraft, writing

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Cheer Me Up!

December 15, 2009

The weather is getting to me more than usual this year; I’m grumpy and tired a lot of the time. On top of that, my life has been shifting really fast. It’s all good stuff – I’m suddenly gainfully employed as a writer and getting a fair amount of attention for my blog, my health [...]

Tagged as: parenting, serena, writing

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Blog Business: guest posts, contact info and some ad changes

December 7, 2009

As of this month, this blog pays for itself. It doesn’t pay me, but I’m no longer digging into the household budget to cover the costs of running it. Thank you, gentle readers, for coming back here over and over to hear about my wild children and other adventures. Readers this week drew my attention [...]

Tagged as: blogs, writing

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Weekly Writing Round-Up

December 5, 2009

Here’s my weekly round-up. Another short list, but some good stuff. The bank story was clearly my big piece for the week, so I’ll start there. Starting this week, I’m going to include teasers with these so you can figure out what you’d like to read more easily. My Bank Stole My Grocery Money: A [...]

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Weekly Link Round-Up

November 28, 2009

Weekly writing round-up again. I’ve been mostly on “vacation” this week, so it’s pretty light fare. The helicopter parenting article is my personal fave, and got a thumbs-up from Ms. Free-Range Kids herself. Enjoy! Parents: Time to Land the Helicopters Man vs. Toddler North Pole Elves Fight Off Postal Grinches iPhone App Claims to Know [...]

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Adding Disqus comments

November 2, 2009

A few of you probably noticed this over the weekend: ChildWild has a new comment system. I’ve enabled Disqus comments on my blog, in the hopes of making things more conversational. The main reason I chose it was so that readers can login and be notified when people respond to their comments. I’m hoping this [...]