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Archives for March 2011

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Graph of Giggles

This cracks me up. I love how the blog This is Indexed makes me think about concepts in terms of Xs and Ys.

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Blogs I Follow

Lizzie had a good suggestion to list the blogs I follow so here they are. I’ve excluded personal blogs since they are password-protected, private, or shared to me via email. But please feel free to note your own personal blog…

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More NYC – Days 4 and 5

Our final days in NYC were a good mix of hip, touristy, and gluttony! Bloodies, cocktails, wine–all the happy fluids I am temporarily abstaining from. 22 more days! Not that anyone is counting. I picked out chocolates in Grand Central…

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On the Interweb

Wondering what all of you use to follow your favorite websites and blogs? My favorite is Bloglovin! I think it’s better than Google Reader. It’s got a pretty, clean interface. In fact, it looks a lot like my own! Once…

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Money Monday: Sex, Lies, and Balance Sheets

It’s Money Monday and today I want to talk about fiscal betrayal. It’s a known fact that men lie about their height, women lie about their weight, and people lie about their finances. We all do. I do! When a…

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Mark Your Calendars: March 31, 2012

Although the weather wasn’t cooperating, the Carneros Vineyard Run is the funnest race I’ve run. 1. It’s in wine country and not in the downtown area, but in the backroads winding through crops of grapes. 2. It’s small. I heard…

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Superhuman No More

For many years, I’ve extolled the concept of mind over matter. If you believe, it will happen. If you think, it will be. I’ve staked my running career on it. There isn’t a single race that I trained consistently for….

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Fashion Friday

Here’s a look at my walk-in closet. Sweaters, dresses, bangles, scarves. Stuffed with color–exactly the way I like it. The two paintings are from Shanghai. It’s too hard to see that the little girl has a knife in her hand…

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Diversity Whore

Adding on to my previous post, I encourage diversity and learning about different religions, geographies, and cultures. I think it’s debilitating to limit interactions to people who are similar. We all know people who only congregate in their own ethnic…

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The Atheist and the Catholic

Can you believe we’re already one-quarter into the year? Yikes! Soon enough, it will be time to get ready for Burning Man. As the Volunteer Coordinator for Burning Man’s ARTery group, I planned a social event last night at the…

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