Small change of plans... 10 Nov 2012 | 11:38 pm

I'm quite fickle, it seems. I move to a new blog home, I decide to password-protect some posts but not others…and now I decided to make it a private blog. I sent out invitations to those who've email...

If you want to get in on the super-secret password list*... 6 Oct 2012 | 08:38 am

…on my new blog, leave me a comment here or on my new blog or email me at this address and put PASSWORD LIST in the subject line: crashcoursewidow at gmail [you should be able to figure out the rest ...

The new home... 24 Sep 2012 | 09:18 am

Thanks so much, everyone, for your suggestions about names! Why on earth is coming up with a blog name so darned hard?!? It's just one silly little URL...!! In the end, I did my best to stop overthin...

What's in a (new bloggy) name? 13 Sep 2012 | 11:37 pm

In the realm of random, quick things...anyone have good ideas for a new blog name/URL? Keep in mind I'm moving it to Wordpress, not staying with Blogger--nor do I want to pay for a custom URL. That's...

(Repost) We'll be moving to a new bloggy home soon 12 Sep 2012 | 01:50 am

I've been writing on this blog here for over four years now, and like many of my blogging widda friends who've recently moved to new online homes, I've been debating about revamping or moving my blog ...

I haven't slept much in about...ohhhh... 23 Aug 2012 | 02:30 am

...over a week? 10+ days? I can't even keep track. But... I had a phenomenal interview for a pretty-much-perfect job opening yesterday. It went great and I have a second interview next week sometim...

Today was a really, really... 16 Aug 2012 | 04:43 pm

…good day. A great day even. It's exactly what I needed--what I've needed for a while now. It wasn't anything unique or special or terribly out of the ordinary, but it can solidly be tallied under t...

There are no words for "this" 10 Aug 2012 | 08:52 am

Lately "inspirational" quotes like these (which have turned up in ghastly spades on Facebook in the last six months…gag) have been annoying me. Wouldn't it be nice to live in such a simplistic world?...

The summer doldrums 10 Aug 2012 | 06:34 am

Written Thursday, August 2, 2012, around 12 am The Doldrums: a place where "nothing ever happens and nothing ever changes." - The Phantom Tollbooth, chapter 2 Seven weeks in. Five weeks minus two ...

What summer looked like 8 years ago…. 17 Jul 2012 | 04:17 am