Archive for March 2015
COVER REVEAL: The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs
It’s already popped up on Amazon, IndieBound, Goodreads, and the usual bookish places, so let’s make it official. Here it is – the cover of my next novel. It hits bookstores on September 8, 2015. I hope you’re as thrilled with the cover as I am.
Read MoreI am so proud and excited about the world in which my children are growing up.
Curt Shilling is wrong about evolution, but his response to Internet trolls was commendable and enough to make this Yankees fan cheer.
As a New York Yankees fan – as well as someone who supports science and knows that evolution is real – I’ve never been a fan of Curt Shilling. But when Shilling took to Twitter last week to congratulate his daughter on her invitation to pitch for the Salve Regina University baseball team, Internet trolls…
Read MoreNine rules for making you more efficient with email and less of a jerk face
1. Email is often a means of informal communication. As such, you can dramatically decrease the amount of time spent with email with short, efficient replies like, ‘Thanks” and “Understood” and “Agreed.” Dispense with formalities whenever possible and increase efficiency. 2. Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) is often the tool of the passive aggressive coward. Before…
Read MoreMike Huckabee is a bigot still living in 1996
Jon Stewart, while interviewing Mike Huckabee, said the following: Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality. And the protections that we have for religion — we protect religion. And talk about a lifestyle choice —religion is absolutely a choice. Gay people don’t choose to be gay. At what age did you choose to…
Read MoreLess lecture. More learning.
In 2013, I did a TED Talk entitled “Speak Less. Expect More.” Unfortunately, the audio engineer failed me that day, and the recording was poor. Although my voice is discernible in the video, the audio is of such low quality that the talk never received any real attention despite initial excitement by the organizers to…
Read MoreThe McRib is super healthy and nothing like a yoga mat
I have to assume that the McRib will be coming to Connecticut shortly. I ate three McRibs during a two day trip to Indiana in the fall, and according to the McRib locator (yes, it’s a thing), there are confirmed sightings in Oklahoma and a possible sighting in Weymouth, Massachusetts. There is hope. As Andy…
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