Keep On Rollin’…or…Don’t Let the Pond Stagnate

Last month I fired up this blog again with the intention of posting at least every couple of days. Alas, I continue to walk through this fog of transition in my life, wherein I have really no idea what my future holds job-wise, financially, or in other personal aspects. Usually, that would make [...]

Guest Post: “From The ‘Get This Knife Out Of My Back’ File: 8 Things Every Unemployed Person Should Know”

I have had a change of heart.  In yesterday’s post, I wrote, “being unemployed is not funny.”
That was, until Ron from Subtle Bluntness e-mailed me (under extreme fear and trepidation that I wasn’t going to see the humor) his own version — a parody, if you will — of my very heartfelt post.
Well, I [...]

From the “I Know You Mean Well” Department: 10 Things Not to Say to Your Unemployed Friends

It is April 6, 2009. I have now been unemployed since 12/31/08. Three months. 13 weeks.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March the unemployment rate rose to 8.5%. That’s 13.2 million people who are unemployed. This group has nearly doubled in size over the past 12 months.
The number of long-term unemployed [...]

It’s Not You, It’s Me…and…Week in Review

I must confess that I have had a severe case of writer’s block and motivational issues in the past week.   It isn’t that I have had nothing to say.  It isn’t that I haven’t wanted to reach out to you.
Quite the contrary, in fact.
I have a few things to say about the events of the [...]

Behind

No, this post is not about my voluptuous and shapely posterior…rather, I come to you humbly confessing that I am way far behind schedule on, well, life since my birthday.
I am behind on e-mail correspondence, interview questions, blog comments, and all other manner of online communication.
My reason for being behind is simple: life offline has [...]

Happy Now?

You got’cher flag pin…
The first official portrait of President Barack Obama released today…

Official Photo: Pete Souza

Credentialed Kid!

Damon did it!
Damon Weaver, the 10-year-old cub journalist from an elementary school in Florida, has scored his press credentials to cover the presidential inauguration as a roving correspondent.
The 5th grader has really made an impression as a great kid and talented reporter, even landing an interview with Vice President-Elect Joe Biden when he was in [...]

B.B. King and a Geeky Tai Tai

Yesterday, I was going about my day when I got this wonderful Tweet:
GeekyTai_Tai: I got to where I was gittin’ and had a wonderful time. Next stop, Nashville later today. @GingerSnaps heading your way. I’ll stop and stay on northside someplace.
Once Diana got to Nashville, she decided to stay in the downtown area. [...]

The Hope of a Better Day

Change has come to America.

And now…we are no longer the red states and blue states…we are the United States of America.
United we stand.  Divided we fall.
The election is over.  Let’s move on.  United.

Memo to Barack Obama

To: Barack Obama
From: GingerSnaps
Date: 10/29/08
RE: 70s Black Sitcoms

Weezie= The Jeffersons

Elizabeth = Sanford & Son

Love,
GingerSnaps

Our Opponents Are Not Our Enemies

I would really like to see more pictures like this…even though you can tell the smiles are just a bit forced.
John P. Avlon wrote a great post on Anderson Cooper’s blog that truly resonated with me…
At last night’s Al Smith Dinner in New York, John McCain and Barack Obama sat at the same table. Each [...]