yesterday my 10-year-old daughter, my husband and i went to just dance. just dance is a non-alcoholic dance event held three fridays a month at the russian community centre on 2114 west 4th in vancouver. what’s so cool about this event is that it is really just dance. it’s not only no booze and no… Continue reading just dance
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an 18-year-old talks about international women’s day
hello, i’m isabella’s personal assistant. i’m an eighteen-year-old who has very strong views on the treatment and consideration of people in general. when isabella asked me to write something about international women’s day i was very intrigued and excited to be featured. cat’s lab tells us that celebrated on 8 march, international women’s day (IWD)… Continue reading an 18-year-old talks about international women’s day
more on online conversations: twittering with robert scoble
robert sanzalone, who is, by the way, one amazing and knowledgeable guy, especially when it comes to blogging, got me into twittering the other day. what’s twitter? it’s a neat little live chat/blogging combination and relatively new, so there’s all kinds of interesting people still on there talking to everyone. i’m really intrigued by twitter… Continue reading more on online conversations: twittering with robert scoble
letting go of resentments
to resent something means literally to feel emotions again. and again and again. and again. believe it or not – there is something seductive about this repetitiveness. it can be done quite effortlessly, it’s familiar. nothing new needs to be learned, no new perspective needs to be considered.
granny countdown!
it was many, many years ago, just a bit after they invented the steam engine. march of 1980, to be precise. my 6-year-old son, my boyfriend and i were in a cab with maria gloria, an aging spanish actress who had worked under federico garcia llorca, going the 100 miles or so from santiago de… Continue reading granny countdown!
how to write a bad resume: a recipe
at a garden of nna mmoy (which i found through one the blogs on my blogroll, nickie’s nook), i came across monday missions – ideas on how to present blog postings for the next few mondays. the mission for today is to present the blog posting as a recipe. so here it is, something that… Continue reading how to write a bad resume: a recipe
how to use a book meme to choose a therapist
the other day i chanced upon an old post by my blogger friend dave– he had followed one of the many book memes that abound on the web. this one is fun – here are the instructions: 1. grab the nearest book. 2. open it to page 161. 3. find the fifth sentence. 4. post… Continue reading how to use a book meme to choose a therapist
antidepressants
when depression hits and doesn’t go away, sometimes it makes sense to take antidepressants. medline has a helpful little article about antidepressants, giving a very quick overview over how they work, what types of antidepressants are available, how to stop taking them, etc. i found this information to be the most useful: be patient when… Continue reading antidepressants
5 ways to better communication
barb crosses her arms and raises her voice, “you never take out the trash!” harry sighs and says, “i really should stop worrying about this.” raj keeps on playing his computer game and grunts, “sure!” what do these three have in common? barb, harry and raj find themselves in an uncomfortable situation, and they use… Continue reading 5 ways to better communication
carnival of eating disorders #3
welcome to the february 28, 2007 edition of carnival of eating disorders. this time around, the majority of our entries are about body image. i particularly like audrey hepburn’s beauty tips – a bit corny, perhaps, but true and beautiful nonetheless. topic: body image rt regales us with an interview with erin pavlina, wife of… Continue reading carnival of eating disorders #3