I'm over here now: whitneyarlene.com.

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Having just integrated Google Calendar into our office, I am seeking out other ways to streamline/Google-fy my life. I was hoping there would be a Budget template in Google Documents so I could easily manage my finances but no, not yet.

Then I got creeped out by the idea of a Google Budget program because why would I put all that info online and to ( Read more... )

This year, for some reason, I was overcome with the urge to make cupcakes for Valentine's Day. I'd never made them before--crazy, right?--nor do I really care for sweets (bring on the salt) but there I was on February 13th making cupcake after cupcake with my NEON food coloring. Each time I would make a new color of batter or frosting, I'd run into ( Read more... )

Whoa, friends. Just discovered OLDSCHOOLERS which I (obviously) find awesome and crazy. And hey, browncouch they looking for you!

My little brother turned 17 on Sunday and I took him to Toronto yesterday to celebrate. We walked for miles and miles, and today I felt energized enough to forgo coffee. Imagine that ( Read more... )

Here I am, happy. A pot of soup on the stove, its broth bubbling and vegetables becoming more tender with every minute I dawdle over the laundry, the bookshelves, these words. Somehow in the past few weeks I've begun to feel more like myself than I have in months, maybe even a year.

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1. The candidates recognized as candidates for change and progressivism came in the top two spots.
2. Young people and new/unlikely voters brought in the votes.
3. The Clintons as representatives of the “establishment” have reason to be scared.
4. Maybe, just maybe, this will generate a new interest and confidence in government.

Kim gets plugged at Feministing.