November 10, 2010

fleeing from the fleeting freak-outs

Last year, I read an article about the nature of websites like Twitter and Facebook causing people to have scaled down, brief reactions to tragedy and violence and horror. Because of the quick flow of information, it explained, users were more likely to have a quick—soon to be replaced—response. People on Twitter, it claimed, [...]

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February 22, 2010

trying to take a deep breath

I am disoriented.

Over the weekend, in Houston, the words I read joined forces and piled together and turned into living, breathing women. Beautiful women. Women with voices and laughs and perfume and hugging arms and cold hands and deep breaths.

I’m kind of a big mouth on the Internet, where my voice is [...]

Posted In: Fretting, identity or lack thereof, Introspection, mom2summit, Remember when I used to blog about funny stuff?, singing the social media blues, writing | Leave a comment
February 12, 2010

What do you stand for?

Thanks to wonderful friends and my dad’s frequent flier miles and the opportunity to volunteer my time, I’ll be attending the Mom 2.0 Summit next weekend in Houston. I’ve never been to Houston! And I haven’t flown or traveled by myself since I was 16. (I flew to Ohio in 2005 but I don’t [...]

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