Thinking Out LoudThinking Out LoudA personal blog about life, humor, parenting, finances, friends, the news. Articles
Mr. Mom
2007-11-24 18:58:00 In the December 2007 issue of Essence Magazine, I came across an article I thought would be interesting to blog about, Stay at Home Dads (SAHD). The only SAHD that I know are called unemployed and they are there, temporarily, by default. There are, however, a growing number of men who voluntarily opt-out of corporate America ... More About: Family
Buy Nothing Day
2007-11-23 06:37:00 Today I just found out that I?m a supporter of a movement that protests spending on November 23rd, otherwise known as Black Friday. Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, when retailers open up their doors to consumers, as early as midnight, hoping to capitalize on holiday spending, or overspending, by offering deep discounts. Of ... More About: Holidays , Environment , Money
How Long Can You Go Without It?
2007-11-21 23:45:00 The World Wide Web. Korea has a Boot Camp Cure for Web Obsession? Read the story here. Are you kidding me? I’m not sure how long I can go without getting logging on to the www. I tried it for a day and it was torture. All I did was ... More About: Long
Enough About Me
2007-11-21 21:00:00 Thinking Out Loud wants to know about you. Describe yourself in one word. If you have a blog, please leave a link. I will add my favorite one word description to my blog roll. Thanks! Have a nice day! Bookmark this post:
Are You Living In Denial Too?
2007-11-21 13:00:00 I’m sure you have heard the saying: Denial * is not only a river in Egypt. Well according to a New York Times article, not only is denial a river in Egypt, but it’s universal. Apparently Denial Makes the World Go Round and people everywhere are in denial about something, except for my friend, Erica. I ... More About: Living
The Marriage Gap
2007-11-20 12:12:00 Last week I was in the hair salon for an emergency C-Section (hair cut) and while I was waiting on my stylist, I picked up a copy of the NY Post and saw this very interesting article by Christine B. Whelan, which can be read here. In part it stated: “Major news outlets are once again ... More About: Marriage , Relationships
Money Monday Tip # 2
2007-11-19 22:14:00 Emergency Fund. What emergency fund? In a previous post, I briefly wrote about how I am not a fan of credit cards because I feel it encourages debt and I hate debt. One day I shredded all 16 of my credit cards, only one had a balance because of an invention that never came ... More About: Money , Monday
I Can?t Afford to Be A Woman Anymore
2007-11-18 14:45:00 I am almost afraid to do the math, but I know I cost a lot of money to maintain and I just can’t afford me anymore. Woman have to look good, smell good and dress nice. This cost money, who is going to help pay for this? I’m sure someone (besides you or me) is ... More About: Rants , A Woman
Monopoly
2007-11-17 06:01:00 Monopoly teamed up with Visa and decided that instead of using “cash”, it would issue Visa debit cards instead. Brilliant right? Wrong! Here?s why I don?t like it. We live in a cashless society and when we use a debit or credit card, the fact that we just spent money doesn’t register in our brain. ... More About: Money , Monopoly
Is Experience the Best Teacher?
2007-11-16 13:00:00 One could say yes, others would argue no. My thought is, does the experience always benefit me? Does the experience better my life or does it just make me more experienced at making better or different choices? Experience is nice, but some times being educated on a subject is a better choice. Do ... More About: Teacher , Erie
Calling All Bloggers!
2007-11-14 16:15:00 If you are a blogger, chances are you are a person of great stamina, creativity, spontaneity, always looking for new angles to freshly display your repertoire. You take great pleasure in doing it everyday. Then there may be times when you are lackadaisical, predictable and you find yourself simply going through the motions just because….. So I ... More About: Motivation , Bloggers , Calling
Uncontrolled Desires
2007-11-13 12:15:00 I?m taking a mental health day and I?ll be back tomorrow, maybe. I will, however, leave you with my thoughts and feelings for the moment. I don?t know if I love this scripture because it reads so poetic or because it?s true. For what I am working out I do not know. For what I wish, ...
If You Were An Acronym
2007-11-12 21:09:00 If you were an acronym, who would you be or which one best describes you? I would almost swear, if I swore, that I am S.A.D. or Seasonal Affective Disorder. Wikipedia says: Seasonal affective disorder, also known as winter depression, is an affective, or mood, disorder. Most SAD sufferers experience normal mental health throughout most of ... More About: Humor , Were , Acro
Budgeting Tip #1
2007-11-12 12:18:00 I’m a frequent reader of an anonymous 30 something blogger, who blogs about her finances and in one of her posts she said she spends 800$ a month on groceries, which another reader questioned. I thought that was way too much for a single person living in New York City, I live in ... More About: Money , Budgeting
What?s the Big Rush?
2007-11-11 13:00:00 I love to drive, but don’t tell my mom or she will have me chauffeuring her around from store to store. One thing I have noticed when on the road is that everyone always seems to be in a rush. People are zipping in and out of lanes, cutting people off, making a ... More About: Rants , Cars , Rush
The Question Behind the Question
2007-11-10 22:37:00 Okay this post is for the whiners, the cry babies, the complainers and for all the people out there who are always pointing the finger at others, you know who you are, this book is for you! This is a free plug for the book QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in Work ... More About: Motivation
I.E. vs. Firefox
2007-11-09 21:07:00 Have you made the switch? I find myself using Firefox ’s browser more and more these days. In fact, I don’t even open IE unless, out of habit, I click on it by mistake or it automatically opens because I haven’t selected Firefox as my default. Something weird. I remember when Firefox was new and ... More About: Computer
Blog Makeover
2007-11-09 04:03:00 If you are a regular visitor to my blog, I’m sure you couldn’t help but notice the new look. I wanted something less distracting, easy to read and clean. My previous design was not overly busy, but I think sometimes we bloggers get widget and advertisement happy and try to pile too many “gadgets” on ... More About: Blog , Makeover
I Hate TV!
2007-11-08 03:48:00 Okay I don’t hate TV, but I can do without it. What I don’t understand is when do people have time to sit down and watch TV? I guess when I’m sitting at my computer surfing the Internet? Personally, I watch two shows a week, The Suze Orman Show and Desperate Housewives. Oh I try ... More About: Television , Hate
My Top Ten List
2007-11-06 22:56:00 Since the paid writers are on strike, I thought I would fill in and do my own top 10 list of jokes. Of course if any stand up comedian uses my material I also expect royalty fees. How to Tell You?re Getting Old You drive with the radio turned off because you enjoy the silence You read ... More About: Humor , List , Top Ten List
Come Again
2007-11-03 04:25:00 I went to K-Mart today at lunch time to get a few items and when I walked in the door, it was like I had just landed on Mars. I have never been to Mars so I am okay with not knowing my way around. I have, however, been to this K-Mart before, ...
Nets Win in OT!
2007-11-01 03:00:00 Talk about waiting to exhale. One thing I do love about October is that basketball season starts and I get to manage my fantasy basketball teams. One year I managed 16 or 18 teams and decided that I was crazy and could not do that any more, so I limit myself to four ... More About: Sports
Why I Hate Halloween
2007-10-31 06:00:00 There are so many reasons why I don’t like this holiday. Here’s a list: Most of the movies shown in October are horror movies. I’m scared. The holiday can have a demonic or magical overtone. This freightens me. It’s a commercial based holiday just to get your money. I’m already broke. I read the origin of Halloween . ... More About: Holidays , Hate , Allo
Maintain the Fish Tanks In Your Life
2007-10-31 04:58:00 To me, my fish tank is a thing of beauty, sometimes I stand there just mesmerized by its comeliness. I even invite people over just to look at it, other fish enthusiasts, of course. Initially, setting up an aquarium is a lot of hard work, especially if you have a large tank. ... More About: Family , Life , Pets , Fish
What A Pain!
2007-10-29 15:32:00 I haven?t been away from my computer, just unable to blog because of a headache turned migraine. I have been writing though, in my head, and I will be back to Thinking Out Loud real soon. This past weekend, I did update the look on my personal website, keeping it clean and simple. Why not ... More About: Health , Pain
What?s Cooking?
2007-10-25 21:44:00 Here?s a recipe my 8 year-old brought home from her cooking class yesterday along with her specimen. To my surprise, the sandwich was very good and she was overjoyed that I ate it. Just passing it along if you wan to give it a try. It looks healthy: Salad Pockets ... More About: Cooking , Food , Recipe , Cookin
A Financial Ménage à Trois
2007-10-25 02:40:00 Let me first start off by saying I already know what I’m going to do with the money. Many people may not agree with my decision, some may judge me, others may call me names and I just want to say, I don’t care. I don’t feel a bit of remorse, an ounce of guilt ... More About: Money , Financial
I?m feeling a bit Ellen-ish* this morning
2007-10-22 13:27:00 Sigh. You know what? I’m a little upset this morning. I wonder if I can call my job and cancel them for two days. I understand how Ellen felt and now that she has given me the visual, I know how to work it. I’ll just go to work, sit ... More About: Morning , Talk Show , Feeling
Share and Share-alike
More articles from this author:2007-10-21 12:45:00 Wikipedia defines Share -alike as a descriptive term used in the Creative Commons project for copyright licenses which include certain copyleft provisions. You are allowed to copy, recast, transform, adapt, perform, record or translate a share-alike copyrighted work, however doing so creates a “derived work” on which share-alike copyright restrictions are automatically imposed. Don’t leave, I have ... More About: Ideas , Humor , Organization 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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