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April 24, 2017 by Jen
Geronimo is a big, beautiful, waxy green spathiphyllum* who is 3.5 feet tall and at least that wide. After some …
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Category: Quirky Afternoon Thoughts, Spinach in the Teeth of Life, Work-from-Home
| Tags: anger, house plant, peace lily, spathiphyllum
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April 8, 2017 by Jen
Dear ten-year-old version of myself, Today I ate an entire yellow bell pepper for lunch because I’m an adult, and …
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Category: Me Being a Writer, Spinach in the Teeth of Life
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April 2, 2017 by Jen
There was a new bruise on my knee this morning, roughly the size and shape of the coin slot in …
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Category: Day-to-day Dancing, Running Rush
| Tags: conversation, dance party, dancing, Final Four, klutz, klutzy moments, movement, opinions, politics, spatial awareness, Ultimate Frisbee, UNC-Oregon, unintended injury
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February 26, 2017 by Jen
“It’s on the Internet, so it must be okay to use it.” Nooooooooooooooooo. As a long-time writer and blogger who …
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Category: Me Being a Writer, Spinach in the Teeth of Life, Working Life
| Tags: copyright, ethics, fair use, licensing, public domain, soapbox moment, trademark, user guidelines, USPTO
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February 10, 2017 by Jen
(It’s not quite the Von Trapps or Margery McKay, but it’ll do. #nerd) How do you solve a problem like …
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Category: If Life Had a Soundtrack, Parody Road, Positive Notes
| Tags: craft beer, demographic, Margery McKay, marketing, millennials, Peggy Wood, The Sound of Music, trends, Von Trapps
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February 4, 2017 by Jen
One day last week I was running late by the time I made it to the kitchen for my morning …
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Category: Making a Difference, The Debater in Me, Working Life
| Tags: 2017, Coffee, conversation, DeVos, metaphor, observations, politics, Presidential election, that's what she said
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January 2, 2017 by Jen
Sonnet #2016 If Shakespeare saw beyond the mask of death Sir Walter’s face stamped on this legal tryst, I think …
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Category: Literary Love, Making a Difference, Me Being a Writer, Parody Road, The Debater in Me
| Tags: 2016, 2017, Cooper, Democracy, General Assembly, GOP, HB-2, HB2, Macbeth, McCrory, NC, New Year, North Carolina, politics, Raleigh, Richard III, s4, Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh, sonnet, special session, WeAreNotThis
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July 12, 2016 by Jen
*Yes, I’m back. But only just. It’s 2016, and I’m eating Ramen noodles for dinner. Pokemon is all the rage …
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Category: Quirky Afternoon Thoughts, Spinach in the Teeth of Life
| Tags: art, augmented reality, Creation of Adam, fads, history, Michelangelo, millenials, Pogo Sticks, Pokemon, Pokemon Go
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October 6, 2015 by Jen
If your city, like mine, is hosting municipal elections this week, you might be paying absolutely no attention. Or, you …
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Category: The Debater in Me, Things Heard in Coffeeshops
| Tags: city council, elections 2015, mayor, municipal government, North Carolina, Raleigh, second grade, what does a mayor do?, what is the role of the city council?
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September 10, 2015 by Jen
I have tremendously talented friends. We’re talking fire-breathing, elephant-herding, shattering glass buildings in a single B talents, here. (Also, they …
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Category: Making a Difference, Media reviews, Positive Notes
| Tags: baby shower gifts, bees?, bluegrass, Brothers Vilgalys, Carolina Jubilee Festival, Cook Out, Durham, Etsy, folk music, handmade, homemade toys, Jabberwock, kickstarter, Krupnikas, Leah Shaw Music, Lewis Carroll, local, Meese, milkshakes, Moose, Murph & Moose, New York City, shameless plugs, The Way Station, Ultimate Frisbee
