Feeling Geeky
I enjoy taking tests. I have no idea why. Perhaps it is because tests were the one area I excelled at as a child. I just don’t know. I love the silly ones I find on on other blogs like …
Spreading Joy
I have come across a number of websites and blogs dedicated to increasing joy and happiness. If you know of others that I have missed, please let me know and I will add them. Some of these have a self-improvement …
Blog Widgets
I recently subscribed to MyBlogLog and it is rapidly becoming one of my favorite community building tools. Late at night I like to traipse through the Internet clicking on faces I see that interest me, drifting to new places, finding …
Why I do what I do
A few days ago Stacey posted a link to a blog with the following comment, "I have NOTHING to complain about and EVERYTHING to be thankful for." Curious as always, I clicked the link she provided. It is a blog …
Breakfast of Champions
Last week I attended the annual Breakfast of Champions event held by the Mile High Down Syndrome Association in conjunction with the Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. The goal of this event is to raise money and awareness for people with Down …
Happy Mother’s Day
It’s so easy to look back and wish that my mother had been a different sort of mother or that I had been a different sort of daughter. I think it is safe to say that we did not and …
potpourri
Late at night when I am too exhausted to sleep I browse vacations on-line. I need one. My husband learned this week that he passed the Colorado Bar exam. Ho! Ho! Ho! He finished up law school in December and …
Would you Pass 8th Grade Science?
I found this fun quiz here. When I first saw it I was a bit worried as many of the topics I literally have not seen since grade school. It was with great relief I passed and did not embarrass …
Constructive Criticism
I recently had an Insights discovery profile done. I’m a “reforming observer”. This analysis is similar but not identical to having a Myers-Briggs type indicator assessment done. With Myers-Briggs I always come up as an INTJ. The Insights profile does …
Ben’s Book
I started reading Ben’s blog in the summer of 2004 during my second semester of business school. Brad Feld had spoken at one of my classes and mentioned his own blog. In one of Brad’s posts, he mentioned Ben. I’ve …