Monthly Archives: July 2009

Being Transparent in an Opaque World

Tweet I just came from seeing my parents and my Uncle and Cousin who were visiting for the weekend.   I showed them my blog and we started discussing Social Media and why I would want to “tell the whole world all my business”.  My father doesn’t understand why I want to “wear my heart on…

Top 10 Reasons I Won't Follow You on #Twitter

Tweet There are many reasons why I choose to follow people on Twitter.  And there are many more reasons why I won’t.  I used to auto-follow anyone who followed me, and quickly decided to start being more picky, when my stream was filled with tweets from people that commit the following no-nos: 1. You have…

The Best Wedding Entrance EVER

Tweet I found this on Perez Hilton’s page.  It is the wedding entrance of Minnesota couple Jill Peterson and Kevin Hines.  They obviously have quite the sense of humor and I LOVE IT.  Especially the sunglasses. This is totally something that Harry and I would have done at our wedding.  I hope that my future…

Two fabulous nights at Jones Beach with DMB

Tweet Night One: Tuesday, 7/21/09 It rained all day and I was starting to get nervous that I would see DMB for the second time in 2 months in the pouring rain.  I drove in with my friend, Louise (@LovelyLu) and her son.  Despite the rain, the tailgating was in full swing when we arrived. …

Dave Matthews Band at Jones Beach….the Countdown Begins!

Tweet We are T minus 20 hours till two nights of DMB at Jones Beach.  Although the forecast says rain both days, I am still very excited.  A little rain is not going to stop me from seeing my favorite band at my favorite concert venue.  I slept out in the rain on the streets…

Poetry from the 11th grade

Tweet I recently found a folder with a bunch of poems that I wrote while I was taking a Writing: Fiction and Poetry class at Ward Melville High School.  I was in 11th grade, 14 years ago.  My teacher was Mr. Biggers.  Here are 3 for your reading enjoyment. Here is the first one.  The…

Long time, no blog.

Tweet I just realized that my last post on here was in JUNE.  I blame Twitter for my absence of blogs.  I’m always posting little tidbits on there and don’t have anything to write a whole post about.  I also need to finish the “about” page on here.  I find it very difficult to write…

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