Gentle blog readers, it is time for me to bid you farewell. My husband, wunderkind, and I will be moving to Washington, D.C. in the new year.  This move will bring us closer to family & friends and a new WOMM post for me beginning in January.  As a fitting end to an exciting […]

Yesterday, I returned from spending my Christmas in Denver with my lovely parents, darling little brother, and assorted aunts, uncles and cousins. So I’m sure you can guess what this post is going to be about.
That’s right! How much I hate the airlines.  Caution: This one’s a doozy.
Okay, on my way to Denver, […]

Size: 50 gallons
Complexion: Charred America white oak
Personality: Well-rounded with a distinct character
Just in time for Christmas I received a package from Maker’s Mark announcing the arrival of my own Maker’s Mark Barrel. My barrel number is 793606 imprinted on a fancy Barrel Birth Certificate. That’s cool enough but I also received directions to see my […]

Yesterday, in between gift opening and the family meal, we enjoyed one of TBS’ 12 consecutive showings of the holiday classic “A Christmas Story”. It was the first time in at least 10 years that I had watched the full movie and I saw very different things through my 2007 eyes. For example, […]

Some things are bigger than all of us.
We wish everyone all that mushy holiday stuff. Just be safe. And love on those that love you.  (Maybe even love on those that don’t love you.)

Before the Brains on Fire blog goes silent for four or five days, I wanted to point out a couple of things that have been bugging me. I know, I know it’s hard to believe that I want to rant about some things, but I’ll give it a try:
1) Ketchum and the USC Annenberg Strategic […]

The above was overheard in the Brains on Firesphere, by the oft quoted Greg Cordell.
Once you know Greg, you soon learn to follow him around with a pen and pad of paper. And this is a gem that he uttered yesterday in a meeting.
“Our lives are the medium now.”
Think about it. Our daily lives are […]

Okay, the other day on the Today Show I heard about lemonade.com. And being an entrepreneur at heart, I went there and set up a stand of my own. I’d love to hear what you think about this new tool to recommend products you love and make money doing it. (I am trying not to […]

I love this time of year. It’s the time of year when parking lots are a little bit fuller, elbows are a little bit sharper, check-out lines are a little bit longer… and everyone and their mother comes up with a Best of 2007/Worst of 2007 list. Whether it’s the top media errors, […]

My friend Anne blogged today about something marvelous she heard on NPR… Poverty.com (”A practical approach to world poverty and saving human lives”) has created a sister site called Freerice.com.
Freerice.com is awesome.
According to the website, Free Rice has 2 goals: 1) Provide English vocabulary to everyone for free 2) Help end world hunger by providing […]