Yesterday I was on a conference call with a client and the marketing agency he’s working with. Before the client joined the call the dude from the agency was talking about how they checked me…
Date Archives October 2015
The Melancholy of Late October
Generally speaking the best times to be alive in Minnesota, a state where so much of your emotional life can be dependent on the weather, are June and October. I am sure there are some…
The Editorial Letter & Rising Mojo
The big email I had been waiting for since June slid into my inbox in the midst of an exhausting client meeting. I was at a quirky coffee shop in St. Paul repeatedly explaining why…
Things that Happened at the Grocery Store (Yes, Plural)
Since I don’t get out of Supergenius HQ much, being an angry hermit and all, going to the grocery store can be quite eventful. And since I took over cooking duties for Sunday Family Dinners…
It’s Wednesday & I’m Boring: The Life of a Sexy Freelancer Edition
8:00 a.m. The rarely-set alarm went off and I hit snooze. I had a call at 8:30 with a new potential client. However, that did nothing for my usual night-owl tendencies which are only exacerbated…
Online Dating Advice I Gave to FFJ at Lunch
FFJ and I meet for lunch a few times a month at Wok in the Park, my favorite Pad Thai joint of all the Pad Thai joints. We meet there so often that the beautiful…
And Then I Died While My Dad Narrated the Rebooting of My Mom’s Computer
Because I worked at a software company for about 300 years and I’m a nerd, I’m the reigning Queen of Tech Support for most of my family. My sisters are pretty good at figuring their…