The 24 Hour Vacation

/ November 17, 2010

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s question: In Like Mandarin, the first line reads: “The winds of Washokey make people go crazy.” Tell us about a time you

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How Do You Find the Time?

/ November 16, 2010

More than once this year I’ve said, “There needs to be 4 more hours in the day.” I think it’s a valid statement. Lately there isn’t enough time to get everything done. The 9-5 job has priorities on top of priorities and even those shove out more priorities. When I’m not at work, I have to decide what to focus

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Pulling Out the Funny

/ November 15, 2010

If you stalk me on Twitter, you won’t be surprised to learn that work has kicked my ass and it’s only Monday. Fortunately for me, I have a very nice husband who likes to talk. That’s right, Lurkdom. Hubby’s at the controls today…. COMEDY INSPIRATION (HOW A NEWS ARTICLE BECOMES A JOKE WHICH BECOMES A BIT) I was asked to

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Best. Advice. Ever.

/ November 12, 2010

Everyone in The Lurkdom has received some form of advice over the years: boring, needless, obvious, or otherwise just stupid. Yours truly isn’t the exception. I’ve heard advice that I could have gone without knowing*. My favorite piece however, I received from an acquaintance in high school. Think about it. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve gotten? * Like

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“The Dead Have Spread!” or The Walking Dead Mania

Ag2218/ November 11, 2010

Zombie Thursdays is a weekly feature with guest blogger, Miranda. You can read more about her here. By now, hopefully it is no surprise that the premier of AMC’s new show, The Walking Dead, was NOT a flop. In fact, the first episode which aired on Halloween 2010 received the highest ratings for any show ever on AMC. Not only

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