(Read and listen: “La Salle Fight Song”) While flipping through The Wish List, I found the author listed: “see my alma mater win the NCAA basketball championship.” Really, Babs? First “live without television,” and now this? Are you stalking me or something? OK, so my alma mater, La Salle University, didn’t win the NCAA b-ball … Continue reading »
Life Without Television
(Read and listen: Bruce Springsteen’s “57 Channels (And Nothin’ On)”) I’m always looking for inspiration to help me with my blog – writing prompts and such. After going to a library book sale, I ran across an author, Barbara Ann Kipfer. She has quite a few books that I thought were interesting and could help … Continue reading »
My Favorite Songs by the Beatles
(Read and listen: The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love”) I drive fairly often, and I quickly tire of the Top 40 radio fare and listening to my old CDs over and over again. So when I’m sick of everything else, I know during my morning commute that I can count on 102.9 WMGK’s “Breakfast … Continue reading »
Amanda Offline: Why I Reduced My Facebook Time
(Read and listen: Katy Perry’s “Firework”) Working for a custom communications company focused on health, I spend a decent amount of time reading health-related news stories, including those about mental and behavioral health. A coworker forwarded along this one about Facebook’s effects on self worth, and it made me stop and think. Facebook has been … Continue reading »
John Wilkes Booth and Why I’m a Horrible American
(Read and listen: Green Day’s “American Idiot”) A few weeks ago, I was at a friend’s birthday party. We were playing the hilarious game Cards Against Humanity – if you are unfamiliar, it’s exactly like Apples to Apples but way more inappropriate. Anyway, many of the cards feature the names of famous people. One of the … Continue reading »
I Should Be Embarrassed, But…
(Read and listen: Cher’s “If I Could Turn Back Time”) Did you ever think about what would happen if you died unexpectedly, and some poor soul would have to go through all of the stuff in your home? I didn’t, until I read Sloane Crosley’s I Was Told There’d Be Cake. In the first essay, … Continue reading »
BSB – My ‘Comfort Music’
(Read and listen: Backstreet Boys’ “As Long As You Love Me”) Most people have their comfort food – the nourishment they crave when times are tough. I certainly do. Whenever I have a bad day, I crave fast food – a burger and fries always makes everything better. But what about comfort music? Something you … Continue reading »
Why I’m Thankful For … Chinua Hawk
(Read and listen: Chinua Hawk’s version of “Sailing”) Over the weekend, I posted on Facebook (continuing my daily gratitude posts) that I was thankful for Chinua Hawk. During my junior year of college, my friend Colleen asked me to come with her to see Chinua sing at a little coffeehouse at La Salle called Backstage. … Continue reading »
Why I’m Thankful … I Read a Book About Columbine
This year, after being inspired by a Facebook friend, I decided to post on Facebook one thing that I’m thankful for every day. Chris suggested to me a few weeks ago when I started blogging again that I can expand on some of my “thankful fors” in my blog, and I thought it was a … Continue reading »
Dear Diary …
(Read and listen: Britney Spears’ “Dear Diary”) Note: Sorry for this cheesy piece o’ crap, but I totally had to include this one because it represents exactly what my middle and high school diaries sound like. As I mentioned in a previous post, I came across all of my old diaries when going through my childhood keepsakes. Now, … Continue reading »
