Movie Review: Death Note (from the manga!)
I have a friend named Rob. Rob is an anime junkie – from Ah! My Goddess to When They Cry, he brings them over, I ooh and aah over them and we’re all happy.
The first time Rob brought over a manga (the name for a Japanese graphic novel) called DeathNote he said, "This is [...]
Why does anyone still use flash?
Flash is a bad idea for any website – it’s bad for SEO, it’s not seen as classy, and it certainly isn’t simple.
Please, if you are using flash … just stop. It’s lowering the value of your brand.
Same with pixilated, bad quality images. Look at your site. If your pictures look grainy or [...]
Frontier(s) is going to be Truly Harrowing (because I’m a horror movie buff!!)
I love horror movies. Mostly because they usually have happy endings (yes I know that’s twisted, I’m sure your movie watching habits are sooo much better…pshaw!)
Frontier(s) was released May 9th (coming out on DVD May 13th, so you don’t have to wait a whole year to see it in your living room, clutching the thigh [...]
I’ve been focusing on writing lately
Writing has always been something that comes easily to me. I’m also not too shabby at expressing myself in text through blogging, article writing, and other fun assignments.
Being a freelance writer is giving me the freedom to take care of the toddlers without having to worry about conference calls, client appointments, being in a certain [...]
BlogHer ‘08
For all you bloggers out there, BlogHer is going to be in San Francisco in July.
I’m really looking forward to learning more about professional blogging and seeing how that will fit into the freelance writing I’ve started doing since the book.
There are so many things to think about when you’re going somewhere out [...]
In My Dream Kitchen
I’ve been looking at my eensy-weensy kitchen lately and wondering what I can do to spruce it up.
Other than my office, I spend most of my time in the kitchen (you didn’t know I was the homemade biscuits type, didja?) I’d like it to be more of a refuge and less the way it [...]
You Can Only Do So Much
One of the things I heard about the FOVA seminar was a talk on passive income streams.
It breaks my heart that when new people decide to become Virtual Assistants (for reasons ranging from mesothelioma to pregnancy) there is this dirty little secret they find out after the lovely new-business shine has worn off. That [...]
Office Supplies for Mother’s Day
One of the things I would love for Mother’s Day is a new printer.
I know that Randy has been looking at printers online, because he’s not as much of a private investigator secret-squirrel as he would like to think, and he’s picked out some contenders.
From post-it notes to pens to everything that makes [...]
For the Little Ones
Summer is coming and I’ve been looking at swing sets for the kids.
Winter has been hard on all of us, and man, I don’t know about you and your family but we’re sick of being cooped up in the house. Sure I could take them out back all bundled up, and I did, but [...]
Conventions – The Aftermath
I’ve heard some fascinating stories from VAs about the FOVA conference that happened over the weekend.
So many people meeting so many other people and everyone together and learning and networking. Other than a friend of mine wondering if she needed to check her life insurance rates due to a mild fear of flying, everything [...]
Jennifer was a
Virtual Assistant for over four years. Now? She has been interviewed by the LA Times, ABC News and worked on campaigns for Frito Lay, Hanes, Walmart, and At-A-Glance to name a few. She's been paying her mortgage and bills from home for almost seven years now.
