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My husband, the spaceman

My Gunny was selected to attend the NASA tweetup at the Juno launch! He's at NASA as I type this. Follow him on Twitter @reighvin for NASA goodness!

This is why you suck

16 Jun 201116 Jun 2011

[Begin hateful, bitchy, but sincere post] These topics are not interesting for the people who interact and/or follow you in the social media universe. And I'm doubly certain they are…

10 Things I Hate About E3

6 Jun 20116 Jun 2011

I don't have to go anymore, and I'm relieved. Here are the top ten reasons why: The pre-E3 madness. When I was at Xbox, nothing and I mean NOTHING got…

Freedom, part one

I am free. Free from billable hours, scrutinization of my personal social networking activities, commuting, and parking fees. Free from feeling like shit when I leave the office at 5pm…

He’s Home! Thank you so much!

I'm thrilled to report that my Gunny is home safely from his long long LONG deployment. I also want to express my sincere thanks for all the love and support…

Facebook Funnehz (or how to make your kids blush)

This amused me. It may also amuse you. Or not.

A Slice of Heaven in Seattle—Mother’s Day Giveaway!

If you follow me on Twitter--and if you don’t good lord what are you doing with your free time?! –you know that I am a fan of Gene Juarez salons…

Friday Fun with Britney and the USMC

A Marine (Andrew Tarin) on deployment with my husband has been making funny music videos for the past 8 months. The first was "Party in the USA" which unfortunately has…

Deployment Downer – or Trixie pulls her head out

In October I wrote a piece for Playground Dad about how I was gonna rock my husband's deployment and prevail over the sads with my nifty smartphone and email. Technology FTW! Ahhhh…

Review: The Devotion of Suspect X

The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino My rating: 4 of 5 stars I got an Advanced Reader copy from the good folks at GoodReads (and then felt really…