Why don’t women buy men jewelry? Or, more importantly, why I hate Christmas jewelry ads.
After seeing this commercial:
»Golda Meir weighs in on women in tech
Like kryptonite was for Superman, the metric system is my greatest weakness
So, Mr. B and I are going on a vacation. Sometime soon. Maybe we’re even on vacation as we speak. But maybe we’re at our house and if you try to rob it I’ll karate-kick you. Surprise!
»Reading nooks I have known and loved (but was too lazy to recreate in my own house)
It’s raining right now, but not a tropical rain.
»Where is the line between Laziness and Sloth? Because I think I’ve crossed it with two words: online groceries.
This post is kind of hipster because I talk about old-school radios and miss them, but I also love my iPad
When I was 12, I bought a shortwave radio that I could also tune to international channels.
»Friday Links
One of the cool things with working with a very international mix of coworkers is that I now have my finger not only on all the English viral videos and sometimes Russian and Hebrew viral videos, but I’M NOW UP ALL IN THE TAMINGLISH MARKET AS WELL.
»New York Times Story Idea Bingo 2011
](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/veekaybee/wlb/gh-pages/assets/images/2011/12/Screen-shot-2011-12-01-at-8.19.05-AM.png)The Internets has changed how we think about people.
I’ve always been under the assumption that I’m very leery of trusting the internet, because, everyone on the internet is a creep murderer and that I would never want to give up all my data to Zuck and the Gootch, but a couple of events recently have convinced me otherwise.
»A Very Russian Family Thanksgiving, complete with Russian movies.
Mr. B and I went to my parents’ for Thanksgiving. My parents recently got a free year of Russian channels on their cable account, which makes for some entertaining viewing.
»I’m getting an MBA. It won’t make me smarter. But it’s a smart move.
Serious businesslady pose.
“What does popravilas mean?” Bad things, little girl.
I know I’m doing something right when one of the search terms that leads people to my blog is “What does popravilas mean in Russian?” Well, Googler, I’m assuming you’re American and your mother-in-law said this to you. It means you’ve gained weight. But it literally kind of means you’ve straightened out. Sideways.
»Friday Links
Here they are:
»We are the 1% (.5% if you don’t count the roof)
So, I was looking back at old honeymoon videos from Miami (oh, what a godsend that I discovered digital photography right around then), and realized why I cannot relate to Occupy Wall Street at all. Zaaaaaaa.
»The Rise of the Schmuck
I started reading Confederacy of Dunces on the train this morning. It is so, so good and so, so funny. I am bummed I didn’t know about this book earlier.
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