Quvenzhané vs Honey Boo Boo

I read an article this morning on Huffington Post about why is it okay to make fun of Honey Boo Boo but not Quvenzhané? Some would argue that The Onion shouldn’t have apologized because they equally make fun of Honey Boo Boo.

Viggle Lover to Viggle Hater

The way Viggle used to be courtesy of LostRemote.com

The joy of being an early adopter of some things is that you can watch it evolve and expand and you can say I remember when it first started. When Viggle first launched I was a huge word of mouth supporter and advocate. The concept makes sense to me. Why not get rewarded for something you are already doing, watching television. But the app has quickly gone from something that I loved and thought was innovative to something I dislike and think has lessened in terms of innovation.

My Twitter Rebranding

For years, a person I highly respect as a mentor, friend, and social media guru, Sree Sreenivasan has been prodding me to change my Twitter username. But I was so personally attached to my Twitter handle and more importantly the history behind the @username that I wouldn’t make the switch. I felt like that name was intertwined with my social persona, like Sasha Fierce to Beyonce. But just as Twitter updated their logo I had to rebrand myself on Twitter.

Why I Hate LinkedIn Endorsements

According to my LinkedIn profile the skill I am most endorsed for is blogging. The irony is that I have not blogged on my own personal blog since October of 2012. If my top area of expertise was blogging, NOT blogging for almost 5 months would be a career killer. So I decided, ironically, to do a blog about how the LinkedIn endorsement feature has mis-characterized my best skills.

Water is Perplexing

There are conflicting reports about how much water we should drink a day. Some say 8 glasses a day…others say 4…some even say 2, so who the heck is right? You are always told to drink more water but when you drink more water all it makes you do is urinate more.  If your body really needed that much water, wouldn’t we retain it? But then again, I am a woman and our bodies are designed to retain water. Yet when you try to lose weight you are also told to drink more water. If I drink more water, won’t I retain that water which means an increase not decrease in weight? And my biggest pet peeve about water is that is has no nutritional value yet it is essential for the body. But if it is so essential why can’t we live off of water alone? You still have to eat food to get the nutrients the body needs. I just want to know what is the happy balance. Someone, please, school me on the truth about water!

Outsourcing My Life

Several years ago I read The 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss. He is a huge advocate of outsourcing your life. What that means is taking the tasks you don’t want to do or have enough time to do and having someone else do them. A simple form of that would be hiring a housekeeper to come and clean your apartment. I liked the idea of outsourcing my life but couldn’t figure out what tasks I wanted to outsource. Finally, I gave Task Rabbit a try.

Too Scared to Not Hustle

Poppa K (my fairy godfather) sent me the movie “Too Big to Fail.” So I watched it while working on my side hustle. The movie was so confusing I watched it twice. I mean I was already confused when we were in the midst of the financial crisis. But watching the movie I learned a little, got some clarification on what really happened. But this movie actually scared me more because behind the scenes we were actually more screwed than we all thought or knew.