This is not what I normally post to my blog, but I had so much fun doing this interview, I thought I'd share it here.  I learned a lot and walked away a little inspired, I must say.

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Neal Dempsey graduated from Clover Park in 1959 and has… Read full post »

I hate that friggin’ song by Adele.  I can flip through the 12 pre-set stations on my car radio at any given time of the day and find that stupid song playing on at least 6 of them.  Anyone who’s been through a break-up recently knows what I’m… Read full post »

It is a truth universally acknowledged that an entrepreneur in possession of a good idea must be in want of a publicist.

That notion is what led me to meet an acquaintance at the JP Morgan conference in San Francisco.  The acquaintance was writing a book for entrepreneurs… Read full post »

 When I was a little girl and my brother was leaving for college, I gave him one of those “Love Is…” cartoon statues.  It said, “Love is…never saying goodbye.”  I was devastated that he was leaving home, and I cried myself to sleep for a wee… Read full post »

The last words my mother said to me as she was being wheeled into surgery were:

1)      Don’t run up my utility bill. 

2)      Take the plate back to the lady next door, but be sure to wash it first

3)     … Read full post »

As the end of the year nears, it is certainly time for an update on my resolution progress.  I have not blogged in a long time, and there are good reasons for that.  So, before I give a full status report on the bucket and phuket lists, I… Read full post »

My birthday was a few weeks ago.  I’d like to say I turned 25…and I might actually say that after a few glasses of wine, but one look at me would give away the obvious falseness of such a statement.  Lately, I’ve noticed some disturbing changes.  There is a cr… Read full post »

Film director and actor Kevin Smith boarded a Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland to Burbank on Saturday night.  He was greeted by passengers calling out to him “Hey, Silent Bob!” (one of his more famous characters).  He took his middle seat, put his armrests down and was buc… Read full post »

My friend recently hosted a party to celebrate her birthday. She is a well-known writer. Therefore, I should have known to be on my best behavior.  Instead, I decided to use the party as an opportunity to check the ‘flirt with someone mercilessly’ goal off my Phuket list.  In or… Read full post »

Even in diversity-rich San Francisco, we have a long way to go to realize Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s dream.  The following incident actually happened to me yesterday – on the day we honor the extraordinary work and transformation created by Dr. King.

I stopped for gas on… Read full post »

I’m considering letting myself go.  I have bleached, plucked, waxed (in places where hot wax should never go), poisoned, plumped, burned, starved, purged, peeled, squeezed, yanked, sucked and limped on my tippy-toes in excruciatingly painful stilettos just to find some measure of beauty an… Read full post »

Thanks for all the great suggestions on how I can fulfill the bucket (or Phuket) list this year.  My long-suffering and ever-loving big brother was kind enough to write this in response to my ‘chron-realist’ goal:  “I would never trade you for a more punctual sister. … Read full post »

Every year, I make New Year’s resolutions with great enthusiasm and hope.  I’m an optimist.  Yesterday, I committed to the 2010 list.  Almost as soon as I’d set the pen down, I stumbled upon an article that haunted me all day: 

“Statistically speaking,… Read full post »