From the monthly archives:

September 2010

Toast to a Cure: Virtual Event

September 29, 2010

Breast cancer affects us all. Everyone probably has more experience than they would like with this disease. We also know about the power of pink. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This year, you can participate in a virtual event to Toast to a Cure. On October 1st, at 8:00 EST/ 5:00 PST pm, […]

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Mark: Why Ruin it for the Rest of Us?

September 27, 2010

The Social Network is opening soon. I’m going to see this movie, but it kind of makes me mad that I’ll be going to see it. Facebook and all it’s drama seems to represent the end of the Gen Y spectrum that makes me shudder. Mark, you drive me crazy. There are a lot of […]

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Geeking Out for a Second

September 20, 2010

Several fun things happened this week, even though I think I was even more busy than I have been since arriving at Tech. I wanted to share some of these because we always need a reminder of the little things in life that make us happy. I hope you take a moment to think back […]

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When Social Media Isn’t Like Breathing

September 14, 2010

In the past few months, life has changed. I moved from Minneapolis to St. Louis, then to Blacksburg. I left my job and started an MBA program. I have a completely new kind of schedule. All of that brings me to this conclusion: I find that I’m just not online as often anymore. Contributing to […]

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Women Count

September 9, 2010

When I previously wrote “I want to make a dent on this world,” I truly believed that I have every opportunity to accomplish that. I just need to do my part. What I may not have said is that sometimes it gets a little hard to remember that kind of a goal when you get […]

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Being the Active Individual

September 6, 2010

Is it just me, or are we all suddenly a society of passive people? Maybe it’s not society as a whole, but somehow I manage to keep running into people who are disgruntled, yet do nothing about it. Is it because there’s some grand illusion out there that one person can’t make a difference? That’s […]

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Complements Attract

September 2, 2010

We know that adage: Opposites attract. Sadly, it doesn’t always work that way. I think it’s because our true opposite is really too different. Gaps might be filled, but that brings you back to neutral. You may not exactly grow, and change is probably more effort than it’s worth. When we think about opposites that […]

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