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Random Thoughts on Thursdays

Gabs — Sun, 13 May 2012 02:29:33 +0000

I’m introducing a new format for my vlogs (video blogs). I’m going to be sharing “random thoughts on Thursdays,” which is basically the same kind of vlog I’ve always done. However I am now going to adhere to a regular schedule and post a new vlog every other Thursday. Here is the fist of my [...]

A Forgotten Legacy

Gabs — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:51:32 +0000

A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, was the very first full-length non-children’s book I ever read as a child – I was 8 years old. The story drew me in from the introduction, and kept me enthralled until the last page. I was so happy that there was a series of sequels because [...]

Spreading the Wealth …

Gabs — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:08:58 +0000

As the class warfare struggles continue to come to a head in the US, I keep solidifying my stance of where I stand on the issues. One issue in particular that I am dead-set against is taxing the rich to feed the poor. This “spread the wealth” mentality is so laughable it isn’t even funny. [...]

Every day I am a travelin’ …

Gabs — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 18:56:12 +0000

Ok I’m *not* actually traveling “every day” but over the next few weeks it’s going to feel like I am! So I’m currently writing this while sitting in a vacation rental home in Sedona, Arizona. We’ve been here for about 2 weeks now, on a 6 week stay in the area (our bid to try [...]

Geek Girls Aren’t Creepy!

Gabs — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:52:11 +0000

As you may know from some of my past blog entries, I’ve been becoming really addicted to YouTube in the past 1-2 years. Not only am I enjoying watching YouTube, but I am also enjoying making my own vlogs and sharing my thoughts and ideas online as well. In the past few months I’d been [...]

Reflecting on 2011

Gabs — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:38:31 +0000

2011 was quite a year for me. I started out in a good position career-wise with my clients from 2010 having lots of projects for me early in the year. We also spent the early part of the year getting our upstairs bathroom remodeled, which almost turned out fantastic. The tile work we had done [...]

Don’t Hate Me for Being Successful

Gabs — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:51:53 +0000

I know not everyone had a good year in 2011. Unemployment was still high, the US ended up getting entangled in Libya, the Occupy movement went into full-force this Autumn, SOPA seemed imminent. That’s probably why whenever I have a really good year, and the rest of the world feels like it’s falling apart, I [...]

Evolution of a Relationship

Gabs — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:00:25 +0000

So this year Dave and my relationship passed the 5 year mark, which for me was a great milestone to achieve. My last multi-year relationship ended just shy of 5 years and it was very clear for well over a year before the break-up that it needed to end. This time around things are very [...]

Being 40-Something

Gabs — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:57:33 +0000

So yesterday I turned 40. That’s a fairly big milestone in a person’s life, considering our distant ancestors often didn’t live much past the age of 30 or so. If I was alive some 50,000 years ago I’d be considered a very old woman (and probably look the part), but in today’s modern age 40 [...]

Holiday Fever

Gabs — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:09:06 +0000

Now that the leaves have almost completely fallen from the trees, the weather has turned colder and we’ve had our first snow (or two), I have begun to get into the holiday spirit. I know many people barely tolerate the holidays as they can evoke painful or at least uncomfortable memories of stressful family gatherings. [...]