When I first attempted NaBloPoMo – I mentioned that our kitchen had been undergoing a renovation. And… it’s finished! While most of the work had been done when I took the picture below, we were waiting on the electrician to come up and finish a few things. So this is our kitchen. They ripped out…
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Tumblr: Goodbye Replies and Hello Messaging.
I have long been a fan of Tumblr. While it’s hard to describe, it’s a very visual way of communicating. And it’s fun, most of the time. Now that Tumblr has been acquired by Yahoo, they’ve slowly been migrating towards a more homogenous social media experience. Which means what? It’s acting a lot more like…
NaBloPoMo #5 – WE HAVE A KITCHEN!
In post #1 this month, I talked about the kitchen renovation, and how stressful it’s been. And this week was probably some of the craziest, just because of the number of people working on the house at a time. Yesterday, the cabinet guy came to make some adjustments and put on the last bit of…
NaBloPoMo #4 – Whitney’s Guide to Introducing Kids to Conventions
This has been our first year taking the Kidlets to comic cons, and I think we’ve learned a lot. And I thought I’d share our tips to introducing kids to comic conventions. Take your kids for only one of the days. Sundays are best, because they tend to be the least crowded- and I know…
NaBloPoMo #3 – The Model who ‘quit’ social media
So for the most part, I’m posting these a day late because I write them late at night, so I publish and backdate them the next day. This blog, however, is an exception. I’m sure you’ve probably heard about Essena O’Neil the Australian model who quit social media, and posted a video saying that everyone…
NaBloPoMo #1 – Living in Chaos
This is going to have to be quick, because it’s going up so late. I’m attempting NaNoBloPoMo – the blogging equivalent of National Novel Writing Month. Only it’s writing a blog post a day. I’m not sure why I’m doing it. Things are plenty stressful here at the moment. We’re under going a kitchen renovation….
Review: Hen & Chick
Disclaimer: I was provided a copy of Hen & Chick, Episodes 1-5 to review, but all thoughts are my own. Hen & Chick, by Tristan J Tarwater, is a sword & sorcery serial about a daughter and her mother. Azria is 16 and a mage in training who quickly finds herself the mage aboard The…
Happy #BiVisibilityDay
<img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://www.whitneydrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bisexual-visibility-day-300×300.png" alt="bisexual visibility day" width="300" height="300" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-7126" srcset="https://www.whitneydrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bisexual-visibility-day-300×300.png 300w, https://www.whitneydrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bisexual-visibility-day-150×150.png 150w, https://www.whitneydrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bisexual-visibility-day-1024×1024.png 1024w, https://www.whitneydrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bisexual-visibility-day.png 1333w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt="" data-jpibfi-post-url="https://www.whitneydrake.com/2015/09/23/happy-bivisibilityday/" data-jpibfi-post-title="Happy #BiVisibilityDay” data-jpibfi-src=”https://www.whitneydrake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bisexual-visibility-day-300×300.png” >I know, I’ve crossed into hashtagging post titles. I’ve gone to the Dark Side. (Or maybe I’m already there. Huh) Today is Bi Visibility Day, a…
Blocked someone on Twitter? Maybe Not Completely.
So I was browsing my Twitter feed when I started to see a friend of mine tweet at someone I’ve blocked. (Yes, you can probably guess who it was that I’ve blocked on Twitter) We have a lot of mutual friends on social media, but I haven’t seen ANYTHING in a year. So I’m assuming…
Patriot Day.
Sitting down on the curb yesterday, Oldest Kidlet (now a fourth grader) looked over at me. “Tomorrow’s Patriot Day, Mom. I need to wear red, white or blue.” He paused. “Because it’s 9/11,” he explained, though he knew I knew. He wasn’t around when it happened. But he knows. Probably more than most kids his…