With the new year upon us, it’s a great time for bloggers to think about what lies ahead. And given that my day job involves giving this advice to people, I thought I’d share my personal top 5 recommendations for your very own 2021 blogging resolutions. SSL Certificates Do you have an SSL certificate? If…
Black Lives Matter
It seems strange, that I haven’t written here. I’ve been so busy on Twitter amplifying Black activists. (So I’m not silent. Just elsewhere) There isn’t much that I can say that others haven’t. Our country is deeply rooted in systemic racism. The structures of power, law enforcements, finance worlds, city planning – all work together…
Working from Home Tips and Tricks
View this post on Instagram Sharing some of the things I’ve picked up along the way. One of the things I didn’t mention is that I was struggling this week. And that’s why I curled my hair today. A post shared by Whitney Drake (@whitneydrake) on Mar 20, 2020 at 4:20pm PDT I do have…
Kindness in the age of COVID-19
So much has been said about COVID-19. People focusing on the greedy people who stockpiled toilet paper – or people even worse, like the guy who drove through several states to buy up all available hand sanitizer. So that he could sell it on Amazon with a markup. This week was rough, my friends. Not…
Goodbye Zorro
Friday night, we said Goodbye to Zorro. For those who didn’t know – Zorro was our nearly 20 year old cat. That’s right. He was just a few months shy of 20.
Team USA Responds, Missing the Point
After the 1980 US Hockey Team was criticized for appearing at the Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas, the team doubled down with their explanation that they were standing there for America. Blah Blah Blah. People were still livid, and now they’ve given more interviews to try to fix the situation. This still misses what…
Do You Believe in Miracles? Not when it comes to the 1980 US Men’s Hockey Team.
If you know anything about hockey, just from pop culture – you probably know two things. The Mighty Ducks and Miracle – the movie about the 1980 US Men’s Hockey Team. The Miracle on Ice The Men’s Hockey Team defeated the Soviet team. Which was a big deal! Our national team was made up of…
Counting to Twenty: The Irishman and the need to self-edit
The National Board of Review is saying that The Irishman is the best movie of the year. Look, I haven’t seen it. My husband has – and even as a Scorsese fan, he said it wasn’t that great. Based on the reviews, reviewers seem to equate length of film and career as the arbiter of…
When Kindness is a Trap
I’m a mom – one of the first things I did as a mother was teach my boys about kindness. Its importance to be a good human being. That you respect others. They weren’t very old when I started to teach them that there were exceptions to kindness. I’m not suggesting that they be cruel…
Crohns Recovery – Week 8 at the gym
Crohns recovery means something different every time I’ve brought it up. Up until this last year, recovery meant laying down until a flare passed. Or sometimes it meant switching to a new medicine or doing a course of steroids. Ultimately, after two separate hospital stays of 3 weeks each, which included two major surgeries, recovery…