Parenting in a Celebrity-Drive Society.
A survey by the Girl Scout Research Institute titled, Real To Me, shows reality TV influences girls’ outlook about their image and how they maintain relationships. On the negative side the survey found: 1. Girls have increased girl drama (gosh, we don’t need anymore of this!) by being more gossipy, 2. Competition with each other [...]
The Swag. The parties. More Swag. The screams of In-Real-Life meetings! The Expo Hall giveaways. The brands. More parties. And more Swag. This BlogHer newbie did not know what to expect, but the blogger conference exceeded any expectations — and believe me, they were high. I'd been hearing about this unique conference for bloggers for [...]
When something like this happens twice in the same year, it’s as if lighting struck in the same spot for me. Your humble blogger had the opportunity to visit the set of the TV sitcom “Community” at Paramount Studios, and casually chat with some of the cast members about the very special Christmas episode airing [...]
A Duke University 2010 graduate spent quite a bit of time putting together a 42 page Power Point presentation containing detailed information about several of the school's athletes complete with graphs, names, places…and their sizes (not talking about shoes, though). Her project's title: “An education beyond the classroom: excelling in the realm of horizontal academics”. Clever title. Not so clever author.
