Thursday, September 9, 2010

title pic Interview With Jason Boyett (aka my best bff forever)

Posted by beth on April 29, 2010

As you may recall, I posted a review last week of Jason Boyett’s new book, O Me of Little Faith. Well, I had the opportunity to sit down with Jason and ask him a few questions. And by “sit down with,” I mean, I sat down and emailed him, and I think he probably sat [...]

title pic Postcard Results

Posted by beth on April 28, 2010

Oh I am just all atwitter today to bring you the news of the postcard contest!! Given the numbers 1-29 (which was how many comments/entries there were on the contest – BY FAR the most comments I have EVER received on one blog post), random.org has chosen: Comment #28: Emily said, OOH! Idea #3: Scratch [...]

title pic Doubt: Just a Dirty Word for Honesty

Posted by beth on April 23, 2010

Is it ironic that I was skeptical about a book about doubt? That’s fine. I fully admit that I was. I was excited to read it, don’t get me wrong. I mean, this is what happened when my copy of Jason Boyett‘s new book, O Me of Little Faith, came in the mail: But as [...]

title pic QOTD (Question of the Day)

Posted by beth on April 22, 2010

It’s Q&A time once again! Today’s question comes from formspring, and it’s a good one: What’s your advice for someone who wants to start a blog but is too scared of not saying anything meaningful/too intimidated by technology/ too lazy to actually do it? Well, this is really three questions, isn’t it? Oh what the [...]

title pic Census: The Penultimate Countdown

Posted by beth on April 15, 2010

Wow. My month of employment with the 2010 Census is almost over. Tomorrow is my next to last day, and honestly, y’all, I’m kind of sad. I mean the Census and I have had some good times sitting around for the last month. I feel like I just got all the numbers memorized that I [...]

title pic Now Taking Your Requests and Dedications

Posted by beth on April 9, 2010

Oh my gosh, y’all, I thought that I had posted this THIS MORNING, and I just realized that I never did. Wow. Dear Brain, Please turn on. No, on second thought, don’t. I want to go to sleep. Love, Beth Now… I’m stealing this idea from a few people because it’s good, and I like [...]

title pic Exciting News!!

Posted by beth on March 31, 2010

Don’t ask me why, after going to bed at 2:00 a.m., I was awake at 8:30, but I was. Wide awake. I will be asleep much earlier tonight. Anyhoe, because I am an addict, the first thing I do when I wake up in the morning is reach for my PunkBerry to see how many [...]

title pic Reclaiming Awesomeness

Posted by beth on March 25, 2010

I don’t know really how to approach this, so I’ll just say it. I think we’re all pretty clear on the fact that I am awesome. My friend Dan always says I have the highest self-esteem of just about anyone he knows, and it’s true, but I’m about to let y’all in on a big [...]

title pic If You Take a Walk, He’ll Tax Your Feet

Posted by beth on March 11, 2010

Tax time always makes me feel like a grown-up, no matter how old I am or how old I feel at any other time during the year, but this year, I feel especially grown up because my taxes are too complicated for me to do on my own at home. Well, honestly, I probably could [...]

title pic Live Blogging

Posted by beth on March 2, 2010

I was going to just type all my thoughts while watching Lost and then publish them, but then I realized that the whole post could be summed up in two entries: WHAT?!?!?! LAPIDUS!!!! The end. This live blogging thing isn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I thought it would require faster typing. [...]