Queenkv’s Brainpickings

Just finished uploading pictures from one of my favorite holidays.

Thanksgiving combines good food plus the people I love: both family and friends. My hubby and I had a blast in So Cal.

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COVINA, CALIF — Home for the Holidays! I’m still waking up at 3 AM because my body’s still on overnight mode. It still feels so good to be back in home in So Cal with my family.

[Thanksgiving dinner in London 2004, with my Medill buddy Andrea, my mother-in-law Terri, and Mark's cousin, Eileen]
My hubby [...]

Unwinding after another long day in the news room. My dad sent me a picture of blue skies in Diamond Bar. Looks like my hometown dodged a bullet for this round of the wildfire season.
I need another drink.
Last weekend, we checked out a wine festival in Lodi. On Veterans Day, we did more wine tasting [...]

I think my dad is going to be tickled that I posted this video clip.
I wanted to upload this file after Elections because I didn’t want to jinx anything. Plus, Election Day and the results kept me crazy busy in the newsroom.
January 3, 2005 from Kris Vera-Phillips on Vimeo.
I had to sleep on Election [...]

[from the Huffington Post]
I stumbled on this brilliant video of all 3 Presidential Debates from laughingsquid.com.

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Pretty much the same arguments plus the same attacks. Now 23/6 has all the debate coverage edited into one amazing clip.

I heart the Office!
I dig what Angela Kinsey said about her gig at Dundler-Mifflin. She’s happy and grateful to be working as an actress.

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I can only imagine how [...]

The leaves are changing color in Vacaville. I think we’ll have more vibrant colors as we get closer to winter.
I’m looking forward to a consistent schedule as my newsroom heads into November Sweeps. As soon as I get over my sore feet from my 1st 5-mile run, I plan on repeating that run in [...]

The Waiter offers up advice on what to do and say during a business dinner. He makes some good points on how to interact with other waiters during a job interview. I also liked how he dishes out revenge on business people misbehaving.

The Waiter Rant is a funny, snarky and thoughtful blog on the [...]

When I worked on the Noon Show on Monday, I saw Andrea Mitchell’s weekend wrap on the political news. She played a clip from a SNL parody on last week’s CBS Interview with Governor Palin. And she played it side-by-side, with the real interview by Katie Couric.

[Image from: From: http://www.theimproper.com/]

Bottom Line: Tina Fey and [...]

Rock on Bears! 21-0 Cal Berkeley. Yah! This is the extra point after our touchdown.