Queenkv’s Brainpickings

When you get older, leave your ordinary life behind and hit the open road. I’m trying to get used to the fact that I’m officially in my 30s: married, working, domesticated and totally reliable. We have a good life in Cow Town and we have stable jobs. After a few bumps in the road, I [...]

Channeling my inner Martha Stewart. Since I’m freelancing, between jobs and spending plenty of time at home, I’m challenging myself in the kitchen. Thanks to Serious Eats, I tried out this French technique with fish: Cod en Papillote. The foil helped cook the cod fillets perfectly. Unfortunately, I used salted butter. That, plus a generous [...]

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 [...]

…putting the finishing touches on my resume tapes….looking for jobs…I’m getting ready to head out DC and head back home to Cali. In the meantime – I’m closing the comment portion of ALL my blogs. I won’t have access to the internet – while I’m driving down the 70 – through the rest of the [...]

Nippy…. chilling inside Cafe Nero with my honey…doing some telecommuting work for Haas. Being productive…chilling…. Have the day off from Reuters. I wonder if this would be accurate….When we visited the British Museum…we came up with some interesting zingers… after our petit dejuner…. Mark: “..let’s make a like hijab and take off.” Read more… or [...]

No…I’m not eating here….not after “SuperSize Me.” Ewww…. Ok….just got off work….had to catch up on work e-mail….Reuters is blocking my access to the Haas webmail page….so….that’s bad. I need to get a schedule now…but I’m still training. I probably won’t have a regular schedule until next week. It stopped raining in London. Thank heavens. [...]

this is good news… Yahoo! News – Anti-Spam Alliance Files Suit Against Alleged Spammers yes, I am tired of getting mail from strangers for viagra, porn and paris hilton. i wonder how these lawsuits will fair in court, but best of luck! hell, this blog gets a crap load of spam as well so – [...]

i found these doodlines from my notes on ethics and law…..don’t get me wrong, i think this class is fascinating – but sometimes my mind wanders… why are parents exempt from indecency violations? FCC v. Pacifica – sure radio is an un-invited presence – but parents lay down the law in private homes. My parents [...]

reading this article put a smile on my face: Parting slam by Pixar’s Jobs: Disney films ‘embarrassing’ “In his characteristically blunt fashion, Jobs called some of Disney’s recent films “duds” and “embarrassing” and said, “We feel sick about Disney doing sequels” of Pixar films.” Disney is evil. I used to work for them.

at least that’s what mark said. just daffy little me worrying myself sick on another mundane housekeeping detail…stuff like that… no big deal… Read more… or Read more right here… » yeah, i feel drained from this weekend. it’s almost reminiscent of my college days – back when I was working 12-15 hours at one [...]