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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Yes, I’m addicted to diet soda. Leave me alone.
In the last few weeks, I have gotten pleading emails or Facebook messages on one particular subject from a good friend, my brother and my dad. The topic: Diet Coke. Well, more specifically, all diet sodas, and the terrible, horrible, … Continue reading
Posted in Health
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Don’t call your doctor…
Don’t call your doctor…. …and ask her to diagnose a rash over the phone. Just trust me on this, folks.
Posted in Health
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If I have a good attitude, will I live to be 100?
I’m subscribed to about 1,000 health-related media and press release lists, so I can keep track of issues that I tend to write about. Most of them get funnelled directly into an email folder for me to look at later … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged article, centenarian, email, Georgia Centenarian Study, health, journal, media, personality, positive thinking, press release, reserachers, study
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How to be memorable
Am I the only person who does this? I occasionally fret that I err on the side of being too safe when it comes to professional descriptions of myself and my experience. Too safe and not memorable enough. A friend … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Journalism
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I’m not a runner, but I play one on TV
I ran a 5 K yesterday, just to see if I could. I can. And I did. Without even stopping. Not bad, huh? I’m not a runner by nature. I’ve dabbled in it, but I’m really not a runner. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Amazing, Health
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Happy Valentine’s Day
My husband came home from the grocery store tonight with a dozen flowers, wrapped in cellophane, for me. He apologized for not arranging to have a beautiful assortment of flowers delivered to our house, as he has done for many … Continue reading
Posted in Holiday
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A wish list of writers’ conferences and journalism fellowships
With my husband stranded at his downtown office by the latest Nashville Snowpocalypse, I’ve been killing time on the Internet, looking at interesting journalism-type things. Specifically, I’ve been looking wistfully at some of those really cool journalism fellowship programs and … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Journalism
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No more snow. Please.
Nashville is expected to get between one and three inches of snow sometime tomorrow afternoon or evening. The roads will be slip-slidin’ slick, we’re told. Judging by the reactions to this forecast by all my Nashville friends on Twitter and … Continue reading
Posted in Random musings
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A follow-up on the whole plagiarism incident
Someone asked me how the whole plagiarism incident got resolved. I notified the editor of the publication I’d written my original story for, and I told her what I’d found. She asked me to send her a copy of the … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Journalism
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Please don’t plagiarize my work
So I got plagiarized recently. It was the first time for me…that I know about. I did a quick informal survey of some other journalists and writers, and a bunch of them told me that they’ve had their work stolen … Continue reading
Posted in Freelancing, Journalism
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