Fargo took the Midwest title in the Weather Channel's "Toughest Weather City" tournament. Fargo advanced to the Final Four after beating out International Falls by a mere forty votes. Well, at least this is a designation that we should all be able to live with (indeed, we do live with it). I never thought I [...]
Tag: women
Apparently, the days of gym socks are over…
It doesn't take much to amuse me most days. Simple things amuse simple minds. Some of the things I find amusing I think would be generally amusing to most folks, but others may be amusing based on my contorted little brain. I recognize that in this way I am odder than some (or perhaps, most?). [...]
Hitting the demographic hard…
I love marketing when it is at the top of its game. For marketing to be at the top of its game the folks designing the campaign have to really understand the targeted demographic. That is no small feat when the demographic is women from ages 20-90+. But by golly, I ran across a marketing [...]
Thank you to all my girls…
One of the greatest gifts I have received in this lifetime has been the gift of being surrounded by amazing women. Not perfect women, not famous women, not super women - real women - the kind of women that have not had flawless, pristine lives and immaculately kept houses. My women - indeed, my girls [...]
The yardstick…
I applaud Rosea Lake today for delivering a statement about judgment. Rosea is the college freshmen (all of 18 years old) who posted a photo on Tumblr she took for an AP high school art class in her senior year that illustrates judgments people make based on the length of a woman's skirt. The photo [...]
Apparently, I am a Betty…
I was reading an article on Huffington Post and I noticed a personality quiz that asked: Which First Lady Are You? My first inclination was aggravation that it wasn't asking me which President I was. As if my choices or personality could be so easily pigeonholed...pish-posh! Despite my consternation with the inherent limitations in the [...]
Everything must go!
If you do not have a menstrual period or have not experienced menstrual periods in the past, turn back now. You can only be scarred by what is to follow. Go read the comics or sports page and thank your lucky stars that there are some experiences you have lived without. For those of you [...]
THE NEW FORTY 