A plea from the one white girl who hates this Fall favorite. “What’s the deal with you white girls and pumpkin spice?” My friend Christine posed this question to me early in our friendship. We were waiting in line at Starbucks where signs announced the return of the pumpkin spice latte like it was the second coming of Christ. “I…
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Is Your Kid Selling Useless Crap I Don’t Need? Sign Me Up.
Why I will always support your kid’s fundraising efforts — even if I don’t want to. I have a confession to make: I hate Girl Scout cookies. Don’t worry, if your kid is a scout I will still buy a couple of boxes. I’ll probably leave them in the break room at work or let my roommate feed them to…
Five Things I Don’t Miss About Being in the Office
There’s a lot I miss about being in the office…ergonomic furniture, free coffee, casual collaboration, having live in-person conversations with my colleagues, not having every single meeting interrupted by a pet or a child. But it has been nice to have a little break from the more annoying aspects of working in an office. Here are five things I never…
The Weirdest Things I Have Bought in the Middle of the Night
Why insomnia and a credit card are a bad combination It’s 3:00 in the morning when I have a sudden thought: I should buy one of those exercise bikes that you put under a desk. It will help make up for being so sedentary while I’m on non-stop Zoom calls. One week later a box arrives with a flimsy set of…
