The Amazing Race – video tryout

Yup . . . I also did a video submission. As I mentioned in the last blog post, Jamie Fellrath and I do the podcast for the BeingJamesBond.com website – but we’ve never met in person. So we did a Skype video, hoping to play on the fact that Amazing Race is doing a #BlindDate […]


Competition. WHAT was I THINKING?

You know what? I WAS NOT thinking. Our Crossfit box is having a “Throwdown” this weekend. I, being friendly with the coach who is constructing this competition, said “oh, sure” I would do it. My efriend Jennifer recently did an Olympic weightlifting competition, and she also was very inspiring to watch – ESPECIALLY as she […]


“Do Over” or “Mulligan” or “Time Out” for Solitaire

So, this is my “Do Over” post. For what seems like forever, I have been a fairly poor correspondent (and worse podcaster!) I had everything “set” last year – podcasts were going up once a week, blogging often, all that jazz. What happened? Happy married life? Complacency? A little of both? So here I sit, […]


An “I Refuse To Participate in the Recession” party! (ABC-TV)

I am just such a ham! View From The Bay, our local San Francisco Bay-area show that’s on the Hour before Oprah, came to my house during a Clothing Swap that I was doing, as outlined in Chapter One of my book.  (You have it, right? So you can just go check it out…right? (wink)) […]