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Volunteering for Web Development Weekend!

I’ll be a volunteer during Advance2030 Web Development Weekend, leading an assessment team focused on the design, wireframe and graphics. This new Web site, for the Cleveland Professional 20/30 Club, will be launched on Sunday. The entire weekend is used to develop, program and then launch the completed (and hopefully working!) site. Beyond that, the local community has stepped up for some serious...

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Cleveland. Plus Me.

It goes without saying, I’m sure, but I love Cleveland. While I have certain issues with living downtown (as many of you recollect from my stream of tweets), I wouldn’t give up the experience for anything. Moving out of the ‘burbs was is the best decision in housing I have ever made. Bonus: it came with a long-term boyfriend, of course. I grew up on the east side, then I moved FAR west to...

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Beer and Wine. Whine and Achuuu!

There is plenty of beer to go around! This past Sunday, with thanks to Blogging Jason for the event heads-up, we spent the afternoon at the Winter Warmer Festival at Rock Bottom. Winter Warmer was a happy surprise, as my expectations were just of joyfully drinking local winter brews. Ahem, no Christmas Ale at this party! Glad to see Cellar Rats (Madison) making another festival appearance, and was...

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My first attempt at product descriptions… when I was 7.

Random childhood memory today: When I was a kid I would clip out pictures of Barbies from whatever large catalogs we would receive in the mail, and paste them in a private notebook (which contained pink lined paper inside!). I wrote product descriptions next to these pictures based on how the dolls were dressed – something similar to what you read now when online shopping. I would be so giddy if I...

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Are you a Realtor? Local Escrow and Title Company?

I’m interested in a partnership with your independent realty or title company! With eight years of industry experience in the State of Ohio, combined with seven concurrent years of social media and blogging, I can reach your client and the online community with layman language of the buying, selling or escrow processes. Examples of projects that I can complete for you: Contribute daily or weekly to...

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PT: Iceland

The boy and I are huge fans of the show Three Sheets. He has also told me about a music festival in Iceland that WE MUST GO TO (my Web search came up with nothing; he’ll have to tell me again). But what in the world does all this have to do with Penis Tuesday, you ask? Iceland, of course. And my life’s work. From what I know, the country is not shaped like a giant phallic fiord, but it is home...

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Relationship, dating and adult-oriented blogging

Below is a selection of my most read blog posts (based on wordpress stats): From Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Your Boyfriend – a personal blog based on personal relationship (and single-hood) history. My writing style is described as “acerbic wit,” mainly, with the humor of a 12-year-old. Or the mindset of a perverted uncle.  Most topics and language is NSFW (in most conservative...

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Be a Cougar. Not a Tiger.

By now, the entire world over is aware of (and probably exhausted with) the Tiger Woods’ scandal. While most held Tiger in some high regard (as if he were above CHEATING on his wife), is it really all that surprising that an always-traveling, multi-million-dollar-worth professional athlete had marriage problems? I’ve been wanting to weigh in on this situation for a while. Tiger’s problems...

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WEEK of Wrap-up

Last week nearly killed me. As result of a busy week of being social – both online and IRL, my germ defenses were compromised, and I am now spending a Monday morning sick with fever and sore throat. That last line wasn’t for my boss because, well, I don’t have one, so you know now how really sick I am that I feel it necessary to brag to you. Yuck. And I am a big, needy baby who needs hot...

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Dating (and a brain) Faux Pas

I was talking about this event and generally how cool of an event it was. And I was discussing this with my boyfriend. You know, the one who was my “date” that night. Um yeah. I didn’t remember it. You know, until he said, “I KNOW! I was there with you…” Blink. Blink. The silence is deafening, indeed… Yeahhhh. To be fair, we were mere WEEKS into dating, although...

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Moving boxes & taking names

I’ve been spending a couple days packing up my condo: a) because I have the “free time” and b) OMG I haven’t lived there in six months! It makes me feel sad. I do NOT regret leaving the suburbs one bit — especially the insane and worthless condo association. More than anything though, I miss my stuff (especially my couch and my 800 pillows on everything). Our downtown abode...

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Qualifications. A Casual Query.

I’m interested in your opinion today, readers. In applying for open positions that you generally qualify for — or have an interest in — how do you handle (or negotiate your talents) to cover up for one requirement with which you are unfamiliar? Say, in this example, the knowledge of Dreamweaver “would be helpful” to future job. The applicant is well-versed in basic HTML,...

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Advice: How to Ruin a Good Relationship.

Ex-boyfriends. New boyfriends. High school boyfriends. Potential girlfriends. Blog stalkers. What to do with them. It doesn’t take a relationship manual to tell me that I prefer they stay at least an arm’s length away from those who I previously held in coitus – you know, like a frenemy. Although I do enjoy scouring the internet for interesting sites dedicated to “advice.”...

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PT: The Fifth Hole

Today I unveil the “5 Hole Latex Backless Brief.” (Ahem, obvs NSFW, but what ever is around here). Ponder that for a moment. I’ll wait… I counted four holes. As its description denotes, “leaves nothing to the imagination.” I like my imagination, thank you very much, but PLEASE tell me where is the fifth one?! Beware: this item is very delicate, and care must be taken...

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I’m a sucker for fashion, yet I really suck at it!

I tell you readers, it’s a good thing I remember my German* because I have found the motherload of awesome online shops while “googling” foreign shopping Web sites. You know how it is, you start a search for “Hunters,” then it quickly spirals out of control from there. Being a jeans-and-t-shirt comfy fan (dressed in the eternal and essential “first date” outfit), I...

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Another AMAZING charity event this Saturday!

Rock ‘n Radiance! Mix and mingle with the peeps at Optima Sun Lab (amazing local mobile spray tan company!) and the Cavalier Girls (you know who they are!) for a fundraiser benefiting the Skin Cancer Foundation. $55 ticket gets you admission, food and two drinks at the House of Blues. Party starts at 7pm. After-party/VIP options are...

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How to spend a Valentine’s Day together.

I know you are all jealous of my ability to wrangle not only a Valentine’s Day DATE, but a true life Valentine’s Day boyfriend. We started off our Romantic Weekend at the West Side Market Cafe for hash and egg benedicts (and way too much Bailey’s for my coffee… yes, I did actually just type the words “too much” in front of something containing alcohol). We shopped for...

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Sing it to me, Baby!

This Saturday at 9pm, YP Shares will host the Social Justice Karaoke night at Reddstone. Only $5 admission! Proceeds benefit Greater Cleveland Community Shares program. Practice those duets, Sonny &...

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More to love this Valentine’s Day

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Split-Self. All opinions are 100% mine. In the spirit of love during this lamest of holidays, why not discuss polyamory – “many loves.” I love vintage coats, bleu cheeses, rye stouts and IPAs and a good discussion on non-traditional relationship roles. Ahem. I’m an equal-opportunity dater, and I have enough love to share that I...

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A few Cleveland requests:

1) looking for suggestions on free or low-cost info sessions or classes on the topics of social media, marketing or perhaps even community language courses, preferably within city limits. I’ve always wanted to learn Hungarian, and there’s ALWAYS new aspects of media and communication relationships to be made online! This request is more professional development for ME rather than others, but...