While Perched upon my Soapbox

Lesson for Girls: Pretty and Smart are Not Mutually Exclusive

September 2, 2011

It’s 2011. Women run for offices as high as President of the United States. Women run Fortune 500 companies. Women are Supreme Court Justices. It is sad, with the various important contributions that women make in society, to recognize there is still a mentality to hold girls back from achieving all they can be academically [...]

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10 Tips to Help Men Improve Online Dating Profiles

August 12, 2011

In the year and a half that I have written on this blog I have only written three posts in the category While Perched Upon My Soapbox. It is the one area of writing that is still hard for me to just let the words fly and hit publish. Today I have to add the [...]

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Business Tips From Anthony Weiner: How to Make $50,000 Blogging

June 10, 2011

Yesterday as I was perusing the internet looking for a story idea for Sprocket Ink today, I came across interesting information regarding Anthony Weiner (shocker, huh?). Apparently a dating site is offering Weiner $50,000 to use the infamous crotch shot and have him serve as spokesman for their website. As a blogger who tweets, posts [...]

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Open Letter to Motorists From a Terrified Cyclist

February 24, 2011

Dear Motorist, Last week there was unseasonably warm weather for the DC area so I decided to go cycling. I was reminded from my first experience  on the road this season that I should write you to give you some unsolicited advice. Maybe this is rude of me, but I would like to survive my [...]

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Archery Lessons and a Test in Self-Control

July 5, 2010

Last Wednesday was Parent’s Day at my son’s all-boys camp. On Parent’s Day we have the opportunity to attend camp with our kids for half the day. When we moved from Arts & Crafts to Archery, the boys became really excited. We were able to watch the boys shoot first and then our sons would teach [...]

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