Author Archives: Jen
Friday night. Wedding’s in eight days. I’m sitting cross-legged on the floor, surrounded by craft supplies, fighting Buddy for a piece of twine. TLC’s every-Friday “BrideDay” marathon is on. “Jack her up! Jack her up!” I chant at the TV as the bride-to-be examines herself in the three-way mirror. Fashion director Monty clips a veil into [...]
I set aside my disdain for giant uninformative infographics to try out Visual.ly’s “Twitterize Yourself” app. I only dispute my interestingness. Make your own infographic here.
Like a any good American consumer, I sometimes succumb to ferocious McDonald’s cravings. To allay my guilt for eating something so unapologetically unhealthy I always get a Happy Meal. The toy is my reward for eating 550 calories worth of trash instead of 1,000. (I usually give it to the cats.) Usually I start munching [...]
“My wedding is a month away and I don’t want to look like a ghoul.” “How long has it been since you used a tanning bed?” “Ummmm… summer 2010? And I only went like twice.” “Woof.* Well, we better get you started.” This is my life for the next six weeks. Gym, tan, diet (If [...]
I am over “social media.” There, I said it. I love chatting and sharing links on Twitter and pinning home hacks on Pinterest. I love showing the MicroMemphis class how to enhance their reporting with Tumblr and Foursquare. Even though I’m not there anymore I loved my job at The Commercial Appeal, where I got to [...]
Per the official announcement on Facebook. No surprises but a decent lineup! Friday Evanescence, Megadeth, Three 6 Mafia, Volbeat, My Morning Jacket, Florence + the Machine, Needtobreathe, North Mississippi Allstars, Girl Talk, Lupe Fiasco, Sponge Cola, Breathe Carolina, T-Model Ford, Bill Abel, Johnny Winter, Bernard Allison, Will Tucker Band, Jimbo Mathus Saturday Pitbull, Yo Gotti, [...]
The Beale Street Music Festival has some new “Likes” on its Facebook page. I’m not familiar with the others, but I’d check out Cold War Kids. Cold War Kids Breathe Carolina Black Stone Cherry Zoogma Volbeat The Alexis P. Suter Band These have been added to the original post. The official announcement is Tuesday at 10 [...]
This song gets in my head sometimes, usually after I read about regressive political tomfoolery or witness some general Southern ignunce. It tickles me that the guy who wrote these caustic satires is probably best known for a happy-go-lucky song about an animated cowboy doll.
