Category Archives: books and magazines

No losers on this blog

Posted on January 12, 2012 by themoderngal

You guys, resolutions — they work better than I was giving them credit for these past few years. Or at least they’ve worked really well for me for the first 12 days of the year. I have done so many … Continue reading →

Posted in books and magazines, food and drink, health and exercise | 10 Comments

Want something done? Ask a busy person who isn’t me

Posted on November 7, 2011 by themoderngal

So many things have happened in my personal life in the past few weeks in addition to the usual busy work season pain-in-the-assedness that I don’t even feel bad about taking a leave of absence from the blog for, um, … Continue reading →

Posted in baseball, books and magazines, cars, family, fashion, food and drink, football, friendship, health and exercise, lists, marriage, music, sports | 14 Comments

And that’s a good thing

Posted on April 8, 2011 by themoderngal

Thanks, everyone, for humoring me on that last post. I’m really excited to read your blogs (and tweets), and it kind of helped feed my urge to blog even more. (And thanks to the non-lurkers who said hi anyway.) I … Continue reading →

Posted in basketball, books and magazines, employment, health and exercise, personal experience, science and nature, sports | 8 Comments

Pop culture, circa 2010ish

Posted on January 29, 2011 by themoderngal

I spent some time writing this post about a month ago but hadn’t quite finished it when life stepped on my foot. Now that I’m caught up on things, I figured a month late is as good a time to … Continue reading →

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Stay: The lady behind the book

Posted on July 29, 2010 by themoderngal

Have you gotten your copy of Stay yet? No??? Here’s the Amazon link. I’ll STAY here and wait until you take care of that. … Now that you’ve taken care of that, Allie did me the huge favor of answering … Continue reading →

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Stay: Four paws up

Posted on July 28, 2010 by themoderngal

So this post is way, way, way overdo, but I didn’t want to sit down and write it until I had legitimate time and brain power to give it the focus it deserved. You may have read on some other … Continue reading →

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We must, we must, we must …

Posted on April 7, 2010 by themoderngal

I just spent way too much time on Mental Floss’s quizzes, so I’m sharing them with you so you can waste time too! The latest is a Judy Blume quiz. I did ok, but missed all the “Starring Sally J. … Continue reading →

Posted in books and magazines, quiz, t.v. | 4 Comments

Capilene love

Posted on February 1, 2010 by themoderngal

Today I post at The Greenists, where I talk about my new love for all things Capilene by Patagonia. And speaking of The Greenists, the original mastermind of the site, Allie Larkin, is an amazing writer and dedicated dog lover … Continue reading →

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A month of real, simple cooking

Posted on January 20, 2010 by themoderngal

I think — *THINK* — my life is about to return to normal just a smidge. I survived the chaos at work, and Godwilling I will have some peace and quiet this coming weekend in the form of a three-day … Continue reading →

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Things that changed my life in 2009

Posted on December 30, 2009 by themoderngal

I really enjoy reading everyone’s top books/movies/music lists at the end of every year because it gives me ideas of what I need to read/see/listen to next. I won’t give you a review of what happened to me this year … Continue reading →

Posted in books and magazines, lists, movies, music, t.v. | 9 Comments