We Are Site of the Month!
Bragging rights! Woohoo! My site was named “Site of the Month” for July by my web host provider. MidPhase announced in their monthly newsletter that Girls Can’t WHAT? was the site of the month for July 2006.Of course, I knew it was coming well in advance…after all they did give me fair warning so I could be interrogated and prepare my site for increased visitor traffic. I thought I would share the interview with you ladies, so here it is…
Are We Here To Golf, Gentleman?
When I develop a new Girls Can’t WHAT? design, I usually do a little research first. Especially if I am unfamiliar with the activity. I spent the earlier part of this week researching golf and looking at various pictures to determine the best way to represent a girl
As I googled the phrase “women playing golf,” I came across a few very interesting posts in a sports forum that was frequented mostly by guys who like to tee off in their free time. I absolutely refuse to post a link to it here because, frankly, I don’t want to give that forum any publicity. Why? Because what I read was absolutely stunning! Ladies, I hope this isn’t an indication of what guys are plotting behind our backs… Read more
Kimball, Cheyenne (Singer/Songwriter)
Cheyenne Nichole Kimball (born July 27, 1990 in Frisco, Texas) is a singer/guitarist. She is signed to the Epic Records roster. She appeared and won on the TV show America’s Most Talented Kid at the age of twelve. She released her Epic Records debut album, The Day Has Come, on July 11, 2006, with her first single and video, “Hanging On”, sent to Top 40 Mainstream radio and video outlets (VH1 and MTV) in early April 2006. She began her first cross-country tour on April 17 to promote her single and album. To further promote her music, she has an MTV television show called “Cheyenne” which premiered Wednesday, May 31 at 10:30 PM EST in the United States. The show will later premiere on June 21st on the same day and time in Canada. She also appeared on the Aquamarine movie soundtrack with the song One Original Thing. She now has houses in three places, Los Angeles, Frisco, and New Orleans. Cheyenne is the only one out of her mother, her father, and her sister to have brown eyes; the others all have blue. Cheyenne has a love interest named Jason Castro also featured on the show.
New Golfer Design
The Golfer Girl has just been added to the Girls Can’t WHAT? shop. Stand back and give her some room! This girl’s ready for the LPGA tour and she’s not stopping til she wins. She’ll need a good caddy to keep her clubs in order. Any volunteers?
You are NOT stupid!
Have you ever uttered the words “I’m stupid?” Or replied to an email and typed “I’m such an idiot”? Or how about those T-shirts with the arrow that say “I’m with stupid.” I can’t stand those. If you have one, burn it immediately! What is the point of such a phrase? It serves only to degrade the person to whom it is directed.
I never really cared about little phrases like this until my kids started to use them. Now suddenly it’s like someone has smacked me upside the head every time I hear the word “stupid” come out of their mouths. I think it would be easier to deal with if they were actually spewing profanity, but they are using words that they hear everyday. Here is an example of “every day” infiltration of the word “stupid” at my house…
New Gamer Girl Design
You asked for her and she is here! The “Gamer Girl” has arrived! Kicked back in her video rocker she is competing fiercely against all who dare to challenge her.
Looking for Women in STEMM
I just received a heads up that a book is in the works called Where the Girls Aren’t and is centered around women’s experiences in science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEMM). I thought this may interest several of you. Here are the details: Read more
Congdon, Amanda (Producer/Comedienne)
Amanda Congdon (born 1981) was the co-producer and host of Rocketboom, the daily three-minute online newscast which Salon described as “one of the most popular video blogs on the Web.” Congdon was the co-scripter with producer-director Andrew Baron, and she was also co-producer (with Baron, Zadi Diaz, Steve Woolf and Brian Lerner) of Rocketboom’s sister channel, Jet Set Show, a vlog for children launched June, 2006. A dispute between Congdon and Baron in July 2006 resulted in Congdon’s departure from the show. Read more
Ladies First: Revelations of a Strong Woman / Queen Latifah (Book)
Author: Queen Latifah
Published: 2000
Queen Latifah (Actress/Rapper/Author)
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970) is an American Grammy-winning rapper/singer and Academy Award-nominated actress, best known by her stage name, Queen Latifah.
Lavigne, Avril (Singer/Songwriter)
Avril Ramona Lavigne (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian pop singer, Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter and occasional actress who was originally known for her “skate punk” persona, but has since begun to shed that image in favour of a more sophisticated, feminine style. Her two albums, Let Go (2002) and Under My Skin (2004), topped the charts in several countries. Read more
Believe / Amy Grant (Lyrics)
* This song was also the theme from her TV show “Three Wishes”
Believe
Verse #1
Would you think that I was crazy
If I said to you
I know a way that love
Can make your wildest dreams come true
And all ya have to do is
Chorus
Believe
Miracles can happen
Just imagine and believe
Open up your heart
The journey starts
When you believe
Meet Jennifer Marriott
I’d like to introduce you all to a friend I made recently…I met Jennifer Marriott in the Joomla forums a few weeks ago. In case you don’t know what “Joomla” is, it is incredible open source CMS software that Jennifer and I both used to create our web sites. Aside from being a fellow web geek, Jennifer is also a very talented musician. I did not know this until she asked me to take a look at her new site design about two weeks ago. Her site can be found at www.jennifermarriott.com and she did it herself! I really like the site design because it is simple and clean looking with subtle color accents. I was impressed with the home page, and being a musician myself, I decided to surf around the rest of the site to check out her music.
He Said WHAT? (Humor)
- “If you have a female child, set her to sewing and not to reading, for
it is not suitable for a female to know how to read unless she is going
to be a nun.” Paolo de Certaldo (14th century) - Ed Carpenter, who is currently trailing Danica Patrick by 4 slots in the IRL IndyCar Series, says “I think Danica’s pretty aggressive in our cars, I mean, you know especially if you catch her at the right time of the month, she might be trading plenty of paint out there.”
The “Right” Time of the Month To Race
I don’t usually read the newspaper, but I happened to be at a McDonald’s today for my nephew’s first birthday party and as I was getting my ketchup I happened to glance over at the newspaper which was open to the sports section. There was a photo of Danica Patrick in the side column and the title of the article caught my attention. It read “IRL driver disses Danica”.Now, if you don’t know who Danica Patrick is, I suggest you read up on her. She is an incredibly talented racecar driver and recently led the Indy 500 pack for a few laps. Danica has been making the headlines lately because she has been considering busting up the NASCAR boys club by becoming the first female to race on the NASCAR circuit.
Avril Lavigne - Skater Girl (Movie)
Avril’s debut album has sold in excess of 5 million copies in the US alone, with over 13 million records sold worldwide. Now, for the first time, “Avril Lavigne: Skater Girl” looks at what it took for her to reach such stunning heights at such a young age. This DVD features numerous exclusive interviews with many key players in Avril’s journey to the to the top, with personal friends and colleagues from her hometown, as well as previously unseen footage of Avril both at home and at work and an exclusive personal interview. Also features many formerly unpublished early photographs of Avril taken throughout her childhood and teen years.
Cult of Power: Sex Discrimination in Corporate America and What Can Be Done About It / Martha (Book)
In 2002, Martha Burk, chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, led a protest against the Augusta National Golf Clubhome of the Masters golf tournament for its refusal to admit women to the club. In riveting prose, she tells that story and draws out lessons for eliminating sex discrimination in corporations generally. In her initial letter to chairman Hootie Johnson, Burk simply requests that he review the club’s policies and open the membership to women; Johnson’s reply to Burk vilifies her and calls her references to discrimination offensive. As her struggle with the club intensifies, Burk learns that several powerful corporate presidents are members of the club (she includes a complete list of the club’s members) and uncovers countless anecdotes of daily discrimination against women at their companies. She calls for companies to do “gender equity audits” to uncover the real statistics about matters such as the number of layoffs by gender and job category, the number of new hires by gender, including pay averages, and number of new board members by gender. With a terrific story on which to hang her recommendations, Burk achieves a rare hybrid of activism and entertainment.
The True Measure of a Woman: You Are More Than What You See / Lisa Bevere (Book)
A woman often measures herself and her own worth according to the standards set by others around her. Her self-esteem rises and falls with the whims of popular opinion as she allows other people to control how she thinks about herself. This often results in depression and other mental and physical problems.
Bad Girls of the Bible / Liz Curtis Higgs (Book)
Humorist and popular storyteller Liz Curtis Higgs (Help! I’m Laughing and I Can’t Get Up) takes a look at the vamps and tramps of the Bible, searching for the lessons these wicked women have to teach. She acknowledges that as much as she admires Sarah’s faithfulness and Mary’s innocence, she finds that her own life contains many of the shortcomings of women such as Rahab, Delilah and Lot’s wife. When Higgs begins her study of Jezebel, she notes, “I understood her pushy personality, I empathized with her need for control, I tuned into her angry outbursts…but boy did she teach me what not to do in my marriage.” She places the ten women in her study into four categories. Eve, she says, was the “First Bad Girl,” for badness has to begin somewhere. Potiphar’s wife (who tried to seduce Joseph), Delilah and Jezebel, Higgs says, were “Bad to the Bone”: these women “sinned with gusto from bad beginning to bitter end.” Women who were “Bad for a Moment,” and who have forever been characterized by their “life-changing” mistakes, include Saphhira, Michal and Lot’s wife (who was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back on her homeland against God’s commands). Higgs says that Rahab, the prostitute who helped the Israelites conquer Jericho, the Woman at the Well and the Sinful Woman were “Bad for a Season, but Not Forever”: these women “had plenty of sin in their past, but they were also willing to change and be changed.” Higgs opens each chapter with a fictional retelling of the biblical story and then proceeds to a verse-by-verse exegesis and commentary on the biblical text. Each chapter closes with four lessons to be learned from the life of the bad girl and eight “thoughts worth considering.” Higgs retells these biblical stories with rollicking humor and deep insight as she teaches about the nature of sin and goodness.
Fight Like a Girl: The Power of Being a Woman / Lisa Bevere (Book)
Lisa Bevere, an evangelical speaker and author known for tackling touchy topics with candor, wit and transparency, lays down the gauntlet again as she calls Christian women to cease trying to emulate men and embrace their feminine, strong nature. Bevere (Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry) offers women a clear alternative to society’s take on the definition of true strength. Rather than relinquishing the power and influence that she believes women innately embody for the sake of mimicking men’s overt physical strength, women can choose to wield their impact for good by way of subtler, more feminine speech and conduct. Bevere expounds upon the ways women fight best “as caretakers of others’ hearts, by lifting another’s spirit by speaking strength to their weaknesses, and wisely offering images of healthier, life-enhancing practices.” She asserts that enemies often fall before influence rather than brute strength: “A gentle tongue can break a bone” (Prov. 25:15).
Although some women will be put off by the book’s gender-essentialist stance (e.g., women are by nature more tender and more spiritual, etc.), others will resonate with that message. All will appreciate Bevere’s authenticity as she delves deep to unmask long-held misconceptions regarding women’ uniqueness and untapped potential.
Coming Up for Air: Simple Acts to Redefine Your Life / Margaret Becker (Book)
Dove Award–winning recording artist Margaret Becker intentionally “disconnected” over 10 years ago and has not been the same since. In 1995, Becker a one-month retreat at an oceanside rental, where her only promise to herself was to stop each day to take in both the sunrise and the sunset. Becker, in her usual self-deprecating comedic style, offers simple daily life observances like holy offerings. Somehow, she manages to offer gentle humor and pull at heartstrings, too. Becker aptly conveys what might be the book’s defining statement: “Some things are worth digging for, even if they come up swinging when they are unearthed.” During her stay, she played like a child, taking crayons in hand and making life stories and spiritual benchmarks for the next 30 years, projecting, “I will be earthy and a bit eccentric, but I will be wise.” Becker defines her retreat’s life lessons, then jumps ahead to the present, reflecting without regret on which of those scribblings have come to pass. Women of all ages will feast on Becker’s colorful, earthy spiritual recollections and sit back well-satisfied as they take time to digest her musings.
Girls Lie Too / Terri Clark (Lyrics)
So she can’t go out tonight again
Her sister’s sick, she’s gotta baby-sit
Yeah, that sounds like a pretty good excuse
Now you didn’t hear any of this from me
But things aren’t always what they seem
Brace yourself, this may come as a shock to you
Little Drummer Girl / Alicia Keys (Lyrics)
To me it seems like Christmas is lost
‘Cuz it’s not about celebrating anymore
It’s just about giving to receive
And the illest thing to me about the little drummer boy
Or the little drummer girl in my case, I guess
Is that all that Shorty had was her drum, that’s it
And through her drum, she gave Jesus her soul
There ain’t no amount of riches that could ever amount to that
You know what I’m sayin’?
Ba dee ah, ba dee ah
Come on, they told me
A new born king to see
Our finest gifts we bring to lay before the king
So to honor him
When we come
Oh, ra pum pum pum pum
Baby Jesus, I am a poor girl too
I have no gift to bring
That’s fit to give a king
Shall I play for you on my drum?
Mary nodded
The ox and lamb kept time
I played my drum for Him
I played my best for Him
Then he smiled at me, me and my drum
Me and my drum
Rum pum pum pum
Pa rum pum pum pum
Pa rum pum pum pum (oh yeah)
Pa rum pum pum pum (oh)
Pa rum pum pum pum
Pa rum pum pum pum (come on they told me)
Pa rum pum pum pum (a new born king to see)
Pa rum pum pum pum (can I play my drum for him)
Pa rum pum pum pum
Time (Message)
Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening it deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. Read more
Take Back Your Life!: Using Microsoft Outlook to Get Organized and Stay Organized / McGhee (Book)
If youre bogged down by too many e-mail messages, action items, and interruptions, reclaim control of your workday by applying the same time-management and productivity techniques used in leading companies. Unrelenting e-mail. Conflicting commitments. Endless interruptions. In Take Back Your Life!, productivity expert Sally McGhee shows you how to take control and reclaim something you thought youd lost foreveryour work-life balance. Now you can benefit from Sallys popular and highly regarded corporate education programs, learning simple but powerful techniques for rebalancing your personal and professional commitments using the productivity features in Microsoft Outlook. Learn the proven methods that will empower you to: Clear away distractions and loose ends and focus on whats really important to you and your business. Take charge of your productivity using techniques and processes designed by McGhee Productivity Solutions and implemented in numerous Fortune 500 companies. Customize and exploit the productivity features in Microsoft Outlook to help you create balance at home and on the job. When you change your approach, you can change your results. So learn what thousands of Sallys clients worldwide have discovered about taking control of their everyday productivity and start transforming your own life today! Take Back Your Life! covers Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Outlook Version 2002, and Outlook 2000.
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