Halo Friendlies - Me against the World

Posted by: Charms16 on September 2, 2007 | 1 Comment

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BlogDay 2007

Posted by: gretchen on August 31, 2007 | 1 Comment

Today is the third annual BlogDay 2007 which I didn’t even know about until last night when reader KayKayZowie emailed me to say that she was linking to Girls Can’t WHAT? as one of her favorite blogs.

What is BlogDay, you ask?

BlogDay was created with the belief that bloggers should have one day dedicated to getting to know other bloggers from other countries and areas of interest. On that day Bloggers will recommend other blogs to their blog visitors.

I can’t pass up this opportunity to give some shout-outs to five of my favorite blogs:

  • SoapboxFive - My best friend Kelli’s blog, which highlights social issues.
  • Lifehacker - This is sort of a hodgepodge block from many authors that offer cool tips and tricks about all kinds of stuff relevant to our daily lives.
  • Kelly Forrester - If you’re into GTD (if you have no idea what GTD even stands for, then you most definitely aren’t), Kelly has lots of insights about personal productivity.
  • OpenSourceCommunity.org - being a total geek, I love this community blog which covers all things open source
  • Bittbox - I just found this one last week and it’s full of fantastic photoshop and illustrator tutorials. I don’t even know the author’s name, but it’s a great resource.

And those are just a few of the places you will find me on the net. What are your top five? Post ‘em here. ;)

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Blog Challenge: Classic TV Featuring Women

Posted by: gretchen on August 8, 2007 | 5 Comments

Having just subscribed to cable for the first time ever in our lives (no - I’m not kidding), I thought it might be a good time to introduce my kids to some classic television. You know - back when tv was a little more wholesome and innocent? I recall discovering some of my first strong female role-models from some of these shows, many of which had female leads who showed independence and grace. Off the top of my head, my favorites were probably “Laverne & Shirley”, “Facts of Life” and “Designing Women”. Don’t get me wrong, there are some good shows for kids on right now, but I can only take so much of “Hannah Montana” and “That’s So Raven” before I shuffle the kids outdoors to play. (Fortunately my kids are not showing signs of becoming couch potatoes since we had cable installed.)

So I’m hoping some of you cable veterans can help me out by letting me know what cable shows are good influences for women and which ones deserve to be eliminated from my remote. I’m looking more for classic tv, but I won’t impose any limitations. Is there an episode that inspired you or helped you learn a lesson? Did you identify with a particular character or situation?

I have a couple of articles in the works about my favorite shows, but I’m short on time today so I’ll post them soon. Feel free to login and post your own. Or if blogging’s not your thing, you can always leave a comment. Oh and hurry - I hear Disney’s having another “Hannah Montana” marathon!

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