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17 Jun 2010

How Did I Land On Elm Street?

Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

That nightmarish image you see? That’s how I felt last night… though I’m a little better today.

I was having a perfectly good day, chugging along with work, getting ready for the first-ever Women Grow Business Boot Camp, looking forward to today’s #140conf: DC, and maintaining a relatively sunny disposition despite the three-hour power outage we had.

Then, my hard drive crashed.

The laptop hung. I shut it down. When I tried to restart it, it started singing. I kid you not. “Doo-doo-doo-doo… ” I thought there was a bird in my […]

By Shonali Burke|Jun 17, 2010|Categories: Personal, Social Media|Tags: hard drive crash, jackson wightman, janet falk, laptop. geek squad, laptopmd, nightmare, ragan|7 Comments

14 Jun 2010

The Slumbering UnGiant Awakes

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes

Don’t choke on your coffee, but I’m back. Or Waxing UnLyrical is back. We’re back. Whichever way you’d like to look at it, we…

I think you got the message.

What have I been doing in these 2+ weeks? Or, more importantly, what’s been going on with WUL in these 2+ weeks?

She’s been sleeping.

Yes, my blog is a girl. Which shouldn’t surprise you at all, given the author’s gender.

Sleep is important. It’s rejuvenating. It helps solve problems. And sometimes it gives way to terrific dreams, which make you go, “Wow! […]

By Shonali Burke|Jun 14, 2010|Categories: Personal|Tags: coming back, sleeping|0 Comments

09 May 2010

To Mama, With Love

Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

With all the noise leading up to Mother’s Day, it was interesting to learn (to me, at least) that it’s not really a Hallmark holiday. At least, that’s not how it started.

White carnations

A certain Anna Jarvis, who hailed from Webster, W. Va., created the holiday as we know it in memory of her mother, though there are several historical precedents to honoring one’s mother.

She was initially laughed at, ridiculed and generally mocked, but she persevered and the day became a reality in 1914.

Old Anna was not […]