Vacation update
FaN is on Vacation this week but will be back next week relaxed and ready to go.
FaN is on Vacation this week but will be back next week relaxed and ready to go.

Looking for things to do, now that you won’t have Fierce and Nerdy to sustain you through the boring work week? How about trying this recipe for Pad Thai, which was featured in the New York Times? They say it’s quite easy to make, and who doesn’t adore Pad Thai? [Source: New York Times]

When job hunting, once I actually resort to desperate measures, something often comes along. Two or three times I have found work the day after signing up with a temp agency. This time, feeling hopeless about ever finding a job to get me out of the house, I commit to paying the 100 euro annual [...]
Thanks Laurenne from “humans are funny” for sending me this very inspirational clip of Elizabeth Gilbert (Eat, Pray, Love) talking about the writing process.
. a blogumn by Kelly Kaboom Lett Due to the fact that my most recent blog offended and dismayed a number of important people in my life I thought it prudent to have it taken down. I appreciate all the letters and comments offering love and support from those of you clearly touched by my recovery. To [...]
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Guys, by the time you read this, I’ll hopefully be on a plane reading. Of course, I’m looking forward to doing my research in Scotland and seeing my writing exchange partner IRL for the first time in almost two years. but there’s a little part of me that is always thrilled to take a plane [...]
So we’re at Black Artist Thursday, which will be the last GTRL of the month, thanks to my travels to Scotland and France, which kick off today. Yesterday no one guessed correctly that the lyric was from “Signal Fire” by Snow Patrol, so it all comes down to today. For the win, this chyck ain’t [...]

This VAS Luxury Submersible cost 2.7 mil, but it’s totally worth it b/c it’s like a luxury submarine. How rich and nerdy is that! Click on the pic for interior pics and more info. [Source: LikeCool]

. a blogumn by Roya Hamadani I love looking at photographs of big, beautiful layer cakes enrobed in marzipan and fashioned to look like pill box hats, Kelly purses or ribbon covered presents. They represent an ideal of human achievement, something both seemingly unreachable and achingly beautiful, like space travel to another galaxy. Once in [...]
a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 240 Comfort Welcome Come home to Elise on top step, wine in hand, waiting. I don new MSU sweatshirt, Warm and soft; sit a step below, bury my head against her neck, scarf soft on my cheek. Her words know; she rubs my back and [...]