. a repeat blogumn by Amy Robinson Amy Says: This is the blog I think of when I think back on my FaN career.  It’s mainly fierce with just a little, jelly baby, of nerdy.  This blog reminds me to push past my excuses and fears (and hills) so I can enjoy the beauty on the other [...]

. a blogumn by Amy Robinson If Amy cannot go to Mount Midoriyama, then Mount Midoriyama will come to Amy, or Venice Beach, which is close to Amy.  G4tv brought Ninja Warrior to SoCal this weekend, to test American Ninja Warrior wannabes.  That made the super-fan nerd in me squee with delight.  Even though the [...]

. a blogumn by Amy Robinson Truth be told, even with all the Zen stuff I spout and do my best to follow, I get in a funk sometimes. Usually it’s related to being a lady and monthly timing and stuff. My recent funkiness is starting to lift and one little girl at Target today [...]

. a blogumn by Amy Robinson Recently, I found the secret to being really happy.  It’s fairly simple and I didn’t even need to read a self-help book or watch a movie on The Secret.  All I had to do was be honest and follow my to-do list.  Really. If you’re like me, a born [...]

. a blogumn by Amy Robinson When Ernessa announced BOOK WEEK on Fierce and Nerdy, I pondered for days over which book I should write about.  I love so many books and suffer from a genetically inherited inability to make a decision, so I went zen and accepted my limitations.  I’ll simply write about my [...]

. a blogumn by Amy Robinson Volunteering has always been something I knew I wanted to do.  On the handful of occasions when I have had the opportunity to donate my time, an elated feeling of helping others followed me for days.  In particular, volunteering at an animal shelter has been on my to-do list [...]

Listen, I’m a good tipper. I nearly always tip 20% wherever I go. At restaurants and bars, figuring out the tip is easy.  Good service – 20%, adequate service – 15%, crappy service – 10%.  I can’t go without tipping, it feels wrong and I’d rather err on the side of being to too nice [...]

. a blogumn by Amy Robinson I have too many things running about in my cranium.  I know you guys have this problem too; So many ideas, some good, some that seem really good until they get out of your head and into the daylight.  It takes serious effort to focus on one thing at [...]

. a blogumn by Amy Robinson As I type this, I’m shamelessly stuffing my face with chocolate chip banana bread cookies.  Given my proclamation to go wheat free on a previous FaN blog, chocolate chip banana bread cookies seem dangerous, contradictory, hypocritical even. Nope! That blog got much love and support from friends and from [...]

. a blogumn by Amy Robinson “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.” – Anais Nin.  That quote sometimes plays over and over in my brain like an annoyingly catchy Smashmouth song.  As a perfect test subject, my life proves the theory of this quote to be true. At the present moment, my [...]