I saw Lenore Skenazy, author of Free Range Kids, speak last night at the Families Together Cooperative Nursery School in Edgewater. (The event was arranged by fellow ChicagoNow blogger Christine Whitley.) Lenore Skenazy is smart, funny and appears in dozens of pages of search results for the term "America's Worst Mom." She earned this dubious … Continue reading Free Range Kids’ Lenore Skenazy reminds me of my independent childhood
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What is PowerPoint Karaoke? Unlike regular karaoke where people attempt to sing songs that are probably familiar to them, at PowerPoint Karaoke--otherwise known as Battledecks--a person has to present a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that he or she has never seen before, ideally with hilarious results. According to Wikipedia, PowerPoint Karaoke originated in Berlin in 2006. … Continue reading Have you heard of PowerPoint Karaoke?
Last night was a beautiful warm night in Chicago. My husband and I took advantage of the warm weather to sit on our back porch, drink beer, stare at our phones and talk about electronic content management solutions. (You thought we were pretty cool until I got to those last two items, didn't you?) A … Continue reading 20 things to do on warm nights in Chicago besides shoot people
Looking for jobs usually begins with updating a résumé. Care is taken not only to tout job responsibilities and accomplishments but also to make the résumé visually attractive. Job seekers carefully select fonts and text sizes. They play with white space and bullets. Then when everything is just right these job seekers are forced to upload their … Continue reading Online job applications are a pain in the a$$
Pivot Arts is bringing a new arts festival to Chicago's Edgewater and Uptown neighborhoods this summer. The Pivot Multi-Arts Festival will run from June 6-22. The three week festival features a wide variety of events including live music, plays, dance, puppetry, improv, a community picnic, and performances for children. The events will be held in a variety … Continue reading New arts festival brings eclectic performers to Edgewater and Uptown
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