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On Blogging and Commenting

A few of my readers — especially first-time parents — have recently asked me how I manage to find the time to blog. My answer? Schedule, schedule, schedule! Don't get me wrong — I do not have a block of time I set aside every day to blog, because let's face it: setting and sticking to a schedule is pretty damn difficult when you have a baby (with another on the way). Instead, I use the "Draft" and "Schedule" functions on WordPress to pump out as many as five posts at once, whenever I have the time. In fact, I am currently writing this post in bed and will be scheduling it to be published the next day. When I do get some downtime...

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$50 Sephora Gift Card Giveaway!

Update: This giveaway has now come to a close. Congratulations to Irene, who entered via the Facebook giveaway page! Please be on the lookout for an email from me soon! A few months ago, the famed Urban Decay Naked Palette — which had been getting regularly sold out everywhere since its release last year — came back in stock at Sephora online and I immediately snatched one up. And you know what? It is just as good as all the online reviews say...

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When I Am Granted an Evening Out Among Adults…

...blogging takes a back seat. For today, I met up with this lovely lady... To attend a fancy bloggers' reception hosted by this tech company... Wherein we learned about a bunch of new products and ways to share media, met some cool people, grubbed on yummy catered food, and enjoyed an open bar (but only Sprite for this preggo). More on what I learned later — I promise! Then I grabbed some take-out Korean fried chicken to bring home to the hubs, only to discover while waiting for my order that there had been an earth-shattering (well, at least to us geeks) announcement made in the few hours I was away from home...  We'll miss you, Steve, you patron saint of perfectionists....

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