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Another Reason to Switch to Chrome

May 05. 2011

I understand that web publishers want to get people to click on over to their sites. I also can empathize with those who want to know more details about their traffic. But as someone who subscribes to over 1,000 sites on Google Reader, I hate, hate, HATE truncated RSS feeds with a passion. Luckily, there is an easy way around truncated feeds if you are using Google Chrome as your web browser. Just download and install the Super Google Reader extension and that's it! With just a click of a button (the "Readable" tab on the top right of the feed box), you can go from this...

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The Broke-Ass Bride Needs Our Help

Apr 05. 2011

Do you know a fabulous blogger by the name of Dana LaRue? If not, you're missing out on a whole lot of awesome. Dana and I first met while blogging for Weddingbee. Her upbeat, can-do attitude is simply charismatic, and I was so happy to watch her start The Broke-Ass Bride which quickly turned into one of the premier wedding blogs on the 'net. Long-time readers may remember that two years ago, J and I went through an extremely difficult period when we lost our first baby just as I entered the second trimester. What made the loss even more bitter was that our insurance company refused to cover the costs of the surgery that I required from the miscarriage because they...

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Kristin & Kayla: Creative Kids Photography

Feb 04. 2011

Last October, photographer Jason Lee's über-creative pictures of his two daughters became viral. I was quick to share the item on my Google Reader and tweet about it, but I don't believe I ever blogged about the father, his camera, and his two adorable girls. Jason Lee is a wedding photographer by trade, but when his mother became ill with non-hodgkins lymphoma in 2006, he set up a website called http://kristinandkayla.com to keep her up-to-date and cheer her up with whimsical pictures of her granddaughters. Kristin and Kayla are incredibly adorable in their own right, but the way that their father poses each shot to give each scene a curiously playful spin is what makes these photos so unique and loved by...

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