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  1. My BlogHer '10 Business Cards, and What You Should Think About When Designing Yours

    8/2/11 11:31am by schmutzie
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    Schmutzie Business Cards

    [Editor's Note: While this post references BlogHer '10, the advice about creating effective business cards is still top notch. I thought for those of you preparing for BlogHer '11 this post could serve as a great support to your experience. Thus, no worries - it is STILL 2011 and BlogHer '11 is in San Diego regardless of what references are made within the post. Enjoy! -PaulaG]  Read more >

  2. Why I Made A Kid-Free List On Twitter (And What Happened When I Did)

    4/25/11 11:29am by schmutzie
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    Kid-Free Twitter List

    Creating my kid-free list seemed innocent enough to me at the time. I tend to swim in a sea that seems primarily comprised of mommybloggers and daddybloggers, and I was suddenly possessed of the urge to find and collect those out there who fit my particular demographic: people over 30 who do not have children. I intended nothing political by or pre-supposing about it. I simply had the very human desire to see myself reflected out in the world.  Read more >

  3. Bigotry, Rape Apologism, and Baby Theft: WTF, Patriarchy?

    11/14/10 2:00pm by schmutzie
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    Some weeks, the news just doesn't get any better, and this week is no exception when it comes to gross misconduct and contravention of human rights. Here are a few gems to put in your WTF file.  Read more >

  4. Drug Prohibition, Accessibility, and Addiction: This Former Addict Says Yes to Legalization

    11/8/10 5:33pm by schmutzie
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    Zach Galifianakis

    Once upon a time until about two-and-a-half months ago when I admitted publicly to my alcoholism and embraced sobriety, I drank so much on a regular basis that I blacked out two or three times a week and couldn't remember how I came home. So, what I am about to reveal here with regard to my thoughts on drugs, accessibility, and legalization might surprise you: I support the legalization of all drugs, or, at the very least, the decriminalization of possession and personal use.  Read more >

  5. The 40-Day Inner Mean Girl Cleanse: How It Tangled With My Outer Bitch and Lost

    10/19/10 9:22am by schmutzie
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    Talk to the Hand

    I have a long history of negative self-talk, and, although I have been less harsh with myself in recent years, I still manage to be my own worst bully. So, when I came across The 40-Day Inner Mean Girl Cleanse one afternoon in late August, a six-week course hosted by co-creators Amy Ahlers and Christine Arylo, I thought it was probably a good idea to join up. My very recent commitment to sobriety, thoughts about positive personal revolution, and a strong desire to be kinder to myself made this seem like the right step to take.  Read more >

  6. How to Write (Better): 12 Steps for Writing a How-To Article

    8/30/10 9:16am by schmutzie
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    Woman Typing

    Writing a good how-to article is harder than most people think. I know this, because most of the how-to articles I come across on the internet are down-right terrible. They often assume a level of expertise that the reader does not possess or neglect to mention entire steps that would get the reader from step three to step four without causing them to rip out handfuls of hair. My how-tos, though, are quite fantastic, and I am here to tell you how to do it, so that when you decide to share your knowledge with the world, you can do it better than everyone else.  Read more >

  7. How to Write (Better): Even Bad Poetry Can Make You a Better Writer

    7/27/10 9:21am by schmutzie
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    Writing

    I have had a love/hate relationship with poetry, made up of three parts hate and one part love, for the last thirty years when I first discovered it at the age of seven. I was rebelling against the rote memorization of multiplication tables that year, and I grabbed onto the perceived freedom of freeform poetry as my life preserver in a world that was soon to include a structured summer full of remedial math lessons.  Read more >

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I can be found at Schmutzie.com, Ninjamatics, and Grace in Small Things.

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