A.L.Barger's blog
Posted June 10th, 2008
Is "Bitch" an Offensive Word?
I found this site kind of by accident a couple of weeks ago and I've been lurking, reading ever since. This woman could be my long-lost sister. Or clone.
This week, she beat me to the punch by asking
Posted June 10th, 2008
WAHMs, you COULD work in P.J.s all day. But SHOULD you?
You've seen the caricature--a frazzled, saggy-bosomed woman in sweat pants, sitting at a table littered with paper, ink pens and overturned coffee cups. Throw in a floor full of toys and a laptop and
Posted June 5th, 2008
Dealing with Burnout
It's been a tough spring in my neck of the woods. Someone I loved very much passed away on Easter after a stroke and the physical demands of driving several hundred miles every weekend for 6 weeks coupled
Posted June 3rd, 2008
It Ain't All That Flattering, Folks
If you write on the web long enough you're going to become the victim of plagiarism. And I can almost guarantee that if you discuss it with enough people, at least one of them is going to say something
Posted May 28th, 2008
Is The Internet Still A Useful Tool? Or Is It Too Full Of Junk?
I'm only half-joking when I say, "I've been writing for the web since there was a web." Today, writing for the web is more than 90% of what I do for a living. But I find myself becoming increasingly
Posted May 22nd, 2008
Hey, Gen Xers, Do You Feel "Sandwiched"?
There was a very interesting blog post on BNET last week titled Gen X is Unhappy at Work, based on a piece by Tammy Erickson. Basically it discussed the challenges faced by Generation X and the fact that









