One “side effect” of the time I spent in Africa is a moderately annoying “proposal problem”. See, to Africans (African men in particular), my white American skin equals a green card. The vast majority of Africans just really desire to live in the United States, but immigration is much more challenging since 9/11. The easiest [...]
Special thanks to my sister, Jennifer, who sent me this story.
Reading stories like this make me so glad to live in the United States. The situation in Iran is just so awful right now. Our ancestors risked so much to give us this nation. I only pray that we don’t mess it up.
Confession: I absolutely love the online yellowpages. When I’m looking for local restaurants or other local searches, sometimes you just can’t beat the local yellowpages. Sometimes you can google it (like “pizza places in anytown USA”) and get a decent answer. But, more often than not, you have search repeatedly and fruitlessly before *maybe* getting [...]
I love to travel, as you all know. Remarkably, although I’ve been to oodles of nations overseas, I’ve only been to something like half or two thirds of the states in the United States. I have only technically been to Alaska- when I was flying from Chicago (OHare) to Tokyo Narita, my airplane had to [...]
This article makes me wonder how common it is.
As a US citizen, I’ve traveled overseas with a certain degree of comfort, that it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY I would ever be arrested or prosecuted by another nation, presuming I at least attempt to obey their laws. I don’t know the whole story behind the people in [...]
I must confess that I’m a bit of a skeptic.
It’s not that I don’t think it is serious. I just really wonder if it is anywhere close to as serious as the news makes it out to be. In the United States, we have absolutely outstanding health care. I really doubt that we will see [...]
On this day in 1860, the first Pony Express mail, traveling by horse and rider relay teams, simultaneously leaves St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. Ten days later, on April 13, the westbound rider and mail packet completed the approximately 1,800-mile journey and arrived in Sacramento, beating the eastbound packet’s arrival in St. Joseph by [...]
Redirected from my Facebook page, because I don’t trust them with my content anymore. Have you heard about their new ToS?
My middle name is Susanne.
I was born and raised in Kansas City, went to college nearby, and upon graduation, I moved as far away from the US as I could.
Then I moved back. [...]
Recently I was asked to review a new invention called the “Brush Guard”. This product is such a great idea!
Trust me- I’m not just saying that because I am reviewing it. I know all the ladies reading this can relate to the challenges that we have with maintaining clean makeup brushes. It is essential to [...]
One thing I would LOVE would be if I could get paid to view mobile ads. Since I’m looking for a good mobile phone, but I don’t want to spend a ton of money, it would be fantastic if I could “work” by viewing (or hearing?) ads from a Mobile Marketing Company. Unfortunately, I don’t [...]