TMI Friday: My Poor Nostrils


Between the painfully dry winter in Utah, and the nightly abuse of pressurized air from my CPAP machine…my nostrils are suffering.  Between prescription-strength steroid nasal spray, regular swipes of Neosporin on a Q-TIP, and sinus rinses…I’m doing what my doctor has ordered. Unfortunately, I’m getting bloody noses all the time. What’s really gross is waking […]

Non-Tangible Birthday Gifts


Saturday is my birthday. Other than being excited to see friends for the Frida Tweetup – whoop-de-doo. Make no mistake about it, I do love my birthday. Born on February 5th, I’ve said since about 1985 – “Feb 5 is a great day to come alive.” It’s situated far enough past Christmas that budgets have […]

Shameless Self Promotion: Ignite Salt Lake and Frida Tweetup


In case you haven’t seen my tweets or Facebook messages about it, I’ve been selected to speak at Ignite Salt Lake 7, a community event celebrating passion and geek culture.  Ignite events showcase a series of speakers, who in rapid succession, give 5 minute talks on whatever ignites their passion. Speakers are allowed 20 slides […]

New Meme: Twitter Capture Tuesday


For those of us who joke that “Twitter killed my blog,” I have a new meme for you! Every Tuesday, I’ll host a Linky for you post your best Twitter status screen capture of the week. Whether it’s funny: or wise: Post your Twitter Capture Tuesday screenshots, or links to the individual tweets, here! Make […]

My Evil Cult Avatar


Thanks to Josh Peters, I have an evil avatar to emphasize the CULT in cuteCULTurechick.*** Yesterday on Twitter, Stephanie, aka @sahans, was going through a tweet-life crisis. She was brainstorming ideas for a new Twitter handle. I suggested a few…specifically ones that had to do with her obsessions of Snuggies, BumpIts, unicorns and sparkly things. […]

TMI Friday: I’m Not Crazy, It’s My Hormones


You know when you’ve been sick for so long, you’re obsessed with finding out why? One of my favorite things to do when I can’t sleep is research health topics. I’m an insomniac who researches sleep disorders in the wee hours of the morning so I can try to make some sense of why I’m […]