2008

Happy Holidays Must Include a Hug

December 24, 2008 By Linda Sherman 4 Comments

If you've met me in person, you know I'm a hugger. What you may not know about me is that I love cats, big and small. The following video was included in the Ten Most Popular Viral Videos of 2008 from Silicon Valley Insider. (When you open up the Alley Insider link, two of the non-YouTube videos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friendship, Relationships Tagged With: Christian the Lion, Holiday Message, hug, love

How to Pronounce KARAOKE

December 23, 2008 By Linda Sherman 17 Comments

It is the season of karaoke parties, including TechKaraoke, giving me plenty of opportunity to hear the word karaoke mispronounced and even misspelled to fit the mispronunciation. Tonight, it was Ryan Owens on ABC World News with Charles Gibson that put me over the top. Karaoke originated in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Americans, Featured, Japan, Language, Language Study Tagged With: Japan, Japanese, Language, spelling

Gratitude at Thanksgiving – My Top 10

November 27, 2008 By Linda Sherman 12 Comments

I learned a lot about being thankful back in the day with Werner Erhard. Acknowledging how great my life already is instead of waiting for it to turn out has given me many happy, satisfied years. Like many of you, I have been getting a lot of bad financial news lately. Fortunately, I still have much … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Americans, Food, Friendship, Health, Humor, Relationships, Rituals Tagged With: "New York Times", EmpowHer.com, gratitude, Guy Kawasaki, Jerusha Stewart, Los Angeles Times, Mashable, thanks, Thanksgiving, Werner Erhard, Wired

How to Order Well and Lose Weight

October 19, 2008 By Linda Sherman 7 Comments

Even powerful women like you need to lose weight sometimes. We diet. We go to maintenance phase. We are working out. We look good, we feel good. But when we go out to eat, we eat things we would never bring in the house: bread, potatoes, dessert - just a bit here and there but here comes the poofy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Diet, Food, Restaurants Tagged With: fitness

How a Blog Can Be a Birthday Gift

September 15, 2008 By Linda Sherman 4 Comments

I have a tradition of celebrating birthdays for a week. I believe birthdays are a good reason for being showered in small indulgences. Being single never stopped me from having a full Birthday Week. It helps that I am not shy. One of my best birthday week nights when I was single was at my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, Friendship, Gift, Relationships, Rituals, Social Media Tagged With: "how to", 08-08-08, 888, birthday celebration, birthday gift, checklist, Gift, handcrafted, handmade, husband, wife

Courageous Women I Met at BlogHer

August 3, 2008 By Linda Sherman 6 Comments

There were many brave, generous and kind women at BlogHer. The 22 women reading at the Friday night Keynote were amazing. Several of them had us in tears. Stephanie Quilao who spoke on the "Coming Out" panel had this to say: The big theme that came out of the session was that having the bravery to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friendship, Gender Differences, Health, Powerful Women, Single Life, Single Life Authors, Twitter Tagged With: "Stacy Morrison", African American Women, BlogHer, blogher08, Redbook, Single Life, Twitter, women

Welcome Prosperity Celebration 888

August 1, 2008 By Linda Sherman 58 Comments

The Olympics starts on August 8th at 8PM for a reason. August 8th 2008 is an auspicious date. In Chinese, the number 8 is pronounced "fa" or "ba" (depending on the dialect) which means prosperity. As James Fallows noted in the Atlantic Monthly a year ago, many Chinese couples have been planning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Relationships, Rituals, Travel Tagged With: "August 8, 08-08-08, 2008", 888, auspicious, Kauai, lucky

Powerful Voices at BlogHer in San Francisco

July 31, 2008 By Linda Sherman 6 Comments

I loved BlogHer. That may make me entirely uncool but I don't care. From the Thursday night parties to the end of the Unconference on Sunday, I found it exhilarating being surrounded by women who write. Having 1,000 women in one hotel entirely changes the experience for all the guests. I think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Gender Differences, Powerful Women, Tech Entertainment Networking, Twitter Tagged With: "Kara Jesella", "New York Times", "Trip Gabriel", BlogHer, Gender Differences, Twitter

Hugging Off-Line at Blogger Socials

July 15, 2008 By Linda Sherman 20 Comments

In the world of blogging, comments and links are virtual hugs. When bloggers meet socially, it's a chance for real hugs. I'd like to thank the attendees of Blogger Social who welcomed me so graciously into their midst. We had two great days together of first meetings, conversation and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Author, Marketing, Powerful Women, Tech Entertainment Networking, Travel, Twitter Tagged With: "St. Francis", Author, bloggersocial, blogher08, Marketing, Powerful Women, Twitter, Westin, women

Declaration of Independence – Last Single Girl Webisodes

July 4, 2008 By Linda Sherman 4 Comments

The single women you will see in The Last Single Girls webisodes have declared their independence. It doesn't mean they don't date or they don't like men. When I talk about independence with my female friends, what we mean is that we are very much OK on our own. I adore my husband, Ray Gordon, but … [Read more...]