Archive for January, 2009

The Chron.com Gets a Little Cheesier Today

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

As a Houston native and purely southern gal at heart, I was pleased totally freakin' ecstatic to find my cheesy little blog featured on the Houston Chron.com's opinion page this morning. So what if all the other blogs are somewhat serious and mature and my blog title includes the words ...

Gladwell Breaks it Down in H-Town: Where the Heck is the Magic Dust?!

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Welcome readers of the Houston Chron.com!! Thanks for visiting :) Secret's out. I have an Internet crush Malcolm Gladwell. I know I already blogged about him here and here... and also tweet about him all the time, but I just saw him speak at a Greater Houston Partnership luncheon and I've ...

Thoughts on Outliers: Will I EVER be a twittering Beauty Queen Who Flies Planes?

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

I finished reading Outliers a few weeks ago and, like all of Malcolm Gladwell's books, I loved it. It now resides on my top ten shelf smack dab between Twilight and Enchantment. Gladwell's insight into into "success" is mystifying and staggering and humbling all at once. With Outliers, Gladwell irrevocably proves ...