real life

Believe it or not, occasionally I do make it more than two feet away from the monitor and keyboard.

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  The Grace of Not Being Wonderful

  Posted on May 19, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  I was making breakfast, cracking the eggs into the battered somewhat-non-stick skillet, and trying to balance it on the old electric burner so that the eggs wouldn’t run into each other too much. Attempting to flip them without breaking the yolks so I could deliver them to The Man & The Girl in perfect, over-medium [...]

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  Steamboats, Who Gets There First & Who Gets the Credit

  Posted on May 16, 2012 by Kat French in managing attention, real life

  I was doing some research for a content strategy project this week for the Belle of Louisville. Since I’ve become obsessed with steampunk stuff, working on a project that features the oldest still-operating steam-powered riverboat is PRETTY DARN COOL. But I digress. In doing the research, I read something really sad. Robert Fulton is widely [...]

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  A wonderfully ordinary day

  Posted on May 10, 2012 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  We had bratwurst patties for dinner tonight.  Yes, I said bratwurst patties.  As in, “bratwurst, without all that silly sausage casing to slow you down.” It was every bit as awesome as you might imagine. We had Pepsi Next to drink, which should be called Pepsi Compromise.  ”You want to avoid sugar because it’s bad [...]

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  Wherein my family totally ignores the Derby and has a great weekend anyway

  Posted on May 7, 2012 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  I had Friday off unexpectedly for Oaks Day, which is basically a holiday in Louisville, Kentucky. It was also Star Wars Day (“May the Fourth Be With You”) so I briefly thought about spending the whole day watching all the Star Wars movies with my kids. But the weather was really beautiful, at least early [...]

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  Sympathy for the Duck

  Posted on May 2, 2012 by Kat French in real life, relationships, story & craft

  We’re all familiar with the fable of the ugly duckling. It’s easy to empathize with the kid who struggles growing up in a family where s/he feels defective for being different. At least, I can certainly relate to that character. But I had the thought today that being the Mama Duck in that story is [...]

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  What’s your unspoken job title?

  Posted on April 30, 2012 by Kat French in real life, relationships

  One of the things I appreciate about my current copywriting job at a digital agency is that it’s allowed me to specialize in what I’m best at.  I’ve always been a Jack of all Trades, which was fine, except I knew I could achieve mastery if I could just focus my attention on one or [...]

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