Written on Feb 26, 2009 by Valerie
To borrow a line from Iron Chef, “Whose cuisine reigns supreme?” Hosea is the winner of Top Chef Season Five. He wins the trophy, bragging rights and the top prize of $100,000 to help him start his own restaurant. Even though I was pulling for Carla, I’m happy for Hosea. In my last post I…
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Written on Feb 24, 2009 by Valerie
I started blogging about a year ago to document and share my family’s caregiving experiences. Several month’s later I started a ministry blog that I had been sitting on for four years. I enjoy blogging and reading blogs. To me it is much more interesting than watching CNN or network news and more entertaining than…
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Written on Feb 23, 2009 by Valerie
Since I started blogging last year, I joined a few blogging social media groups: Blogged, Blog Catalog Stumble Upon and Technorati. I’ve made some contacts and added friends to my network. But this morning I checked my e-mail and was disturbed by a request from someone who had just added me as a friend and…
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Written on Feb 21, 2009 by Valerie
I finally caught the last episode of Top Chef’s first part of the finale. Fatigue took over on Wednesday night and I fell asleep about 9:15 PM, so I had to catch the reruns on Thursday. I love that New Orleans was chosen for the finale and Emeril as the guest judge and chef to…
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Written on Feb 18, 2009 by Valerie
The world’s largest social media network has met its match – bloggers, tweeters, forums and e-mails. Not even Facebook can escape the power of cyberspace and our ever changing technology. On Monday evening, I received an e-mail about Facebook’s new Terms of Service (TOS). I was unaware of the change so, I immediately took a…
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Written on Feb 12, 2009 by Valerie
Well, Bravo’s Top Chef is down to the final four. From the beginning I thought Fabio, Hosea and Stefan would probably be in the final four. Carla wasn’t on my radar until a few weeks ago, but she has really stepped up her game. As far as Leah is concerned, I’m surprised she made it…
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Written on Feb 9, 2009 by Valerie
Are you part of a large family that likes to hug and you don’t? Do you cringe because your fellow church members want to hug everybody? Do your family, friends and complete strangers try to convince you that there is something wrong with you because a handshake is enough? If so, you are not alone….
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