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Erica McGillivray is snarky feminist geek, president of GeekGirlCon, & a community attaché specializing in SEO & social media.
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Tag Archives: navel gazing
Q&A: Relationships with Books
1. Which book has been on your shelves the longest? Probably the children’s book about the adventures of a tooth fairy and me. Remember those stands in the malls in the ’80s where they’d put your child’s name in the … Continue reading
Things of a Kind
10 things I wish I could say to 10 different people I know (no names used): I miss when you had dreams for the future. I feel like I’m always polishing what you carved. The splinters are annoying. I had … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Matt
Today is my friend Matt’s birthday. Matt’s a dear friend who lives too far away and who’s easily embarrassed, which makes this all the more fun. Happy 26th Birthday, Matt. I met Matt my freshman year of college when we … Continue reading
Top 20 Movies of the Decade
Inspired by my friend Kyle’s list and everyone else’s, these are my Top 20 Movies of the Decade. Every movie on this list was made between 2000-2009. Looking at my list, I definitely stopped watching new movies during my college … Continue reading
The Story of My Left Boob
Or Why I Support a Public Option Health Care Plan for All Boobs. As a woman with family history of breast cancer, I can tell you that boobs aren’t something we’re shy about talking about; breasts are important. They are … Continue reading
Posted in hot issues, personal
Tagged family, hot issues, navel gazing, personal=political
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5 Reasons to Follow Me (emcgillivray) on Twitter
Post inspired by Corvida over on SheGeeks.net. Here are 5 Reasons to follow me (emcgillivray) over on Twitter and why Twitter is part of my relevant conversations. 1. You get an instant version of me, and I tend to share … Continue reading
11 Book Meme Questions
I’m a big reader from way back. Yes, I vote for libraries and I have a fondness for Reading Rainbow and LeVar Burton. English major as charged. 01. Do you snack while you read? If so, favorite reading snack? Occasionally, … Continue reading
Re-Cap: Bunny Sitting
Recently, Jason and I bunny-sat for one of my co-workers and his wife as they vacationed in a tropical paradise. The rabbit in question’s name is Nib. Nib is a black Mini Rex, which means he’s extra soft as his … Continue reading
Facebook — To delete or not to delete
I think a lot about deleting my Facebook. I don’t use it for networking; that’s why I have LinkedIn. I don’t use it to contact my close circle of friends. We have face-to-face visits, phones, e-mail, and other methods of … Continue reading
Posted in personal, writing
Tagged Facebook, family, navel gazing, privacy on the internet, social networking to the future, writing
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I’m Still as Pretty as a Turtle
Saturday is my 25th birthday. I’ll be a quarter of a century. Wow. (Yes, this picture is of me when I was a baby.) My mom is here visiting with my fake!daddy in tow. This time, she let him get … Continue reading