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Writing is hard
I say "Writing is hard" not to vent my own frustrations, but to alleviate yours. It's not you. I wrote a book review this week, and I haven't written an actual book review in ages, and it was difficult. I...
Happy 200th Post!
I can't believe that this blog is 5 years old and I am now posting my 200th post! I have shared many personal experiences as well as practical etiquette advice not only with you as a collective group, but have had so many wonderful personal experiences due to this blog.I started this blog for me, to do have something all my own. Show More Summary
Bert & Ernie, Gay Marriage Icons?
Is your Facebook feed as filled with "equal" signs as mine? I hope so. This week is Passover, which makes it a beautiful time to focus on social justice and families and what it means to live tradition, not let...
Requesting recommendations
In addition to invitations and thank-you notes, this is also the season of asking for letters of recommendation. The Everyday Sociology Blog has some good tips: Come to class regularly Participate in class If you are struggling, seek help. I...
Greatest Hit: "The Invitationals"
As we are getting into the season of outdoor parties, graduations, and weddings, I thought it a good time to re-run this blog post from 2008, on the finer points of creating a guest list. There is a question that I...
Worth a thousand words
This picture of Leonard Nimoy and his son, Adam (via Retronaut) gives me all the feelings about fathers and sons, and art and science and religion and what it means to have all of those things in balance. And the...
Unemployment etiquette
The Globe today reports on growing population of 45-and-older workers who have been unemployed for a year or more: The number of people 45 and older who have been jobless for more than a year has quadrupled since 2007, accounting...
E-mail & Social Networking
Today I was reminded how powerful e-mail can be in your networking activities and opportunities. Over the weekend, I had several folks I had worked with in the past (some the distant past) who e-mailed me to check in and talk business. What was a pleasant surprise, besides hearing from these past associates, was how [...] Read the rest here... E-mail & Social Networking
Today's column (hot flash, hot flash, read all about it!)
... is online here. The first question is about hot flash etiquette:... take a deep breath, a sip of water, and dab your forehead with a well-ironed handkerchief of excellent quality, perhaps monogrammed. Learn how to do this with.....
My new crush
Here is my latest crush. I don't know that my hubby approves of these crushes that I have. I become a little involved with these things and tend to think about them probably a little more than one should. Then, when at last they are mine, life can go back to normal and I'm okay; until I see something else I like. Show More Summary
Friday roundup: "Today Show" Edition
And then all of a sudden, I was on "The Today Show" hosting an etiquette quiz game show with Hoda Kotb and Whitney Cummings, and they gave a copy of my book to the loser as a booby prize. I...
"Today Show" Etiquette Quiz!
Here's my "Today Show" clip, with Hoda Kotb and guest host Whitney Cummings. More about the experience tomorrow. It was very amusing!Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...
The Panhandler
He didn’t look at me as he walked past my red Mercedes Benz. That day he had probably walked past hundreds of cars stopped at the red light at the corner of 10th Avenue North, just off I-95. He was wearing a dirty t-shirt, faded blue jeans and tattered sneakers. I can’t remember exactly what [...]
Fox Today, "Today" tomorrow!
I'll be on "The Today Show" tomorrow at 10:30 EST, playing an etiquette game with substitute host Whitney Cummings and Hoda Kotb! Tune in! And this morning, I was on the local Fox affiliate, talking "professionalism" and Millennials. The embed...
The message gets lost in the text...
I have posted almost 200 times and still have so much to learn. It seems the more I learn, the less I know. I had an interesting experience that I will vaguely share with you in hopes of saving you what my stupidity cost me. I texted someone in hopes of opening a dialogue. Show More Summary
Chat Wednesday at noon!
Miss Conduct on etiquette -- March 20 at noon...
Kitty Kisser
Emily Yoffe, aka Dear Prudence, is on Washingtonpost.com weekly to chat live with readers. An edited transcript of the chat is below. (Sign up here to get Dear Prudence delivered to your inbox each week. Read Prudie’s Slate columns here. Send questions to Prudence at prudence@slate.com.)
Green beer, red blood
Happy St. Patrick's Day! My friend Thom Dunn has terrific post about Irish vampires: But what the Irish vampires have above so many others is a painfully human struggle; they may be fast healers with super-strength and longevity, but at...
Today's column
... is online here. I was disappointed that my editor chose not to use the original phrase "Single-sex baby showers are a perfectly cromulent feminist ritual." I was only trying to help the paper embiggen its vocabulary....
Friday roundup: Etiquette Edition
Ta-Nehisi Coates writes about those people: I'm sitting in the quiet car of an Amtrak train making my weekly voyage up top. There's a rule that prohibits loud talking and digital devices. Cell phone usage is also prohibited. There are...
