Shana McLean Moore's Blog

• (Insert Excited Squeal)

  November 20, 2008

  • I know that no one actually likes a show off, but would you consider tolerating one for a moment?

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• The Invisi-Fence (R) of Ugly

  November 15, 2008

  • Have you ever noticed how a change of scenery can drastically change your mood?

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• Getting Smithy with it on Oprah

  November 12, 2008

  • Will Smith was on Oprah last week to promote his new movie, “Seven Pounds.” While the plot of the movie doesn’t scream “Must See” to me, I need to see that movie for one simple reason: I

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• The Twinkle Effect

  November 8, 2008

  • Have you ever noticed how people's eyes light up the minute you start talking about something positive?

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• Being our own best vintage

  November 1, 2008

  • "Men spend their lives in anticipations—in determining to be vastly happy at some per
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• Avoiding the Exxon Valdez of Emotional Spills

  October 22, 2008

  • When scientists are sent in to help clean-up the oil spills created by the likes of the Exxon Valdez or a derailed tra

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• Revenge of the Parents

  October 20, 2008

  • I adore my children with every cell of my being. Yep, even with those dratted cells whose sole mission is to cultivate cellulite.

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• From the Sunnyside...

  October 9, 2008

  • From the conversations I have been having with friends and the assorted strangers I chat up on any given day lately, it's clear that it is easier to feel more like Eeyore than Tigger these days.<

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• Confessions from an Opraholic

  September 19, 2008

  • Late at night, when my husband’s breathing patterns signal a deep enough sleep that I can extract the remote control from his gender-entitled grasp, I tune in to recorded episodes of the Oprah show.

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• Welcome to the Sunnyside... where community grows

  September 11, 2008

  • Inspired in equal parts by my reflections upon turning 40, a $90K real estate mistake, and the comments made by our own Peter Coyote at the Red Room's panel discussion at the Commonwealth Club, I have started a motivational speaking career around the subject of community building.

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• Summer Nights

  August 24, 2008

  • I’ve been a sucker for summer since sometime between my 1^st and 7^th viewing of the movie Grease during the summer of 1978.

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• Parent Repellant

  August 16, 2008

  • I never felt much compassion for bugs until the first time I stepped through the doors of the trendy Hollister or Abercrombie & Fitch. Now I can say for sure that I know how a mosquito feels at the first whiff of Deet;

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• Field of Dreamers

  July 31, 2008

  • I have always been a sucker for anyone who carries a dream in their pocket, despite all the obstacles in its way—like pocket lint, car keys or a soul-sucking full-time job.

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• A Picture Perfect Vacation

  July 18, 2008

  • It is true that a picture captures a thousand words, but I recently discovered that many of my family snapshots are lying cheats.
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• Why IS it that... it's all relative?

  July 16, 2008

  • I’m usually bursting with pride whenever I don the ol’ running shoes and shuffle off to skim the surface of the pavement-- even though I soon look like I need to be medivac’ed to the nearest hospital.

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