Not a fan of Valentine’s Day? No worries. In the February issue of Her Nashville magazine, your Chic Geek explores easy–and artsy–ways to pamper the real love of your life: your pooch! Here’s a sample:

They say dog is man’s best friend, but we all know that a dog is also a woman’s soul sister.

She knows the songs you sing in the shower and completely respects your crush on 80s power ballads. She’s been there for you through “Do these khakis make me look thick?” and “OMG! These jeans make me look thin!” Steadfast in her devotion, she’s never judgmental,  even if you haven’t washed your hair since last Tuesday. Read More…

B.L. Ochman has a great top ten list of reasons CEO’s and the like should not blog.  All of her points are valid, but my favorite is the first:

1. The blogs most companies want to create are guaranteed to join the 900,999 out of every million blogs with no readers. Why? They???re boring.

I agree with it wholeheartedly, but my number one reason for anyone – CEO’s or SAHM‘s – should not blog is this:

A blog is like a dog. You’ve got to feed and water it. You’ve got to love on it and take it on long walks in the park. You’ll need to name it. Get it checked out by experts every now and then. Oh! And there will be poop. You’ll need to pick that up. Fail to do these things and it will die — and no one will ever trust you with a blog again.

Trust me (even though I just told you not to), I know. I’ve killed two such blog-dogs in my lifetime. Why? See Ochman’s point number 4.

It makes me wonder when someone out there will start a no-kill blog shelter where you can go and adopt unwanted blogs into stable, loving homes with good time management skills.

Anyway –

I’m now the proud owner of three blogs, Flackrabbit, Chic Geek and Picalicious. I promise (hopefully) not to kill them. They are very time consuming, but also very rewarding. Plus, it’s good writing practice. So you’ve got that going for you, which is nice.