Amanda Knox, the American woman accused of killing her roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007 while they were both exchange students in Italy, has been convicted by a jury and is now facing 26 years in an Italian prison. In a separate trial, Knox’s now ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito was sentenced to 25 years for his part in the brutal killing. The two were convicted of all charges, except theft. They must pay 5 million euros to the victim’s family. Knox...  Read More »

Happy Friday! Don’t know about you, but I’ve had a pretty interesting week – including trying to chop off the tip of my right thumb. Do you know how hard it is to function when the thumb on your dominate hand is out of commission? Well, it’s pretty dang hard. But, as with so many other things, it could’ve been a lot worse. At 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time today, the great newsman Tom Brokaw, and his wife Meredith, were involved in a three-car crash on the...  Read More »

You know the old adage “when it rains, it pours”? Well let me just tell you that not only is it pouring in my life right now, it’s down right hailing; whoever said bad things come in threes was grossly mistaken. That being said, I am trying my darndest to get out of this flippin’ life-is-crap storm. No point in boring you with the details, but let’s just say my mantra “everything happens for a reason” has been on overdrive. Haha, is that vague...  Read More »

Hey everybody! Sorry I’ve been M.I.A. lately; things have been kinda crazy in my world. My site has been having issues for about a week, so that’s annoyed me to no end (and created countless tears). Plus my day job situation is taking an interesting turn – I’m on the fence of whether things will be better or worse for me. There’s so much I want to talk about too, but I’ll have to keep it brief. I just wanted to let you know that I’m still alive. Tell...  Read More »