Thursday Night Mash Up

Kristabella | March 4, 2010

Did you know I got a new laptop? HAVE I MENTIONED THAT AT ALL? So far, I love it. The hardest thing is getting used to the new keyboard. See, this has a full keyboard, with the number pad thingy, so I keep lining up in the middle of the laptop to type and end [...]

A Small Treat

Kristabella | March 2, 2010

Apparently one of my old teachers from Junior High has joined Facebook and created a group for our school. He also has decided to scan the contents of the yearbooks from the years he was a teacher.
And because I’m generous, I figured I would share the photo of me from 8th grade. It’s a little [...]

Bystander Effect

Kristabella | January 27, 2010

Have you ever heard of the term Bystander Effect?
According to Wikipedia, it is defined as follows:
The bystander effect is the somewhat controversial name given to a social psychological phenomenon in cases where individuals do not offer help in an emergency situation when other people are present.
Basically it says that the more people who are around [...]

The Five-Day Week

Kristabella | January 18, 2010

Did you know this will be my first 5-day work week of the New Year? And really my first one since the middle of December? I’m tired just thinking about it.
The first week of January, I went to Atlanta. And then last Friday, I was feeling under the weather so I called in sick. For [...]

Groundhog Day

Kristabella | December 15, 2009

I’m sitting in the Pittsburgh airport right now typing this. Apparently our flight had mechanical problems and couldn’t take off to get here to Pittsburgh. So they had to switch the plane (THANK GOD) and then finally took off. If it isn’t weather, it’s a borked plane.
By the time I post it, I’ll probably be [...]