http://marcywrites.com Life. It's Comedy. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/teenage-training-763/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/teenage-training-763/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/teenage-training-763/ Dear New Parents of Teenagers: When your kid wakes up sick in the middle of the night- but you don’t hear him…he might leave you these charming notes on his door so you let him sleep in a bit. So fun.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/teenage-training-763/feed/ 0 http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/hey-marcy-what-have-the-boys-been-up-to-lately/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/hey-marcy-what-have-the-boys-been-up-to-lately/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:11:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/hey-marcy-what-have-the-boys-been-up-to-lately/ Well, we had a camera crew here the other day to shoot a brand video. They wanted to know how tech saavy he was….he did me proud when he started ranting about the complexity of downloading and file locating on his MacBook versus our PC’s. And then there was the moment he asked if he [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/hey-marcy-what-have-the-boys-been-up-to-lately/feed/ 1 http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/a-table-for-three/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/a-table-for-three/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:28:42 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/a-table-for-three/ It was a perfect night.      I was exhausted from travel and work- and his baseball try-outs were cancelled due to rain. It was a perfect night. We were already out of the house, and I decided to take him to one of my favorite places in town. A place I realized I tend [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/a-table-for-three/feed/ 3 http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/how-i-know-prayer-works/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/how-i-know-prayer-works/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:11:15 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/how-i-know-prayer-works/ It’s like I always say “for a little pep and vigor, grab a donut kids!”]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/02/how-i-know-prayer-works/feed/ 1 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/sock-crisis-of-2012-solved-im-sure-you-are-relieved/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/sock-crisis-of-2012-solved-im-sure-you-are-relieved/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:17:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/sock-crisis-of-2012-solved-im-sure-you-are-relieved/ Let’s check in on my glamorous life today. Do you know what happens when you two boys who are growing faster than magic growing rocks? Well for starters all their clothes and socks look like the same size. And when they get close to teenage-ness all their socks look (and are) the exact same size [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/sock-crisis-of-2012-solved-im-sure-you-are-relieved/feed/ 4 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/the-executive-producer-has-spoken/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/the-executive-producer-has-spoken/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:03:24 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/the-executive-producer-has-spoken/ Guess what my kids will see every time they open the shower door in the guest bathroom (clearly we never have guests and this is a really awesome place to keep it behind frosted doors) looking for where we keep the extra toilet paper? Nagging was getting old. And wasn’t working. So I am trying [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/the-executive-producer-has-spoken/feed/ 3 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/pass-ab1522-justice-for-abused-spouses/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/pass-ab1522-justice-for-abused-spouses/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:32:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/pass-ab1522-justice-for-abused-spouses/ First, please watch this 3 minutes of Anderson Cooper… video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player Are you shocked? Disgusted? Amazed? This is my cousin, Crystal Harris.  I testified at her trial and have been astonished at her strength and resilience. She has even entered a bill with the help of Assembly members into the legislature (which [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/pass-ab1522-justice-for-abused-spouses/feed/ 1 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/gsmi-social-media-strategies-chicago-keynote/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/gsmi-social-media-strategies-chicago-keynote/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:54:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/gsmi-social-media-strategies-chicago-keynote/ Very excited to announce I will be the Keynote speaker at a wonderful event in Chicago April 18th-19th. Visit the Social Media Strategies Summit site here. This is a not to be missed conference- and not cuz I am there- but because the quality of all the speakers (and equally amazing attendees) make this the [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/gsmi-social-media-strategies-chicago-keynote/feed/ 4 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/joe-paterno-knew/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/joe-paterno-knew/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 02:33:48 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/joe-paterno-knew/ I did not want to write this post. As a matter of fact- I have tried hard NOT to write this post. But sometimes things get a hold of my heart and I just have to voice my opinion or burst (it was this opinion bursting that got me in trouble with many a friend/teacher/boss [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/joe-paterno-knew/feed/ 49 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/communicate-anonymously-is-the-best-way-to-start-a-relationship/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/communicate-anonymously-is-the-best-way-to-start-a-relationship/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:53:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/communicate-anonymously-is-the-best-way-to-start-a-relationship/ Dear Direct Digital Marketer- Are you feeling okay? I am a little concerned about you and normally I wouldn’t be critical or anything, but when you send a MARRIED woman who is 41 an email like this, I have really no choice. Maybe you just aren’t giving this gig your all. Maybe you are just [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/communicate-anonymously-is-the-best-way-to-start-a-relationship/feed/ 1 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/how-to-use-picnik-in-google-plus/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/how-to-use-picnik-in-google-plus/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:19:28 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/how-to-use-picnik-in-google-plus/ So Picnik is closing. Oh MY GAWD PICNIK IS CLOSING!!!!! Oh wait. No its not. Nevermind. Actually it is still open- and now all the premium features are free to everyone. (check out this ‘we are NOT billing you again’ notice I got) So why are so many people talking about Picnik and how it [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/how-to-use-picnik-in-google-plus/feed/ 12 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/heres-to-you-ambiguous-fortune-cookie-writer/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/heres-to-you-ambiguous-fortune-cookie-writer/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:28:13 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/heres-to-you-ambiguous-fortune-cookie-writer/ So, I think I my fortune cookie insulted me. Is that unusual good? Or unusual bad? And is that magnetic awesome or magnetic like a train wreck? Or perhaps this fortune was meant for this guy:   (thanks to David for the image find)]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/heres-to-you-ambiguous-fortune-cookie-writer/feed/ 0 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/adtalk-home-maid-tragedy/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/adtalk-home-maid-tragedy/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:33:54 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/adtalk-home-maid-tragedy/ Diane never planned on killing Ms. Downing. But then she insisted on putting her cigarette out in the freshly polished silver.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/adtalk-home-maid-tragedy/feed/ 0 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/google-plus-so-where-are-we/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/google-plus-so-where-are-we/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:48:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/google-plus-so-where-are-we/ 8 months since Google Plus launched. It is growing so fast it is projected to really be giving FB a run for it’s money by the end of 2012. I have said this publically many times, but I think it might be worth repeating. This whole Google Plus/ Facebook thing isn’t really and ‘either/or’ discussion- [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/google-plus-so-where-are-we/feed/ 2 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/maybe-i-can-just-plan-the-wedding-without-him/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/maybe-i-can-just-plan-the-wedding-without-him/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:00:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/maybe-i-can-just-plan-the-wedding-without-him/ Next month I will be celebrating my 14th wedding anniversary. I know- we are as shocked as you are. For a couple of insane people who got in engaged in a week, and married a year later- I am not going to say we didn’t think it would last….but still we are still stunned that [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/maybe-i-can-just-plan-the-wedding-without-him/feed/ 2 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/adtalk-in-it-to-pin-it/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/adtalk-in-it-to-pin-it/#comments Sat, 14 Jan 2012 22:12:22 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/adtalk-in-it-to-pin-it/   Want more? Please see the entire AdTalk series here.]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/adtalk-in-it-to-pin-it/feed/ 0 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/asking-the-universe-to-dance/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/asking-the-universe-to-dance/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:24:24 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/asking-the-universe-to-dance/ At a recent cocktail event (just typing that makes me sound annoying I know) a young guy gravitated towards me when he heard I worked for a major agency. He was a recent graduate and was looking to find a position on PR and Marketing. He was soft-spoken, humble and seemed like the most UN-marketing [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/asking-the-universe-to-dance/feed/ 4 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/drunk-knitters-a-new-concern-for-all/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/drunk-knitters-a-new-concern-for-all/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:23:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/drunk-knitters-a-new-concern-for-all/ I think we all know I am a fan of a good craft. I love a creative hobby. I painted pottery, scrapbooked like a mad woman and yes…I own several glue guns. But one creative trend I never tried was knitting. I know, I know…It’s not your grandmothers craft anymore….but still there is something about [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/drunk-knitters-a-new-concern-for-all/feed/ 4 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/re-loving-my-babies/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/re-loving-my-babies/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:02:33 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/re-loving-my-babies/ I shouldn’t do it- but every know and then I can’t help myself.    I start looking through pictures of my boys when they were little. Happily I have been digital since about 1999 so nearly all of their childhood lives in my computer. Which means it is always right there waiting for me to [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/re-loving-my-babies/feed/ 4 http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/trying-to-explain-the-80s-and-the-kid-isnt-buying-it/ http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/trying-to-explain-the-80s-and-the-kid-isnt-buying-it/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:24:00 +0000 Marcy http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/trying-to-explain-the-80s-and-the-kid-isnt-buying-it/ I get asked all the time ‘What is it like to be the mom of a kid like Jack?’….I always say it is awesome and interesting. I am constantly learning how much I underestimate his world knowledge and his comedy skills. The following is a Skype text transcript. Because his gaming bay is upstairs and [...]]]> http://marcywrites.com/2012/01/trying-to-explain-the-80s-and-the-kid-isnt-buying-it/feed/ 4