Workplace Health • 16th October 2022

Pandemic World: Shining a Light on Health and Safety

Times of struggle and challenge are often some of the greatest periods of growth, and the pandemic has certainly created plenty of challenges. As we have risen to meet those challenges, though, COVID-19 has helped shine a light on crucial changes that needed to be made in the world of health and safety.

Cyber • 15th October 2022

Cyber Hygiene: Top 5 Ways to Be Cyber Smart

Cyber hygiene can be thought of in much the same way as personal hygiene—it’s about training yourself to think proactively about your cybersecurity, just as you do with personal wellness.

Cyber • 15th October 2022

Cyberbullying: A Digital Epidemic

Although bullying is nothing new, today’s bullies have the tool of technology at their fingertips, which gives them an expanded reach and the potential to do more damage than ever before.

Academic/Research • 17th January 2021

Found In Translation.doc

In The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien uses the idea of translation, the blending of orality and textuality, and the borrowing and adaptation of mythological sources to create a story that is at once ancient and new. To observe the way in which oral epic and myth may be adapted to suit a textual culture, one would do well to examine Tolkien’s borrowing of myths from a primarily oral culture in his construction of a literary text.

Academic/Research • 17th January 2021

Pious Woman, Pesky Hag Public.docx

In order to understand what is done with traditional Irish stories today, it is perhaps wise to start at the beginning, with the conversion of Ireland from paganism to Christianity. While the focus of this examination will be, for the most part, on the transferal of the female goddess figure from pre-Christian Irish stories and culture to early Christian culture, it will undoubtedly shed light on the habit of “modernizing” traditional stories and character types.

Two Fault Tolerant • 17th January 2021

Job Searching: A Shot in the Dark?

Let me preface this post by saying that it is completely unsponsored and unsolicited, but is, rather, the result of my own excitement at finding a company that really seems to understand the horrifyingly painful experience that is job searching.

Amber Swinford

WTAFgames • 17th January 2021

WTAF Games Start Up Launch Project

Who We Are We had an idea. We did a thing. Now, we're sharing it with the world, because humor and resilience are required to survive in this crazy bass-ackward life. We also have pretty strong feelings about social responsibility, so while we're making you laugh, we're also serving the community in other ways. We use local sourcing and production where possible, and we donate a portion of the proceeds from each sale to charity. The more you laugh, the more we give, and that's the way we like

Two Fault Tolerant • 17th January 2021

Climbing Out of Darkness – Two Fault Tolerant

Imagine that you’ve been pushed from an airplane with no parachute. One minute, you’re resting peacefully in your seat, and the next you’re free-falling from cruising altitude into the ocean. You’re terrified, and adrenaline is fire in your veins, but you can’t seem to get past the thoughts that (1) you’re fairly certain you left the toaster plugged in (those first 47 toaster checks were inconclusive), and (2) you don’t know how to swim.

MagCloud • 17th January 2021

The NAWIC Today Collection

NAWIC Today is the bi-monthly magazine published by the National Association of Women in Construction.

Two Fault Tolerant • 17th January 2021

It Takes A Village – Two Fault Tolerant

Yesterday, I outlined the basics of the Postpartum Progress Warrior Mom Conference. Today? Well, today I’d like to get a little more personal. Today, I’d like to share, as difficult as it is, this mass of raw emotions I’m left with in the wake of this fabulous gathering of women. We’ve talked about what the conference was. Now, let’s talk about how the conference felt.

Two Fault Tolerant • 17th January 2021

The New Knickers on the Block: Knix Wear – Two Fault Tolerant

Move over Victoria’s Secret, there’s a new player in Panty Land!

Two Fault Tolerant • 17th January 2021

Doctor on Demand

We’ve all been there. And if you haven’t, well…I don’t believe you. It’s the worst possible time (weekend, holiday, late night…you get the idea) and your child suddenly starts acting strange(r). Or develops a rash. Or gets a nasty cough and/or fever. You are faced with the decision to wait it out and hope for the best, or head to the local ER/Urgent Care…and hope for the best.

Games/Tech • 17th January 2021

Peggle - An Epically Entertaining Time Waster

A brief (but entertaining) review of Peggle.

Room on the Shelf • 17th January 2021

Desolation: Darkness Rising, Book 1 – “Welcome to the Lana Shitshow”

Despite the darkness of its title, Desolation is a truly delightful and well-rounded debut novel from R.L. Caulder. Though the book touches on a variety of difficult (and potentially triggering) topics, Caulder handles those subjects with just the right touch of deftness, skill, and a healthy dose of levity that makes Desolation un-put-downable.

Room on the Shelf • 17th January 2021

Read This Book…At Any Price

Geeky women everywhere, rejoice! I’ve found an author who manages steam, humor AND Firefly references all between the covers of one book! (I know, right?!) Want to know more? Of course you do…

Room on the Shelf • 17th January 2021

Shifting Dreams (Cambio Springs Book One)

A while back, I discovered Elizabeth Hunter through the first book in her Irin Chronicles series, The Scribe . I instantly fell in love with her writing style, stalk….er followed her on Facebook, and began to search out more of her work. When the opportunity to review Shifting Dreams , the first installment in her Cambio Springs series, presented itself, I jumped!

Room on the Shelf • 17th January 2021

A Beautiful Bounty: Duality, Justice and Self-Discovery in Shameless Fae

“Always expect an arrow to the face, Z.” Zinnia is a princess by day and The Ghost – a fae bounty hunter – by night. Her list of people who can be trusted is short, but her reflexes are sharp. She’s cunning, she’s fierce, and she is about to learn that the rules to the world aren’t exactly what she thought they were.

Room on the Shelf • 17th January 2021

Chasing Light’s Shadow by Brenna Cariker – An Illuminating Debut

Life is pretty dark for seventeen-year-old Eloise Wylde. Her alcoholic dad is her only family, and she makes a living by helping him cheat during poker games. But when Eloise makes a mistake, things get darker quickly and their mark, Randy, issues an ultimatum: either Eloise counts cards for Randy, or her Dad dies.