Amy’s Life in Brief


My new favorite website
November 13, 2009, 10:48 pm
Filed under: Just for fun | Tags: ,

Being a mom and full-time social worker, I don’t get a lot of time to sit and listen to the radio. So, I’m a little set in my ways when it comes to music. Sure, sometimes I hear a song when I’m watching Grey’s Anatomy and figure out who sang it…but other wise I’m at a loss when it comes to new music.

Not anymore! I have been listening to Pandora! You select different bands or singers you already know and then they play other artists that you may like. It’s great and addictive and free!



Paying for Abortions
November 11, 2009, 8:08 pm
Filed under: health insurance | Tags: ,

First thing I want to start of saying is that I am by no means an expert on the health care reform bill that was passed by the House of Representatives and that is going on to the Senate for debate.

What I am going to say, though, is that I’m a little frustrated that the possibility of any kind of health care reform can be tanked simply because a group of people wants to take this as an opportunity to change the availability of abortions.

The thing is, folks, you are probably paying for abortions in one way or another, even if they are not federally funded. If you are paying (or your employer, on your behalf) health insurance premiums and your health insurance covers abortions, you are paying for abortions. If you or a loved one sees a medical provider that performs abortions, you are in a way supporting that providers ability to continue to provide that service to women.

I am just frustrated that any progress we’ve made is going to grind to a halt because of this issue. I have friends on the pro-life side. I know that they feel by restricting access to abortions they are saving the lives of babies. But, if health care reform is halted because of this issue, people are going to die. People are dying now because they don’t have coverage. People are losing their homes and everything they’ve worked for because they don’t have coverage and they get sick. Something has to be done and we can’t let this one issue unravel everything.




A date movie??
October 4, 2009, 8:53 pm
Filed under: zombies | Tags: , , ,

So, I went to a movie by myself today! It was actually quite pleasant…all by myself, didn’t have to share my popcorn and there was no child saying, “Mommy! Mommy! Mommy!” I went to see Zombieland and I loved every minute of it! It totally cracked me up! My guilty pleasure is zombie movies (books, too). You could psychoanalyze me on this one…a mental health professional that loves creatures that eat humans alive?

Anyway…the one thing I can say is that, for most females, a zombie movie of any kind would not be their first choice for a date movie. Nevertheless, several college aged males were there with dates. Down the row from me, a young man had a girl with him. The zombie grossness started right from the beginning. She got up twice in the first ten minutes. She came back and then the third time, she grabbed her purse and hissed at her date, “I’m LEAVING! Are you coming?!?” He looked at her and said, “Nope!”

So, guys, please remember that not everyone likes zombies. If you want to have a second date or maybe even finish the first date, you probably want to chose Love Happens or something similar.



The things I learn when I look through my stats page…
September 27, 2009, 10:30 pm
Filed under: social media, social networking sites | Tags: ,

I’ve said this before, but I always find interesting things when I check out my blog stats page. Like this website! If you were going to have more than one twitter account, this would allow you to do it!




An really interesting and well-written blog!
September 23, 2009, 10:07 pm
Filed under: blogging | Tags: ,

I just happened to stumble across this blog! Although it’s not a blog focused on social work, it is written by a social worker. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did!




How about some impulse control?
September 21, 2009, 5:30 pm
Filed under: job | Tags: ,

So, this is about me…all about me. I’m the one with some need for impulse control.

We were having a meeting with our supervisor today. I was expressing my superstitious beliefs today about an upcoming event in our department. My supervisor says, “Now, Amy! You need to be aware of the type of energy you’re putting out to the universe! Don’t be thinking like that!”

I thought she was kidding and so I said, “OK Oprah!” She wasn’t kidding. *head desk*



Hmmmm….
September 20, 2009, 9:05 pm
Filed under: alternative media, blogging, social media | Tags: ,

I, like most bloggers out there, check my stats page. I always enjoy seeing where my readers (if I have any) for the day have come from. For awhile I got some really wacky links to my blog. I haven’t for awhile and I just realized why. I haven’t really been doing anything with traffic generators like http://blogsurfer.us . So, I visited this website tonight and realized how many of the great blogs (and not so great blogs) that I have been missing out on!