Here’s what you need to know

• You’re reading my personal blog, The Spectacled Bean, born in 2011. Please note that before this weblog, as far back as 2004, I had what I refer to as *starter* blogs.

• I write about what happens in my daily life, what gets me thinking, and what I discover while roaming around online. This isn’t a journal or a diary, it’s more of a lifestyle column.

• I have a B.A. in English Lit & a M.A. in Communications. Long before blogs existed I was destined to be a blogger. Make no mistake about it.

• I’ve worked as a paralegal, marketing researcher, merchandiser, sales rep, retail store manager, fundraiser, project manager, and writer. In other words, many jobs, no career.

• In the spirit of the trend to describe something using three words, I am articulate, friendly, and candid.

• I’ve been told that I’m subtly subversive and I can own up to that. I figure it means I’m telling the truth while not getting bogged down in negativity.

• Today I live in a quirky suburb of a big midwestern city with my husband, Zen-Den, who I met in college. We are happy.

• My current motto, which changes from time-to-time, is: do no harm, but take no shit. Same with you?

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