by jess | Oct 18, 2012 | Eye Candy
Last September, over two dozen women met for dinner on the top floor of Canaletto in the Venetian, Las Vegas. Ages, professions and home states all varied. Each woman’s background was as different and unique as the next one. Most had never met one another...
by jess | Oct 5, 2012 | Brain Candy, Write to Live, Live to Write
I came across a great quote the other day: “What would you do if you knew you couldn’t fail?” It’s like asking someone what they would do if they won the lottery: endless possibilities. In this case, it would be a supermarket sweep of hopes and...
by jess | Sep 27, 2012 | Brain Candy
September is National ITP Awareness Month. I’ve known about this platelet disorder since 2005 when I was diagnosed with it (and I recently wrote about it here). But never have I been so keenly aware of my own lack of platelets than earlier this month after...
by jess | Sep 21, 2012 | Write to Live, Live to Write
Hello, Cleveland! Is this mic on? Check…check one-two. Welcome to my new chunk of prime real estate on the web! My blog got a makeover and she’s got an entourage now – check out the rest of my site, y’all. I wrestled with the chicken-and-egginess of the whole...
by jess | Sep 20, 2012 | Write to Live, Live to Write
Short public service announcement for you lovely souls who follow I’ll Blog When I’m Dead – change is in the air! I’ve got a cool new web site launching, and my blog will have a new home there. You can find me at jesstopper.com or jessicatopper.com, so pop on by and...
by jess | Aug 30, 2012 | Brain Candy
There’s a nip in the air come nightfall, and the leaves are performing their annual drop-and-clog ritual into the swimming pool. Halloween candy is already in the supermarkets, so school must be right around the corner! As a kid, this was truly my favorite time...
by jess | Jul 21, 2012 | Ear Candy
I took my ten year old to her first metal show last week. Yes, I subjected her 100+ decibels and 10,000+ rowdy, sweaty (and a few inebriated) fans. But before you snatch away my Mom-of-the-Year Award and stomp it to bits with your sensible shoes, hear me out. There...
by jess | Jun 11, 2012 | Ear Candy
Hello cats and kittens! Miss me? I’ve missed all of you. It appears I took the month of May off. Hmm. More like I blinked and it was gone. April was a fun blur. I am still getting a lot of traffic here due to the Herculean Blogging from A-Z Challenge, which is...
by jess | May 19, 2012 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
As part of L’Aussie Writer’s APPRECIATING THE ZEALOTRY Challenge, I am re-posting one of my favorites from the April A-Z Challenge. Pour yourself a cup, sit back and enjoy! 38 seconds. That’s the time it takes from pushing the button on my Keurig...
by jess | May 6, 2012 | Blogging from A to Z Challenge
Congrats to all my fellow Blogging from A to Z Challenge comrades – we Arrived, we Blogged, we Commented. And we conquered – 26 alphabetical posts in 26 days! We are a crazy and creative bunch. When I created this site last October, I chose the...
