Pop Culture & Current Events All the Country’s Debt Ronda Bowen, July 22, 2011January 1, 2022 Okay, so…what happens when average Joe the Plumber – the sort of American Obama wanted to help – defaults on a loan? If the loan was for a house, then the bank takes the house. If the loan was on a car, then the bank takes the car. If it… Continue Reading
Life What the Tour de France Can Teach Us About Life Ronda Bowen, July 22, 2011January 1, 2022 Theme Song: Charlie Parker’s “Summertime” while watching the Tour de France. Projects: More lesson planning, lots of writing, lots of editing, and some graphic design! I don’t know how many people have been watching the Tour de France, but it’s something I’ve had on in the background while working this… Continue Reading
Pop Culture & Current Events The Commodification of Young Love Ronda Bowen, July 15, 2011January 1, 2022 I have a confession. My first love was Jordan Knight. Yes, sometimes I would let my eye wander over to bandmate Donnie Wahlberg (didn’t he turn out to be a smoking hot talent?), but there was something about the dark hair, dark eyes, and the smile that said “yeah, I… Continue Reading
Running Notes on My First 5K & Why Running? Ronda Bowen, July 6, 2011October 10, 2025 Theme Song: Death Cab for Cutie, “Transatlanticism” So on Independence Day, I ran my first 5K race. I didn’t do too bad. I’d met two of the goals I’d had going into it – to finish the race and to have a race time under 45 minutes. I placed at… Continue Reading
Pop Culture & Current Events Casey Anthony Who? Ronda Bowen, June 28, 2011April 3, 2023 Theme Song: “Lump” Presidents of the United States of America Projects: Too many to name, but happy to have them! So, after much curiosity after seeing this name all over the place, I decided to find out who Casey Anthony is. Allegedly, she killed her daughter and tried to cover… Continue Reading
Life Firewalking Video Up! Ronda Bowen, June 22, 2011December 15, 2021 Theme Song: “You Get What You Give” New Radicals Behold the awesomeness that is me in this firewalking video at 2:38. Continue Reading
Causes & Community What Does Working for Habitat for Humanity Have in Common with Baseball? Ronda Bowen, June 19, 2011April 3, 2023 What do Habitat for Humanity and baseball have in common? Here are my thoughts on the matter. Theme Song: “Let’s Go Higher” Jordan Knight Projects of the Day: Set up for VBS at church, get some stuff done for Bright Hub So yesterday, I had a doubleheader. I worked for… Continue Reading
Running Writing and Running (Running and Writing?) Ronda Bowen, June 15, 2011October 10, 2025 Theme Song: “Army of Me” Björk Projects of the day: Finish up stuff for Bright Hub, cut my firewalk article down, revise my philosophy and the lover article, write up an interview and an article on sports activism, get my hair cut 🙂 Recently, I’ve started a Couch to 5K… Continue Reading
Causes & Community Right Moral Action – Returning a Stolen Wallet – Is…Idiotic? Ronda Bowen, June 13, 2011April 3, 2023 Theme Song: “What’Cha Gonna Do about It?” NKOTB (You’ll quickly realize that many of my theme songs are from this group…) Today’s Projects: Consult at 1, finish the Firewalk article, work on website content for a client, write and edit for Bright Hub, contact the student loan folks, and work… Continue Reading
Life Believe it or Not…I’m Walking on Fire Ronda Bowen, June 12, 2011April 3, 2023 Theme Song: “Believe it or Not (I’m Walking on Air)” Joey Scarbury (substitute firewalking for airwalking here!) Today’s Project: Rest and Relaxation I’m not going to share the whole story here, because I’m writing about it for Equanimity Magazine’s fall edition. Last night I had the opportunity of a lifetime…. Continue Reading