Does this woman look armed and dangerous to you? If you had seen me and Matchmaker Carrier Sales Rep Kendra Rhodes at the airport last month, you might have thought so. Kendra works very closely with our clients in Texas, so she traveled with me from Wilmington to Texas via Atlanta to meet them in person. Kendra’s no stranger to packing for business trips; a couple of months ago, she hit the road with Mary to visit another client. But this time, her trip took a rather surprising turn. You see, just days prior
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If you have teenage and pre-teen children, like I do, then you know all about Snapchat. If not, chances are you haven’t heard of it. Or, maybe you’ve have, but you don’t really understand what the hype is all about. We’ve covered selfies, photo bombing, memes and hashtags, and now it’s time for another edition of Mary’s technology teachings: First, let’s back up a little bit. In the beginning there was Friendster. But then, MySpace came on the scene and Friendster died out. Then, Facebook conquered MySpace. Next came Instagram, which was quickly bought
Read more →You’ve got to love those ‘Dumb Criminal’ stories that pop up in the news from time to time. There’s just something that feels right about watching a bad guy get whacked in the face by his own stupidity. Take, for example, these two brilliant masterminds who disguised themselves with Sharpies before trying to burglarize an apartment. Call it karma, or justice, but we find them so satisfying, we’ve even featured a few of our favorites in the past. It can seem almost too easy to stay ahead of the thieves, especially when all of
Read more →As you read this Monday morning JAMM, I’m celebrating my birthday the best way I know how these days: by sleeping in, staying in my pajamas until noon, and having complete control of the remote while my husband is at work and my boys are at school. They say you’re only as old as you feel, and most days, I still feel like I’m 19. But the truth is: although I can still party like an absolute rock star, it would appear that I cannot recover like one. It’s one of the reasons why I
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All week long, we’ve been celebrating the hard-working truck drivers who enhance our daily lives by transporting the products we need and use. Consider this: • There are 300,000 items in the average American home. • The average American eats 1,996 pounds of food each year. • And, the average American family spends $1700 on clothes annually. Where would we be without the truck drivers who transport all of these food products, clothing items, and household goods? Hungry, homeless, and naked! It’s National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, and this year alone, Matchmaker has worked
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We’ve discussed my aversion to running before. If you see me hightailing it with walking or running shoes on, it’s going to be for a really important reason – like being chased by a bear. Yet every September, I’m reminded of one of the most important reasons to get up and get walking. Did you know that September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month? On September 24th, my son, Denver, and I will be walking in a 5K walk/run to help end childhood cancer. Not only is this a great way to support a charity
Read more →This Sunday marks the 15th anniversary of one of the darkest days in our nation’s history, a day we will never forget. What started as a sunny September morning soon became a day filled with shock, worry, fear and grief as four airplanes, hijacked mid-flight by Al Qaeda terrorists, were used as flying missiles. Two were flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Center; another crashed into the Pentagon. The fourth crashed in Pennsylvania after passengers fought the terrorists and prevented them from reaching their presumed goal of either the White House
Read more →What’s the first day of Fall for you? Is it Labor Day weekend, your first pumpkin coffee, the first day of school, or the first day you feel that chill in the breeze? For regular readers of this blog, my first day of Fall should be obvious. You know what, let’s not even call it Fall. Let’s call this season by its real name: Football Season! This Saturday kicked off the college football season, and, of course, my beloved Alabama Crimson Tide played the University of Southern California Trojans. Now, Alabama fans are no
Read more →Remember the early days of the internet? It seemed like every day there was a new search engine competing for our attention: Yahoo, HotBot, and even AskJeeves, the “Internet Butler.” I won’t bother asking ‘What happened to all of those sites?’ – you and I both already know! Today, there’s only one search engine that’s working on everything from self-driving cars to developing gmail for the Cherokee language. They own YouTube, reCAPTCHA, Android for cell phones, and Chrome for web browsers. If you don’t know who I’m talking about, you could always Google it
Read more →It’s back to school time once again! And while past blog posts have seen me fuss about crazy school supply lists, this year, I feel like I have to side with the teachers. Maybe it’s because I have a senior in high school and a fourth grader this year, but I feel like they deserve more respect. Don’t worry, I’m not about to start complaining about ‘kids today.’ It’s that unexpected stick in the spokes of the academic wheel – the parents. While kids today are just the same as they’ve always been (albeit
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