Is This the End…or Is This the Beginning?: Out With the Old and in With a New Karen On

Announcing the transition from Karen On, entertainment website to Karen On, lifestyle blog!

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Dear Readers and Visitors,

Long time no see! As you’ve noticed, this blog has not been updated in a few months and even before that, it was only updated with links to posts from my other publications. As I’ve been busy writing pieces for four other websites that were far more important to me, I now realize that I finally want to come back home, but in turn, I must make some changes.

I will be switching to a Monday-Friday schedule at my day job in a couple of weeks to assist with our busy holiday season (And for personal matters). To accommodate this, I will be exiting from two of my current contributor positions (The editors for both of these sites have already been notified of my intentions). The full work schedule is much of the reason for why I’m leaving, but there’s more: Though I will always be…

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The Hearts of Giants: Reflections of a Championship Baseball Team | The Hudsucker

How do you explain coming back from series deficits twice? How do you explain winning your do-or-die game through a manufactured run and an error? How do you explain getting pummeled by a guy almost twice your size at second base, only to see the next five games through to become a championship MVP? How do you explain hitting a ball three times with a broken bat and clearing the bases? How do you explain getting your hamate bone removed earlier in the season and hitting two home runs off one of the most feared starting pitchers in all of baseball (And a third one off a relief pitcher later)? How do you explain taming the sluggers on the opposing team?

How do you even explain anything that’s happened this year in this scrappy club known as the San Francisco Giants?

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Keepin’ It Reel: A Guide to Tweeting Celebrities and Other Public Figures | Pink and Black Magazine

As an avid user of Twitter for the past four years, I’ve done and seen it all in terms of virtual celebrity interactions, thanks to the wonderful community of pop culture enthusiasts I’ve come to be a part of. But I continue to witness various fouls within that community, and I’ve learned some lessons in Twitter etiquette the hard way myself (The guy who plays Kevin in The Office recently sort of called me out, even though I was just kidding with him!). So I decided to put together this little guide of dos and don’ts for when you want to tweet a celebrity without seeming like a deranged fangirl.

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