http://disqus.com/people/dfb68a726f540352668c7e2bfa43c869/enThu, 02 Oct 2008 09:01:21 -0000http://kim-werker-blog.disqus.com/raquo_the_great_manicure_test/#comment-2019092Have you considered knitting with your toes? I would only suggest that to you...<br><br>[no need to publish this comment -- I won't be offended]MelissaMon, 07 Apr 2008 12:56:27 -0000http://kim-werker-blog.disqus.com/raquo_the_great_manicure_test_failed/#comment-2019105Because my nails are so soft (flexi-nails, they've been called), they can't hold polish for more than 48 hours. However, when I've wanted them to look nice for an occasion, I will buy the polish (or buy polish ahead of time and bring it to the manicure -- that's cheaper) so that I can do tiny touch-ups when I chip. It isn't ideal because if you look closely, you can see that the manicure has been flawed, but since yours lasted a good four days, it may do the trick to make it work for another day or two.MelissaWed, 09 Apr 2008 12:07:35 -0000http://kim-werker-blog.disqus.com/an_open_letter_to_hipsters/#comment-2019211Ha! I laughed out loud at those pictures... mostly because I remember them (I think I may have even been the photographer)!!MelissaThu, 08 May 2008 14:38:28 -0000http://kim-werker-blog.disqus.com/combating_the_vacuum_part_iii/#comment-2019444Though the photo does not depict the full view of your office space, I find it suspect that it appears that you have a framed photo of your dog, but not of your husband.MelissaWed, 09 Jul 2008 13:52:01 -0000http://kim-werker-blog.disqus.com/talk_to_me_us_all_about_palin_open_thread/#comment-2799258Okay... I didn't want to get involved, but I will. For me, the distaste towards Sarah Palin is more personal, even, than political. YES, I always consider who could land on the Supreme Court. YES, abortion can be a single-issue vote for me. However, I think that Palin is a total hypocrite, and THAT is what I have such a problem with. Here's why: She puts herself out on this motherhood and apple pie platform. But, she's a woman who concealed her pregnancy from everyone (including her own children and parents) until the seventh month, knowing that she would have a special-needs child, and then returned to work three days after his birth. <br><br>Everyone has his/her priorities. I get that (and I respect it... my values aren't for everyone and that's fine). But, if you are going to go back to work with a three-day-old baby at home, then don't claim to be a supermom and don't attempt to make yourself relatable as a working mother. I am a working mother, and the value that is most important to me is my work/life balance. It's cliche, I know, but it's the truth of my life. I would like to have government leaders who are sensitive to things like the Family and Medical Leave Act. I want them to approve MORE benefits and MORE flexibility for working parents. I have a hard time believing that someone who was okay with returning to work three days after having a baby is really going to be sympathetic to the working mom who needs more leave time.<br><br>Further, I don't want this to be interpreted to mean that I don't think that women can do great things or have powerful jobs. I was a Hillary supporter and I think she would have been fabulous for this country. However, my guess is that Hillary couldn't make it as mother of the year. I want her to be my president -- not my mom. The contrast, though, is that Hillary never put herself out on that whole I-am-Mommy-hear-me-roar platform -- she never claimed to be just like me because we're both working mothers. I respect that. I don't respect someone who has five (four?) kids, one of whom is a newborn, who is accepting a potential job that will require her to move her family to Washington, away from the supposedly close-knit support system they have in Alaska; that has already required her to be on the road consistently for months in her campaign; and that will also require her to travel and be unavailable for a good portion of the time if in office. Who does that, and then claims that she can "relate" to the average American mom/woman?<br><br>Again, this all has very little to do with politics. It has everything to do with her hypocrisy in maintaining a personal/professional life and how she portrays herself. I don't care what anyone says; you CANNOT have it all. I think that there are lots of women who are great moms and go a great job in their careers -- but none of them is vice president of the United States.MelissaThu, 02 Oct 2008 09:01:21 -0000