Jenn Fields

If you’re one of my journalism pals, go check out today’s post from Roy Peter Clark at Poynter. I just had to share.

Filed under: Such as it is on July 13th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

All spring I trained for an event that takes place every year on the Fourth of July. My winter bout with bronchitis and my grad school chub left me weak and sluggish, unfit for the task ahead, but I trained hard anyway. I rode my bike to the point of collapse, practiced yoga to improve [...]

Filed under: Such as it is on July 12th, 2007 | 3 Comments »

In the Today Show’s intro today, Ann and Matt discussed al Qaeda’s resurgence and Miss New Jersey’s revelation of her (attempted) bribery pictures in the same breath.
Are you kidding me?
Now I’m watching Miss NJ hold back tears and show her stupid photos, and I must repeat:
Are you kidding me?
For once, I’m left speechless.

Filed under: Today Show Outrage on July 12th, 2007 | No Comments »

The parking lot of the Whole Foods Market in Boulder is a crowded, cart-swerving, bumper-crunching paved path to insanity. But somehow, a spirit of congeniality prevails, or at least it does when I’m there during off-peak hours. I never go there during the post-work rush hour or weekends, so I can’t vouch for a lack [...]

Filed under: Such as it is on July 10th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Jeremy and I stayed in one of the interior rooms of Hotel Fron. Mom and my brothers had large, apartment-style space with windows looking onto an alley just off Laugavegur, the main street through the city center.
Apparently their room was also right above a night club. All Mom heard all night was the BOOM BOOM [...]

Filed under: Such as it is on July 3rd, 2007 | 1 Comment »