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  • Don’t Ask Me

    Posted on August 25th, 2010 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    Normally I love when men do what I tell them. When I get to call the shots and they jump into action. Yes ma’am, your wish is my command.  But standing in an unfinished room with both a contractor and electrician who had just explained which lighting configurations I could use in the ceiling, I had had enough.  Did I …

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  • Dreaming About A Better Relationship?

    Posted on August 17th, 2010 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    Leonardo DiCaprio gets better looking as he ages. This is the one truth I got from seeing Inception that I’d fight someone over.  What really happened in limbo?  Did his children ever age?  Did he spin his top for the rest of time?  Go ahead and debate these issues all you want.  But the aging Leo one?  Talk to the …

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  • Can’t Buy Me Love

    Posted on August 10th, 2010 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    Everybody knows that money is the root of all evil, right? Ha! No it’s not. According to the Bible (you going to argue with that?) as quoted on Wikipedia (a tad more fallible perhaps, but still), it is the love of money that is the root of all evil. People get it wrong all the time and there’s a big difference. I can’t imagine how …

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  • Now, where were we?

    Posted on August 9th, 2010 in HOWDINI by Kathy Olsen

    Hello, hello, hello.  As I’m sure you have noticed, the Howdini blog has been out of commission for some time.  But it’s time to wake it up from hibernation, jump-start the old battery, kick it into gear…you get the picture.  So please pardon the interruption and let’s get back to business.  I’m the new kid in town, here to get …

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  • About This Blogger

    • Helen Jonsen is Editor-in-Chief of Howdini, a broadcast journalist turned digital and social media communicator. She has traveled extensively and covered news in the US and Australia. She is mom to four and aunt to many. For fun, she enjoys photography, hand-painting rooms and furniture, creating costumes, scrapbooking and gardening (growing weeds mostly). She has been known to let her children draw on walls and invite their friends to do the same!

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    • While hundreds of how to videos await you at Howdini, The Howdini Blog is where you’ll find out what goes on behind the scenes.  We blog about what’s hot, what’s new, what makes us laugh, and sometimes, what drives us crazy.  It’s our chance to share our opinions, and it’s your chance, too.  Feel free to post a comment…please!