Idea No. 179: The Painted Nail Initation
the idea: paint the nails of every young family member once she’s around four the ideator: Aunt Gayle My mother’s oldest sister is self-described as “Crazy Aunt Gayle.” She lives out …
Idea No. 178: Felted Pink Elephants
the idea: make an elephant out of pink felt, balancing on a ball, hula-hooping This is one of those ideas that doesn’t actually need any explanation.
Idea No. 177: Celebrate Everyone’s Birthday!
the idea: celebrate everyone’s birthday within a season of the family visit My family is from Michigan. They are loud, kind, and apart from a main few they are spread out …
Idea No. 176: The Pick Punch
the idea: turn an old badge into guitar picks The time has come for new badges at work, this is what happens when you’re part-time: your badge expires once a year …
Idea No. 175: Tetris Packing
the idea: when packing three people’s stuff for a week into a car, make it into a game of tetris Throughout my life I have spent a lot of time packing, …
Idea No. 174: Unexpected City Wisdom
the idea: when walking through a city, keep your eyes open for unexpected city wisdom About a month ago I was making a trek down to Connecticut for my sister’s college …
Idea No. 173: Briana’s Wedding Amethysts
the idea: send pins of amethysts to people who can’t be physically present at the wedding but want to be part of it the ideator: Briana Blythe My godsister, Brianna, has …
Idea No. 172: Exchanging Life Stories
the idea: at the expense of some sleep and the understanding of a movie plot, spend an evening exchanging life stories with a new person This is a relatively self-explanatory idea, …
Idea No. 171: Show Support, Whatever Your Orientation
the idea: wear my brightest rainbow dress to celebrate DOMA being struck down by the Supreme Court A day that start out like this could only get better, and it did. …
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Idea No. 170: Meet People by Casually Eavesdropping
the idea: meet people by casually eavesdropping your way into conversations I went to my first TEDx event today and it was, in a word, fantastic. In fact, it’s hard to …
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