I’m doing nothing for Halloween. No costume, no party, no elaborate plan. But this weekend’s reading has its own kind of scary: a young person describing a childhood in which, he says, the adults around him failed to protect him. That is the question underneath my reading of Robert Hoffman’s Kate Gosselin: How She Fooled … Continue reading Weekend Reads & Vibes: The Book You Can’t Buy New
The views expressed hereafter are all mine. Vote your own conscience and moral basis, if you don’t have any, or don’t know what that means, child, I can’t help you. I’m writing this as Felicia Baxter, not as your election office, your party chair, or anybody’s neutral explainer. I’ve already voted in person. Early voting … Continue reading The Grind: Hyper Alert, My Ballot, and Two Decades of Work
Friday is for looking at the week plainly. Not putting it on trial. Not handing it a shiny little trophy. Just checking the work, noticing what held, and deciding what comes with me when I move forward. This week, the machine kept running. I kept my pool mornings. I studied Certified Fraud Examiner material and … Continue reading Flexible Glow & The Weekly Audit: The Week of Building the Machine
Tuesday, I did laundry. Clean clothes may not sound like a grand pursuit, but I’ll tell you what: seeing that work handled gives a day a little more breathing room. I work from home, so my clothes need to work from home, too. I ordered two black FB Roasters XL V-necks at $13.77 each for … Continue reading The Pursuit of Peace & Joy: Clean Clothes, Simmering Pots, and the Meal of the Week
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-r8dqj-1b978ce A Pediatrician’s Lens on Collin Gosselin: Examining Collin Gosselin’s harrowing memoir, In the Shadow of 8, through the critical eyes of a pediatrician and mandatory reporter. Unpacking how childhood trauma, isolation, and institutionalization were allowed to hide behind reality TV production machinery. The Reality of Reality TV Exploitation: Analyzing the billion-dollar franchise machine … Continue reading Persist and Consequence Shall Induce Itself Has A Fro… In the Shadow of 8, Institutional Silence & Collin Gosselin’s Survival
The faceless strategy was partly fear wearing a strategy costume. There. That is the confession underneath the confession I made in Part 1, “The Shielded Life: Confessions of an AI-Enhanced Human,” published October 21. I said my experiences are real, AI helps me enhance and polish the way I share them, and I review the … Continue reading The Shielded Life: Part 2, Face Forward
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-nmey3-1b96cfe Cracking the Creator Algorithm: Breaking down the strategy behind consistent weekly video drops, pacing content for audience retention, and restructuring release days to get ahead of live episode recaps. Love & Marriage: Huntsville Dynamics: Unpacking the latest season shifts—from Maurice Holt and Monster Jr.’s strained father-son divide to Tricia’s emergence as a "friend of" … Continue reading Persist and Consequence Shall Induce Itself Has A Fro… Algorithms Setting the Casts of Reality TV Straight, #RHOC Season 20 Fatigue
The person signing the checks may be the person you trust most. That is exactly why you verify the checks. In my Certified Fraud Examiner studies, I keep returning to one hard truth: fraud does not always arrive as a stranger breaking through the perimeter. Sometimes it is already inside, with legitimate access, familiar routines, … Continue reading Security & Scams: The Bookkeeper and the Meal Count, When Trust Replaces Verification
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-9fmta-1b94f17 The Reality Behind White-Collar Theft: Stepping into the shoes of a private investigator and Certified Fraud Examiner to explore why workplace crime and embezzlement are often far stranger and more destructive than fiction. The Minnesota Feeding Fraud Case: Breaking down the federal prosecution of Mona Ries Fidoon—who billed $1M for over 300,000 unserved … Continue reading Persist and Consequence Shall Induce Itself Has A Fro… The Call Is Coming from Inside the Room: Bookkeepers, Kickbacks & Safeguarding Your Perimeter
Monday doesn’t start when the alarm goes off. It starts with the reset I give myself on Sunday. I want to move into Monday rested, not spend the first hours recovering from a week that never properly ended. That is the point: arrive ready, clear-eyed, and responsible for how I use my energy. The Grind … Continue reading The Grind: Monday Starts on Sunday