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Hands-down and hands-free: my pick of Verizon Bluetooth headphones
I’ve been in the market for a pair of high-end headphones to use to listen to music as well as to conduct hands-free telephone interviews. Verizon Midwest provided me with two different Bluetooth options to try out for several weeks each: Tracks Air by Motorola X SOL REPUBLIC and the LG Tone Infinim headset. These were two completely different styles but I wasn’t sure which I would prefer until I tried them out. The Tracks Air is an over-ear headphone while the LG Tone Infinim headset sits around your neck. While music sounded great on the Tracks Air, telephone conversations didn’t sound as good. Those on the other end of…
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Range map: Places to see Fourth of July fireworks shows
Back in April, I worked on an article for the Wichita Eagle on places within driving distance of Wichita, Kan., to see a great fireworks show on the Fourth of July (Follow the boom: Fourth of July road trips). This ran in a special summer guide tabloid published in May — a little early for many people to make plans for the July 4 weekend so I thought I’d share the information I gathered now that it’s a little closer to Independence Day. I’m including bonus material, too. Several of these destinations got cut from the article because of space…and the Wichita Eagle didn’t use the photos that I gathered from the tourism…
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Remembering a failed interview with the X-Man
Here’s Xavier McDaniel in a Seattle promotional poster. The dog was not with him at the interview :) Xavier McDaniel will be inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame tonight. This brings back memories of my first summer in Wichita, Kansas … and having the NBA player basically kick me out of his gym. I moved to Wichita for the summer of 1992 to take on a sports reporting internship at the Wichita Eagle newspaper. I covered a little of everything that summer – minor league baseball, the annual NBC amateur baseball tournament held in Wichita every year, professional tennis {Martina Navratilova was on a visiting team},…
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Happy one year {career break} anniversary to me!
This week marked one year ago that I decided to take a break from full-time employment. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do but I was at a good spot to stop for awhile and think about it. It was a planned break and one that Lee and I discussed and agreed on – planned but not completely mapped out. It was hard to define the break because I had a lot of questions and I knew that as I started to find answers, those answers would steer me in the direction I needed to go. I’ve learned a lot in the past year and I’ve gone in several…
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Writing and working and traveling and writing and working …
I haven’t been able to post here on the blog as much as I’d like lately because I’ve been busy with work projects and planning for a big trip, which was also work related. Here’s a quick update on what I’ve been up to, starting with a quick explanation of my work situation. I am a full-time freelance writer. No, I’m not writing the great American novel {although I like to tell people I’m writing the dirty version of Fifty Shades of Grey just to see their reaction}. I am a journalist and also have experience in public relations writing and creating marketing copy. You can see my portfolio at melindaschnyder.com.…