Author: BriAlys
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Control, Alt, Google

There’s a popular keyboard shortcut <Control><Alt><Delete> that, generally speaking, interrupts or facilitates interrupting a function. For example, if a program on your computer hangs or crashes, you press this popular combination to force the program to close. Today I’m coining a new term, <Control><Alt><Google>. In a nutshell, you can now tell Google to delete the…
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UPS @ CVS

Earlier this week I ordered contacts online. When I found out they were scheduled to be delivered by UPS on a day I was traveling, I immediately went online to request that UPS to hold the package (or deliver it on another day). This service usually costs $5. To my surprise, there was another “hold”…
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Common Courtesy

Common Courtesy is often a misconstrued and misunderstood term. I view common courtesy just like I view common sense… it’s not so common! #FACTS. I literally just Googled, “What is Common Courtesy?” and here is one of the first items that popped up: In fourth grade, my son received a handout about common courtesy. All…
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A Random Wednesday Morning

It’s a random Wednesday morning. I am sitting in the concierge lounge of a Marriott Hotel in Detroit, Michigan. On this morning I had a random thought … spend less. To be honest it’s not so random. Before I left Atlanta, my garage looked like a warehouse (from all the shipments I have received this week).…
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My New Favorite Place in LIFE

Every now and again you find a thing (person or place) that you adore. Restoration Hardware gives me LIFE! Do you hear me?? 👂🏽 I have visited their Atlanta Showroom many a time – dreaming – and ultimately selected a few immaculate pieces for my son’s bedroom decor (airplane themed). Suffice it to say that…