Not Another Mommy Blog

Back in 1999, when the internet was a teenager (not very young, but doing foolish things like e-tail without a business plan), I taught myself HTML and created a website called "Everything: A Beginner's Guide to Having a Life." I mostly did it for fun, not expecting a lot of traffic or interaction with readers. It was a fun way for me to put my new skills into practice. Although the site is gone, the premise persists: I know a little about a lot of things, and give good advice.

That's the premise of this blog, as well. I wanted to write a little bit more than my Facebook status updates, and I've blogged before. Although I have an eight-month old son and will write a lot while nursing (thank you, smartphone), I wouldn't consider myself a "mommy blogger." I have a lot of respect for (some) mommy bloggers, and no doubt some of my advice will be parenting related, but I'm no expert at motherhood.

I'm no expert at anything, really, but people think I am, because I know the important things to know about a multitude of subjects. Make sense? If you have a question about something, I've either done it, know someone who's done it, read an article or seen a television program about it, or learned about it in a crossword puzzle. And I have a great memory for "knowledge." I may not know what I did for my 35th birthday, but I know when to use the subjunctive and how to apply false eyelashes.

So, forget those eHow bullet lists, YouTube videos and your own mother, I've got the advice, and I'm not waiting for you to ask for it. Pure, unsolicited advice, for free, from a total know-it-all.


Alexia Tate lives in Queens, NY. She was a National Merit Scholar, and received a full ride to The University of Tennessee where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Advertising. She has worked at restaurants, newspapers, a home shopping network, a record store, an acupuncturist's office, theater ticketing, ad agencies, a business improvement district, a ballroom, a voice school, and her home. She has also done work for the AP, the US Census, and Avon. Alexia is also a performing artist and has toured the country as well as small stages in New York. Alexia has acquitted herself well on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and Jeopardy! She holds the titles of Miss Gothic NYC 1999 and Honorary Miss NYC for Female Impersonators. She can do yo-yo tricks and play the ukulele. Credentialed!