Dory Devlin, Shine staff’s Blog

Jenny Sanford controls her story, announces she has filed for divorce

nospam@example.com () — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:07:09 -0800

From the start, all of us at Yahoo! Shine have been so impressed with how Jenny Sanford has handled the public spectacle her fake-Appalachian-Trail-hiking-governor husband has made of their marriage. Not only did she not stand by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford when he made his bizarre mea culpa to the press and voters after he had disappeared for days to Argentina to be with his lover over Father's Day weekend, but she personally issued her own statement at the time. She made it clear that while she would work on reconciliation with her philandering husband, her dignity and her sons and how they are affected by their family crisis would come first.

As the world has yet to hear from Elin Nordegren, who has been terribly and publicly betrayed by her husband, Tiger Woods, Jenny Sanford issued another statement today, announcing that she has filed for divorce.

Is a college degree worth the cost (and the debt)?

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:26:14 -0800

A glut of college degrees combined with tough economic times and a record-high 10.6-percent unemployment rate among college grads is causing many to ask whether a college degree is worth its crazy-fast-rising price tag.

Since two-thirds of college kids leave school with debt (now averaging $23,000) at a time when even low-paying entry level jobs are hard to come by, it's a natural question to ask.

Can we spend our way out of this recession?

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:46:47 -0800

With unemployment hanging sadly at 10 percent (higher when you consider unemployed part-time workers and underemployed workers), President Barack Obama has unveiled his latest plan to keep the economic recovery on the move by focusing on investing in jobs. The president has recommended we take $200…

Poll: Is cash tops on your gift lists this year?

nospam@example.com () — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:23:48 -0800

Cash is losing its impersonal sheen this holiday season, probably because just about everyone on everyone's list could use some extra green stuff.

A daily dose of kitten cuteness

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:32:02 -0800

This extremely cute kitten tummy-tickle video stopped our conference-room work session in its tracks this morning. I warn you: It makes the cute meter go through the roof, but it's definitely worth a few seconds of your day. All together now: Awwwww....

Adult kids: home for the holidays (and thereafter)

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:46:39 -0800

I don't like to jump ahead too often because when you have kids it seems life moves at warp speed as it is. But I've often thought about how fun it will be when our kids are older and they come home from college or beyond for the holidays.

For lots of young adults and parents, life currently is an extended holiday in a recession that has hit young workers extra hard. One in seven parents with grown children have had at least one of those grown children move back home this past year, according to a Pew Research Center study.

How do you keep calm and relaxed as you prep for Thanksgiving?

nospam@example.com () — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:10 -0800

For those of us who have several lists going in our head this week as we prep for Thanksgiving, Mark Bittman, the food writer for The New York Times, has some wonderful, calming words for us. Now, this is the kind of guy who could send us into a tizzy with things like his

Oprah: After 25 years, it's time for a change

nospam@example.com () — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:04:59 -0800

Is that rain, or the tears of thousands of publishers, TV executives, and celebrities plotting their public rehabilitation pouring down?

It's official: Oprah Winfrey will pull the plug on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011 after 25 seasons on the air. Rumored for what seems like forever, likely feared for longer by CBS Television Distribution, which distributes the show to more than 200 U.S. TV markets, the shuttering of the heart of Oprah's media empire is nigh.

Do you air your (clean) laundry?

nospam@example.com () — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:43:30 -0800

Growing up, laundry lines hanging in backyards were a common site. We'd hang our sheets on ours, and I remember throwing a big blanket over it more than a few times to make a "tent" for backyard camping. But when my husband hung some sheets and other items outside on a line soon after…

Unfriend anyone lately? (Yes, it's officially a word.)

nospam@example.com () — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:50:53 -0800

If befriend is a word, why not defriend, or say... unfriend? Well, as of today, unfriend is officially a word. So say the wordsmiths at the Oxford University Press, publishers of the New Oxford American Dictionary. Of course, we have Facebook and other social networks to thank for it, with all of…