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1. If someone tries to sell you a book or workshop entitled “The ## Truths About XYZ,” the truisms are probably well-known basics you could find in a freshman year textbook on the subject.
2. If someone offers you advice on anything, via book, speaking engagement, workshop, etc., they are doing so for one of two [...]

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The spousal unit and I were just watching the film “Young at Heart” with Frank Sinatra and Doris Day, a musical remake of some earlier film called “Four Daughters.” As the final scene unfolds, Barry storms out of the room grumbling “It’s a goddamn Frank Sinatra - Doris Day duet!”
To which I replied, “It’s a [...]

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The last few weeks, my work life has involved designing materials for a conference about international study programs, and what it means to be a “global citizen.” It’s a very erudite and academic group, and their approach to global issues is the same.
As someone whose global travels have been limited to vacations in Canada, Mexico [...]

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We participated in the neighborhood trash pick-up in Duke Park today. We concentrated on the ravine area–it’s been awhile since I’ve had to scramble on any non-level surfaces, so it was a reminder that I need to get out and do some more real hiking. It also got me thinking about product branding in terms [...]

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One of my pet peeves is advertising that assumes a straight male audience. Like this one:

Are they advertising a toothbrush or a dildo? Or is it a boob brush?

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And all this time I thought cow farts were the problem.
Sweden to study belching cows

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I’ve actually had a number of ideas of blog topics the last few days, but time has been short for such trivialities. During this time, I “became friends” on Facebook with one of my first-cousins-once-removed from the California branch of the clan, who is currently a student at Northern Arizona. In her Facebook status update [...]

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We’re having some snow flurries here in Durham. Good thing it’s a holiday weekend or the region might be paralyzed.

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Made the double chocolate cherry cookies from the Waldorf=Astoria cookbook today. I’d made Barry run out for creme fraiche and dried cherries and instant espresso and bittersweet chocolate for these back in my christmas cookie marathon, and then never made them. They use very little flour–only 1/2 cup–so they are almost candy or cake more [...]

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Hey, I finally put something under the “About” link up above.

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