Posted in career, friendship, relationships, work on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Another update from my friend, John, the extremely talented graphic designer whom I spoke about in a post last month. He’s still plugging away on his huge amount of work to get his projects off the screen and off the ground. It’s slow going, but he’s making progress. Or at least he was until today. [...]
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Posted in Life on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in friendship on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After 36 hours in D.C. for our second 6-month club – a semi-annual get-together with my classmates from business school – I am compelled to think about friendship on the Amtrak train home. The power of it, the necessity of it, and what it means to call someone my friend. I think of friendship mostly [...]
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Posted in business, career, change, education, friendship, learning, work on October 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For the first time on this blog, I am writing from my Blackberry. Now that the full internet is always in my pocket, I have no excuse for not writing everday on this blog. The formatting may not be pretty, but I hope to keep the wit and insight constant despite this very tiny keyboard. [...]
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Posted in charity, child, childhood, children, health, healthcare, philanthropy on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My friends over at the March of Dimes have put together a campaign to address the health and well-being of the tiniest members of our communities. They put up a beautiful post on their website and I want to share it with all of you: Petition for Preemies My best friend just gave birth to her first [...]
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Posted in art, education, family, friendship, music, possessions, technology, wealth on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This month, Real Simple Magazine ran a column by author Merrill Markoe who wrote the books Walking In Circles Before Lying Down and The Psycho Ex Game. Hmmm…I don’t recall ever meeting her though it appears that she has her finger on the pulse of my life. Most of my ex-boyfriends aren’t psychos per say, [...]
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Posted in cancer, charity, children, cooking, design, food, philanthropy on October 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That delightful time of year has arrived again: the leaves are changing, the air is crisp, and we can stuff our faces with the sweet, yummy goodness of cupcakes while doing some good in the world. The annual celebration of Cupcakes for a Cause kicked off today to benefit Cancercare for Kids. For the remainder [...]
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Posted in Business Week, economy, job, multi-tasking, New York Times, simplicity on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We’re in the midst of watching our economy contract. These are frightening times, uncertain times for many people. I was inspired by Nicholas Kristof’s column this week as he attempted to find a bright spot in all the gloom that is filling our news channels and our own minds. I was flipping through Business Week [...]
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