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Just in Time – Destressing the holidays

One of the “rules” I always read relevant to professional blogging is to subscribe to lots of blogs that stretch you in different directions, or you just find interesting.  I follow that rule, and one of the blogs I follow is called Simple Mom.  Her blog’s tagline (I assume “her”, but these days who knows) [...]


Plaxo, anyone?

I had one of those reminder E-mails from Plaxo this morning.  I’ve been a user of Plaxo for a long time, having signed up “back in the day” when it started as a simple tool to keep your Outlook Contacts up to date.  Since it’s morphed into a business community site, I have to say [...]


The real Santa Claus

“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.  Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.  Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.  Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?” “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” is the famous reply we all know by heart, [...]


Shop @ lunch, get free shipping

Thanks to Facebook and Anita Campbell, I can tell you about a great offer that’s only going on today. Check out FreeShippingDay.com for a list of LARGE list of online merchants offering free shipping today only!  Many of your favorite retailers are on the list, including Dick’s, Dell, Johnston-Murphy (my favorite), Kohls, etc. etc. Procrastinators [...]


Holiday plans

Just a short note to wish you and yours a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday. I will be enoying a couple days off and time with friends and family.   I will not be publishing a Weekend Reader this Friday – I’m giving myself a complete break from work and personal obligations and look forward to [...]


A surprise package in the mail

Every once in a while life throws you a little surprise; a gift-wrapped smile from parts unknown. I got one of those over the weekend.  Checking my work E-Mail, I had a message from someone I didn’t recognize.  There was no signature, no introduction, no marketing – literally nothing to help me figure out where the [...]


Farewell, my friend

The E-Mail came across late in the day when most of us are trying to wrap up a few last tasks and our minds have already started to drift off to the evening’s activities. The subject was “FW: bad news”, generally not a good sign.  The message was from someone who used to be on the Board [...]


Too good to pass up

Yes, this is intended to be a postive, growth-oriented blog.  It really is.  So fresh on the heals of that post on Cadillac’s (I think) mis-leading commercial about their hybrid Escalade, I feel a little sheepish posting a follow-up that is equally as sarcastic.  But this one truly is too good to pass up.  Please take [...]