Monthly Archives: December 2007

On the Road Again…

December 22, 2007
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Or, Christmas… Elsewhere There are two kinds of traveling: have to and will to. Have to Travel Work Family Death Holiday Will To See Experience Chill Activate Interact Note the difference in the etymology of the...

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Meticulosity… OR, How to Succeed in Everything

December 16, 2007
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Meticulosity… OR, How to Succeed in Everything

That doesn’t make me admire them any less, however, or realize that they, in the end, will always succeed. Case in point, the magnificent stone-man, Lew French. One rock at a time, he...

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The Most Perfect Handbag in the World

December 12, 2007
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The Most Perfect Handbag in the World

Or, What to Buy A Woman, Any Woman and She’ll Like it, I Swear If you are madly last-minute shopping for ANY woman in your life, just save yourself the hassle and buy...

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21st Century Tips to Holiday Office Parties

December 10, 2007
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21st Century Tips to Holiday Office Parties

Maybe I wouldn’t have been so inspired to write this if I hadn’t been rebuffed by UBS, my husband’s workplace, two years in a row now. UBS, that beloved multinational banking behemoth, which...

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90 Minutes from Door to Balloon

December 6, 2007
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90 Minutes from Door to Balloon

Tis the Season to Keel Over…. Fa la la la luh. I’ll probably die of a massive coronary for writing this, but it’s a sad state of affairs — on the health, diet and...

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Do You Close the Bathroom Door Even When You’re the Only One Home?

December 4, 2007
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Do You Close the Bathroom Door Even When You’re the Only One Home?

Or, A Prelude to How to Have an Existential Crisis I recently was hired to teach two courses next semester. I am thinking about quitting and I...

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Message from the Leaf Pile

December 3, 2007
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Message from the Leaf Pile

Top 10 Reasons to Read a Blog 10. The blogger is funny, but not funny ha-ha… funny hmmmm. 9. You are bored of internet porn… it is so done! 8. Procrastination is nine-tenths of the...

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