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Four Things You Are Not, and One Thing You Are (How to Define Yourself)
It’s a Saturday afternoon and I’m standing before an overcrowded room of sleepy moms at nap time. Before I launch into my speech outline,...
Mar 25, 20142 min read


My Movie Recommendations (A Running List)
Our family doesn’t own a TV, but we love movies, including and especially indie and foreign films. If you also prefer to live off the...
Mar 12, 20149 min read


Get Over Yourself When You're Talked About Behind Your Back
Some time ago, during the course of a conversation, a friend proceeded to tell me something she’d heard someone say about me behind my...
Mar 5, 20142 min read


He Told Me I'd Be Famous, and He Was Wrong (Embracing Intentional Obscurity and Book Promotion)
image credit: sonoma.edu Just before my book came out last year, a well-known person who’d read it sent me a personal email and said,...
Feb 21, 20143 min read


What I’d Want You to Know if I Died Today (Yeah, This is Weird)
Image credit: alsglobal.com When plane passengers experience strong wind turbulence, they do what comes naturally. Some pray, some panic....
Feb 4, 20142 min read


Difficult People are Like Cake Testers and You Need Them
Image credit: shaunasever.com Recently someone behaved rudely toward me, which wouldn't ordinarily be a big deal, except this person,...
Jan 29, 20142 min read
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