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Nov 20, 2012 It You’re Not Grateful for It, Maybe It’s Time for the Old Heave Ho As you’ve likely noticed, this week is a time when everybody has a lot to say about being thankful for this and that– and that’s wonderful. In addition, my plan… Read More
Nov 15, 2012 Beware The “Have to’s” Recently, I’ve made a point of flagging ‘have-to’ statements—my own and others’. What do these sound like? “We have to get together.” “I have to get you that information.” “I… Read More
Nov 8, 2012 Don’t Compare Your Behind-the-Scenes to Other People’s Highlight Reel I don’t know about you, but these days I’m feeling overwhelmed. Adding Sandy, the election, and a nor’easter to the regular business of work and life has left me feeling… Read More
Oct 17, 2012 When We Don’t Make Anything Wrong I rarely re-post others’ columns—I generally have too much to say myself—but ever since I read this piece a month ago I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.… Read More
Oct 10, 2012 What’s Your Mutt? A few years ago, I went to the ASPCA with a friend who was getting a dog. I was not. This is, of course, why I left with a dog.… Read More
Oct 3, 2012 A (Possibly) New Take on “Let it Go” How often have you been mid-bitch-session on something that’s making you crazy only to have a friend say to you,“You really need to let it go.” In my case, this… Read More
Sep 20, 2012 Make Skype Stupendous As more and more people do interviews and give lectures vis Skype I thought it would be helpful to put together a quick ‘cheat sheet’ on how to make sure… Read More
Aug 29, 2012 Born to Perform: What We Can all Learn From Bruce Springsteen The July 30th edition of the New Yorker contained a truly (to me) spectacular profile of Bruce Springsteen (and I don’t particularly care for his music; mainly because I’m not… Read More
Aug 21, 2012 4 Shades of Grey: Pain vs. Sensation, Desire vs. Craving Despite the popularity of E.L. James’ novel (which I have not read—the Ellen DeGeneres version was enough for me)  I’ve been thinking recently about a few shades of grey I… Read More
Aug 7, 2012 Tone it Up (and I’m Not Talking About Your Abdominals….Well, Kind of…) Many of you reading the above headline are probably thought this piece was going to be about the Olympics. Given the staggering variety of toned abdominals we’ve seen in recent… Read More

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