31 May
Wow! This is crazeee…. you’ve GOT to listen to this short report from NPR’s Morning Edition (05/30/2007) by Chana Joffe-Walt:
Firms Hire Consultants to Handle Needy Workers
Companies are hiring consultants to help manage the “over-praised” Me Generation. The result? Kudos for showing up to work on time! Awards for getting a report in! Forget Employee […]
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29 May
Insert squeal of delight here! The Police Tour kicked off in Vancouver last night and the reviews have (so far) been postitive! Excellent timing as we just purchased our plane tix for the Dallas show… (”we’re all going to Dallas! we’re all going to Dallas!” ~again, Joel C. that was for you…heh heh). […]
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23 May
Okay… I freely admit it, I can be such a geek sometimes… what can I say, I really like this great new “READ” poster. Not that I have any place to put it but I do appreciate cool nerdiness of it. ;D
Mood : cheerful Music : Burning Spear Mix
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20 May
We’re so proud of Nathaniel! He graduated from Warren Wilson College last weekend. The ceremony took place on a BEAUTIFUL North Carolina morning. It was only about an hour long and we enjoyed every minute- especially the part where he walked across the stage to pick up his diploma and hemlock seedling! […]
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14 May
Isn’t this the prettiest little bud vase??! Ann Lindell, the head librarian of the UF Architecture and Fine Arts Library, gave this to me as a ‘thank you’ for the work I did on the ARLIS/NA 2007 Conference Website. Geez, I’d volunteer for WAY more things out there in the world if the […]
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09 May
A recent report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project categorized technology users into 10 groups: http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/140/press_release.asp I think I’m probably closest to being a Productivity Enhancer (which, BTW, sounds like a spam-mail subject line…haha):
Productivity Enhancers (8%): They have strongly positive views about how technology lets them keep up with others, do their jobs, […]
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09 May
OMG! I am SO excited!!!! The blueberries on my Florida native blueberry plant are starting to ripen!!! The blueberries on this plant are half the size of a regular blueberry but they pack a super-sweet punch! mmmmm! I ate my first one tonight and gave the other one to Tim. It […]
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04 May
I am in debt to Gary Shipes for the rest of my life. He introduced me to Hal Hartley’s work back in the early 90s and to this day, Simple Men is, hands down, my all-time favorite film, ever. I love all of Hartley’s work but this one still stands above all. […]
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