“I think that when we look for love courageously, it reveals itself, and we wind up attracting even more love. If one person really wants us, everyone does. But if we’re alone, we become even more alone. Life is strange.” -Paulo Coelho I tried choosing what I fell in love with, perhaps that’s …
Read more »About 24 hours ago, I lamented about a distinct yellow stain on my otherwise plush, beige carpeting. I put the dog in time-out for the mishap and he hung his head low as I blasted him with, “Little Dude!” or, “Seriously?” or something I regret now, “just wait until you go to your …
Read more »GirlMeetsGeek Teams Up With Minneapolis Tweeters to Show How Social Media Makes A Difference. We’ve come together for #Haiti, and to help each other find jobs; we’ve networked and supported one another. Now, let’s support a Minnesota organization that has been helping our local homeless population for more than 25 years. http://www.sharingandcaringhands.org/ Local tweeters can …
Read more »Networking is an amazing thing. My biggest professional successes have come from good friends and good tweets. However: I worked very, very hard to build a name for myself and make my own way. There would be nights until 2-3am where I would be drafting proposals, or workshops; writing articles or convincing myself that the …
Read more »Troy happened because Helen’s face was valued more than the rest of the country. A war over physical features (or so the story goes, in a time when women were merely commodities.) Social Media has fought too long and too hard to be treated like a runway. I see the same war being played out more and …
Read more »At my old corporate job, we had emergency floor captains. Being 12 floors up and if some great danger befell us all? It was the petite five-foot tall chick that was in charge of making sure everyone didn’t hit the ground and start bawling or became Donner-Party-Esque. It was a tough job, but someone had …
Read more »No one can take away your passion if you know how to pass-it-on. Passion that is focused outward has happened because someone found their ‘T’- or center. The only difference between passion and passing it on? Is just one letter. I got off the phone with a good friend minutes ago. We were both struck …
Read more »In the midst of sounding sappy and ridiculously hormonal: I need you to watch this. http://music.todaysbigthing.com/2010/01/05 Then I need you to go here: http://www.starbucksloveproject.com I’ll stop asking for you to do anything at this point but just realize what you witnessed. Countries that are part of Bush’s ‘Axis of Evil,’ and everyone else, singing at …
Read more »What is beautiful? If a single flower was held up in a room to a hundred different scholars, each would arguably state the cases for it’s beauty, or otherwise. They might remark on the slender stem, or the tendrils of leaves. The petals hold the color best- like a smile lighting up a room. The …
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