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Friday, September 06, 2013

Does the oPhone pass the sniff test?

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If I were the inventive type which, unfortunately, I am not, I like to think that I’d invent stuff that was useful. Like something that Pi...
Thursday, September 05, 2013

The balance of trade. (Always happy to do my bit.)

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In our none-to-large condo, with it’s none-too-ample storage, I have four old laptops. Since they’re laptops, they don’t take up all that mu...
Wednesday, September 04, 2013

If I only had a brain

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Like anyone who reaches a certain age, I worry a bit about being physically enfeebled. So I do a (however half-assed) strength-cardio workou...
Tuesday, September 03, 2013

Who you gonna call? Forget Ghostbusters.

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Forget 9-1-1. And, while you’re at it, forget the St. Bernard with the brandy barrel strapped to its neck. In this era of global everyth...
Monday, September 02, 2013

I’m a Labor Day broken record, and the record that’s playing is “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night.”

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Writing Pink Slip may be a labor of love, but it’s labor nonetheless, so – as I did last year – I’m taking the day off. This is a link to ...
Friday, August 30, 2013

The Standard Hotel’s Ad: yet another reason I am just as happy not to be a hipster

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It may be because I no longer stay at hotels when I’m in NYC – we’ve been pretty much into the rent-by-owner apartment thing for the last fe...
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Body language

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I saw an article last week in The Wall Street Journal on body language. The piece suggested that those who want to get ahead in this man’s ...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The Donald: still being schooled on Trump University

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If there’s someone on the American celebrimaginative scene who’s more stunningly ridiculous and obnoxious than Donald Trump, the name’s not ...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Remember when the big toilet paper debate was putting the roll over or under? Make way for the fatberg!

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When it comes to putting the toilet paper roll on the holder, I grew up in an “over” household. But somewhere along the way I converted to “...
Monday, August 26, 2013

Put a ring on it…

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Before I leave to take a ride on the T – Boston’s public transpo system – I take my Charlie Card (smart card that contains the electronic ve...
Friday, August 23, 2013

Call 911 for a cable outage? Oh, grow up!

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It’s not as if I’ve never called 911. Why, in just the last couple of years, I have dialed it on several occasions. Last December, we sm...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

The Boredom Room

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Somewhere, early on in my work life, I worked at a bank. There were a couple of older men who “worked” in our immediate area who didn’t ...
Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Brand Maasai

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The world these days is much more brand-conscious than it once was, say, back in the olden times of the 1960’s and 1970’s. No, today Brand...
Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Nick Beef: let the crazy 50th anniversary JFK assassination stories begin

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With the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination just around the corner, we will all need to gear up for an onslaught of related – however...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Royalty is just so NOT what it used to be. (“Romanian princess arrested in Oregon cockfighting sweep.”)

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Well, I suppose that, having lived through Sarah Ferguson (Duchess of York) trying to sell access to Prince Andrew, and Prince Charles havin...
Friday, August 16, 2013

Monopoly Empire (We li-ive in a material world…)

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Last month, my sister Kathleen had a wonderful post on her blog – yes, we’re the bloggin’ sisters -  about the latest brand-extension to th...