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Monday, March 07, 2016

What would you do? Neal Peskind kind of just sits there.

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I haven’t been particularly following the Erin Andrews case, but something about it caught my interest the other day. For my readers who ar...
Friday, March 04, 2016

Family medical coordinator. How’s that for a job?

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My husband went to grad school at Harvard, so he automatically got the alumni magazine. Since I was the one in the house who actually read i...
Thursday, March 03, 2016

Hey, waitress. (It’s all coming back to me now.)

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The other day, The Boston Globe published what I found to be quite an amusing review of Ye Olde Union Oyster House , the oldest restaurant ...
Wednesday, March 02, 2016

Mindful of the mindfulness room

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I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about mindfulness. I spend quite enough time in my own mind already, thank you. I was born gazing at my...
Tuesday, March 01, 2016

Taking to the Air in the Heart of the Commonwealth

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I grew up not far from Worcester Airport. The woods next to our house, where we played war and pioneer, where we picked trillium, jack-in-th...
Monday, February 29, 2016

Swag Baggery

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I didn’t have a ton of interest in last night’s Academy Awards. Sure, it might be nice if just about every august Academy voter wasn’t an o...
Friday, February 26, 2016

Mr. Money Mustache. (Minus the mustache, sounds a bit like someone I used to know…)

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This week’s New Yorker had an interesting profile on Peter Adeney, whose wildly successful blog, Mr. Money Mustache , promotes achieving fi...
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Thursday, February 25, 2016

Send OUT the clowns. Now.

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I tend to like Cole Porter tunes. Hummable, sing-a-long-able, witty lyrics. But I part company with ol’ Cole when it comes to “Be A Clown.” ...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

It is good to be Wendy Schmidt

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I don't spend a ton of time envying other folks. First off, I've got it pretty darned good. Second, I've always considered envy ...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Maybe we SHOULD convert to metric after all. (Wonder what Lumber Liquitdators thinks?)

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At this point in time (i.e., my personal time of life), I would not be jumping up and down to see a conversion to metric. Oh, some of it I...
Monday, February 22, 2016

You're right, tech bro, you "shouldn't have to see the pain, struggle and despair of homeless' people"

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Last week's award for Millennial You Most Love To Hate went to a one Justin Keller, a San Francisco tech entrepreneur. He seized the tit...
Friday, February 19, 2016

Furniture for introverts? Tell me more.

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All I needed to do was see a subhead in an Economist article that read "Furniture for the introverted," and I was all in. I mean,...
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Wayfair, you've got just what I need. (Too bad about the boxes it comes in.)

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As anyone who’s ever done a reno project knows, renovation has plenty of begats beyond the backsplash, the fridge, and the vanity. There’s ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

On this day in history...

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I’m a sucker for those “on this day in history” lists. And who was born, who died. Not that the specific day matters, one way or the ot...
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Tuesday, February 16, 2016

I hate to break this to you, [name withheld]

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I spend a few minutes a day cruising the web, looking for topics for  Pink Slip.  Bloomberg is a frequent source. Friends and family occasi...
Monday, February 15, 2016

Baby, it's cold outside. Inside, too.

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Especially when compared to last year's snowmageddon, this winter has been a balmy breeze. Two weeeks ago today, I was actually out and ...