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Wednesday, June 08, 2016

Test Drive? Not for much longer.

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Test driving the car of your dreams may soon be a thing of the past. Not that it’s an experience I have a car-load of experience with, but I...
Tuesday, June 07, 2016

It used to be good to be Elizabeth Holmes (didn’t it?)

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Yesterday, Pink Slip wrote about the list of the wealthiest women, self-made edition, in the U.S. Conspicuous for her absence was Elizabeth...
Monday, June 06, 2016

The sisterhood is powerful (and some of them are rich)

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As they did last year, Forbes has once again gifted us with a list of the wealthiest self-made women in the US. Self-made, of course, leaves...
Friday, June 03, 2016

Happy Campers

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I saw an article on Bloomberg the other day on all sorts of fancy-dancy camping gear. (E.g., a tent with “solar panels that connect to USB ...
Thursday, June 02, 2016

Duckpin bowling’s dying out. (And I thought candlepin was weird…)

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The first time I went bowling was on an outing with the Junior Catholic Daughters of America. Not familiar with the JCDA? It’s the young lad...
Wednesday, June 01, 2016

The Hershey’s Jerky Kiss-off

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First, a couple of bits of disclosure: Other than a small, spit-it-out nibble of a Slim Jim (which may, in fact, have occurred in a drea...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Sew long, Winmil Fabrics

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I grew up in a sewing home. My mother made much of the clothing for my sisters and me, starting with the white shorts she made out of my fat...
Monday, May 30, 2016

Memorial Day, 2016

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Memorial Day is one of those nice little three-day-weekend holidays that we don’t seem to get enough of. Funny, even though I don’t work any...
Friday, May 27, 2016

There’s business casual (and then there’s business casual)

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Today’s Friday, so – in offices across America – employees are showing up in business casual. In some places, this is a Friday-thing only. I...
Thursday, May 26, 2016

That jacket’s very smart on you. (As a matter of fact, it is.)

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Many years ago, I bought a pair of blue and white striped denim pants from Land’s End. Of course, they looked just fine on the young adorabl...
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Nice work if you can get it.

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Other than sitting around reading, I can’t think of an more ideal profession than working for a foundation. The thought of giving all that m...
Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Google invents the 21st century cow-catcher

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As a card-carrying pedestrian, I have quite naturally been concerned about the coming of the self-driving car. Bad enough trying to catch th...
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Monday, May 23, 2016

A horse is a horse, of course, of course…

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Like any good Baby Boomer, I spent much of my childhood glued to what was then known as the small screen, and later on as the boob tube. Who...
Friday, May 20, 2016

Rally for Ratt

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I don’t know Rich “Ratt” Kennedy, but I do know his brother, Jake, the other half of Kennedy Brothers PT, where I have been an off-and-on pa...
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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Millennial experts? This is an actual profession?

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Well, just when you think that the economy isn’t producing enough high-paying jobs, along comes a new career that was completely and utterly...
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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

“All Encompassing Software.” Good luck with that.

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There was an article in the Boston Globe yesterday on a new “all encompassing” system that Partners Healthcare (which includes pretty much ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

The man who desired streetcars

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Unless you count reading and conversation, other than blogging, I’ve never really had a hobby. Sometimes I think that it would  just swell –...
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