Business… Firefox 4.0 Ain’t Ready 24 Mar 201124 Mar 2011 Some companies use their customers as beta testers. Microsoft springs to mind. I give them at least a year to figure things out before I give in to an upgrade.…
Brain… If You Build It, They Will See It 14 Mar 201114 Mar 2011 Some people go to all the trouble of designing and producing buildings, only to make them ugly. Why not hire an architect who understands proportions? Select beautiful colors for the…
Baby Boomers… The Lady with the Pineapple Hair 8 Mar 201112 Mar 2011 As teenagers, we stifled giggles whenever we sat behind the lady with the pineapple hair. I theorized that she hoped its astounding height would be slimming. I also guessed that…
Academic Writing… Dialogue Skills 15 Feb 201116 Feb 2011 Can you write believable and interesting dialogue? It's a skill we all need. In fiction, it's a given. Drama, more so; poetry, maybe. And nonfiction? You'd be surprised. The most…
Academic Writing… I Am Woman; Call Me She 27 Jan 201127 Jan 2011 Since Facebook already knows whether you are male or female, and even distinguishes between your "Cousin (male)" and "Cousin (female)," a distinction the English language doesn’t make, then why can't…
Change the World… “Divers Patter, Dabblers Explode” 22 Jan 201125 Jan 2011 I love this sign at a preserve: "Divers Patter, Dabblers Explode." These are ducks. The sign explains that Dabblers, such as wigeons, teals, pintails, shovelers, and mallards, have large wings…
Academic Writing… “I Have a Dream” for Writers 17 Jan 20119 Feb 2011 Today you'll probably hear the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And it will probably begin, "I have a dream!" I recently shared his entire speech from the March…
College… “Words that Shimmer” 8 Jan 20118 Jan 2011 "Poetry is something many of us seem to be hungry for these days without knowing it, until we hear it." -- Krista Tippett Krista said this in introducing Elizabeth Alexander.…
Business Communications… Dinnertime “Stop, Drop, and Roll” 5 Jan 20115 Jan 2011 No, it wasn't a kitchen fire. One of my favorite comedians—though he’s clearly an elementary school boy—was checked by his much older brother with “Stop, Drop [the topic], and Roll”—to…
Change the World… Therapeutic Draft 15 Dec 201029 Dec 2010 Almost everyone I meet admits to a book-writing dream, usually a flaming bestseller about what the aspiring author has suffered: twelve chapters detailing the ordeal, and one on the happy…
Change the World… Four Seasons 14 Dec 201029 Dec 2010 It's finally autumn in the Arizona valleys; it lasts about a week. I think I mentioned this before—along with my tree where the spring buds opened on the east before…
Business… Typo costing #Twitter 23 Sep 201029 Dec 2010 Death, taxes, and typos. They happen for everyone. And most of the time, if readers even notice typos, I hope they say, "Yeah, I know what she meant" and forgive…
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