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Manners and Relationships, Over the Centuries, Are Like a Horse and Carriage

by Rochelle Burns February 3, 2012

I have always been fascinated by manners. Specifically, why have we used them over the centuries when dealing with others? Perhaps, bopping people over the head didn’t work as well as being pleasant. So, like the duo of a horse and carriage – you give, they feel good – manners took off. There are, of [...]

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Digital Afterlife

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From Robert A MacDonald for The Sun: Peggy was dying. She had battled cancer for years, but at the age of 45 she was losing her fight. A wife and stay-at-home mother of three children in Ventura, Peggy had caught the online bug and couldn’t stop writing about what was happening to her and the [...]

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A Post About Empathy

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Years ago, I was doing a lot of business travel. And I do mean a lot. I was supplementing my writing income as a public speaker. It got out of hand, at least by my standards. I was on the road for about a third of the year. One day I was exhausted and trying [...]

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Red Tails – the film even George Lucas almost couldn’t make

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George Lucas, producer director of some of the most profitable films in Hollywood history (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc), has been working on Red Tails, an action-packed, special effects-laden World War II movie for 23 years. He paid for it himself. He figured a studio would eventually come in and pay for distribution and publicity. [...]

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What’s the square footage?

Thumbnail image for What’s the square footage? by Brooke Leigh Sheldon January 24, 2012

The age of the McMansion has become passé. The overblown contest of house size, “Who’s is bigger?”, has found it’s new location in the circular file of public consciousness. Perhaps the time therefore has come to keep in mind that the size of the house matters least. What makes a house a home is not [...]

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Connecting the Dots from Problem to Solution

Thumbnail image for Connecting the Dots from Problem to Solution by Adam J Pearson January 22, 2012

Talking with my mother made us both realize something: often the solutions to our most pressing problems are already known to us. We have simply, until now, failed to connect the dots. Eventually, we may do so on our own, but often it helps to have a friend or a loved one to help us [...]

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Forget about resolutions. Instead: Envision! Intend! Act!

Thumbnail image for Forget about resolutions. Instead: Envision! Intend! Act! by Lauren Rosenfeld January 18, 2012

I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions. It seems to me that besides being notoriously hard to keep — there’s a lot of negative judgment hidden within them. And I honestly don’t think you have to dig too deep to find the judgment. Usually that judgment is right there, just below the surface, [...]

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The Seven Wonders of the World – According to John W Strobel III

Thumbnail image for The Seven Wonders of the World – According to John W Strobel III by John W Strobel III January 16, 2012

The Western Hemisphere, the “New World,” was slighted when the Seven Wonders of the World were chosen. That is probably due to the fact that indigenous people of the west in ancient times were not consulted when the list was drawn up. And that is very likely due to the fact that the early scholars [...]

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Why I want to be Autumn De Wilde when I grow up

Thumbnail image for Why I want to be Autumn De Wilde when I grow up by Alexandra Wallace January 14, 2012

For the majority of early childhood, I knew who I wanted to be when I grew up: Snow White, of course. I had planned my future of adulthood to take place in an idyllic cottage, spending my afternoons singing in the middle of a forest while little birds landed on my hand. Writing it out, [...]

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A Good Death and How to Achieve It

Thumbnail image for A Good Death and How to Achieve It by Chris Palmer January 9, 2012

Is it possible to create a good death? Or is someone simply lucky if he or she dies well? These are the fascinating questions Dr. Ira Byock, a professor at Dartmouth Medical School, raises in his important 1997 book, Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life. Both my parents have died (four [...]

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