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  • Always On

    Always On

    I heard Seth Godin say that we have the technology to continually be connected every hour of the day.  I have heard Leo Laporte talk about Twitter being this megaphone where everyone is talking and no one really is listening.  I’ve read where Tim Ferris creates more time for other…

  • Your Sayings

    I was listening to a podcast, and the guy I was listening to has phrases that he would say repeatedly.  It caught my attention because one of those phrases is “Here’s the thing.”  It also happens to be one of my filler phrases.  I say “Here’s the thing,” all the…

  • Emotional Engineering

    I don’t know what you picture when you think of an engineer, but I think math and socially….well, you know.  Don’t get me wrong.  I know tons of cool engineers, but that’s the focus of this post. I heard about the idea of emotional engineering and was quite fascinated by…

  • Ousted

    Ousted

    Hello – my name is Lem, and it’s been 40 days since I’ve “checked in.” I’m getting a quite a few emails from Foursquare that I was just ousted from a place where I previously held the mayorship. It was first a matter of becoming the mayor of as many…

  • The Psychology of the Makeover

    The Psychology of the Makeover

    Psychology n., pl., -gies. The science that deals with mental processes and behavior. The emotional and behavioral characteristics of an individual, group, or activity: the psychology of war. Subtle tactical action or argument used to manipulate or influence another: He used poor psychology on his employer when trying to make…

  • Character Actors

    Character Actors

    There are celebrities and movie stars – the ones that play the lead roles in movies.  They are the ones  where you know their real name as well as their role name.  The A listers – right? Then there are character actors.  These are the actors that have been in…

  • Truth and the Right Time

    Speak the truth in love.  We’ve all learned that. Honesty is the best policy – was some phrase that came a lot later and I learned it.  I might have even taught it. Although I still believe in both of those phrases, I like Truth and the Right Time.  Speak…

  • Failure as an Option

    When you spend over a decade in school and some of us a few more years in college, we are taught one thing – that failure is not an option.  In fact, we’re taught that you are a failure if you fail.  Some of US learn that an A is…

  • Montreal

    Montreal

    I so want to go to Montreal.  I don’t know any one there.  As I type this, I’m watching a show on Montreal.  I want to explore and experience a French city in North America.  I can’t even tell you what the attraction is.  It’s city.   I can conceivably drive…

  • Kim Chee Bulgogi Burrito

    Kim Chee Bulgogi Burrito

    …..for breakfast no less.  How does your taste buds respond to that?  Fermented cabbage, marinated beef with salsa all rolled up in a tortilla – meant to be the Korean-Mexican breakfast treat.  I was bummed when I saw the sign because I wanted to try it.  I wasn’t hungry, but…

  • Working Hard 2

    I wrote about working hard once – here’s the post. I was thinking more about it today.  I’m still trying to work out this idea, but here’s the basic gist. Only you can determine what it means to work hard – but everyone else can tell whether you’re working hard…

  • Words For Your Experiences

    Every now and then you come across a blog post, a poem, a song, or just a conversation where what you hear gives you words to something that you’ve experienced.  That is such a great thing – when you can finally express in words this thing that you’ve experience for…