Tag: Identity
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A Big Ten Identity
If you live in one of those states that has a school in the Big Ten, you have this – a Big Ten Identity. I’m currently in one of those states, and I don’t currently live in one of those states. I know that people pretty much grow up into…
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City Slicker
I was hanging out with some friends last night. I didn’t realize how much of a city person I was. As I was listening to stories about coon hunting, shot guns, fly fishing, and the prairie, I started to realize that I am definitely a city person. In fact, I…
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Back to Minnesota
It’s always great to come back to a place that you have lived before. It’s greets to see things that are so familiar, but once again new. It’s great to see the changes from when you were here last. There are so many memories for DC and I from when…
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What You Own
I watched a speech that Jimmy Carter gave. One line stood out to me, and keep in mind that he was describing life when he was president. He said that we define human identity, not by what we do, but what we own. That was decades ago, but is it…
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Tanorexia Identity
Tanorexia: a mental disorder wherein the afflicted person belives that one can never be too tanned. this manifests itself in the form of excessive sunning, use of sunbeds and solariums, and, in particularly unfortunate cases, extreme use of fake tan. victims of tanorexia can be identified from a leathery skin…
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Your Online Identity
I saw the following tweet by Sally Hogshead, and it has implications for your online identity. SallyHogshead “If you *suck* in real life, you will *suck* online.” ~ @rory_vaden Your true self in the real world, will be the basis of all of your projected selves – whether online or…
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Pathologically Helpful
I am reading Malcolm Gladwell‘s The Tipping Point. I read that line when Malcolm was talking about Mark Alpert. He described him on pg. 66. The line after says – He can’t help himself. “A Maven is someone who solves his own problems – his own emotional needs – by…
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Identity Consistency
I just read an article on Mashable about how you can maintain some consistency on your online identities. Here‘s the article. As the article says, sometimes you end up with multiple online identities which need a sense of consistency across the different platforms. I would agree with the article in…
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Your State and Identity
Where you grow up can have an impact on your identity – your sense of who you are. I was watching a tv show last night about how the states got their shape, and there is a tremendous amount of history and politics that give each state it’s shape. It…
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FIFA and Identity 2
The first post that I wrote about FIFA and Identity was written when the US was still in contention. When I wrote it, everyone was talking about FIFA. You heard it on the news and at work, it was the topic of conversation. Since the US is no longer in…
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The Lesson of Green Lights
I sat at a stop light this afternoon. I sat in front of the light for 3 green light rotations for everyone else but not me. Something like that really reveals a lot about your character and your identity. It really tries your patience when you have to sit through…
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