Our girls have a routine and checklist that they work through every night before bed. One of the things on the list is to get out the clothes that they are going to wear in the morning. It’s a good routine. The girls ask what the weather is going to be like and they plan …
Category Archive: Around the house
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Easter Renewal
How’s That Connection? Managing relationships, is kind of like using a cell phone. People who frequently do know where to get the best connection– where the signal is clearest–and they know where it’s not. An avid cell user can even tell you what the reception will be like without even turning the phone on. Geography, …
Mar
29
Warning: For VLARs Only . . .
. . .like maybe this guy. Because if you’re not, I’ll guarentee you couldn’t care less. Only read this if you’re absolutely sure you have nothing better to do. Come to think of it, even if you are a VLAR (very loyal and alert reader), you probably don’t care about what’s to follow. In fact …
Mar
19
Direct Buy Membership: A Consumer Report
Direct Buy and the Magic of Lead Generation I don’t know how many times I’d seen it. That chipper blond, the irritatingly giddy couples explaining how much money they’ve saved, the irrefutable logic of being able to purchase things directly from manufacturers, avoiding all those costly markups. If you’ve seen the infomercial, you know what …
Mar
11
“Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously.
Pooh was walking round and round in a circle, thinking of something else, and when Piglet called to him, he just went on walking. “Hallo!” said Piglet, “what are you doing?” “Hunting,” said Pooh. “Hunting what?” “Tracking something,” said Winnie-the-Pooh very mysteriously. “Tracking what?” said Piglet, coming closer. “That’s just what I ask myself. I …
Mar
06
Secrets of a Flash in the Pan
Greg, an alert reader from–well, I’m not sure where he’s from–left this comment on my About page yesterday: So, help me out here. Your blog is getting major hits, top five on WordPress, and while I respect your writing, and it is interesting at some level–to what do you attribute so much traffic? Do you …
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