Posted On: July 13, 2019
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Summer is super-active; even the loons are busy dodging looping boats. The interns keep chasing after more BITN bits—just ahead. And I’m attending a retiring party tonight for an educator who walks away with full…
Posted On: April 10, 2019
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Covering BreakAways in the News remains a relatively quiet beat compared to, say, Trump. Yet the working world keeps predicting more potential for the idea, like covert prophets forecasting work/life balance atop balance-sheet profits. Here…
Posted On: October 5, 2018
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We all see it often: The idiot driving in front of you is all over the map—breaking and swerving, so unnerving. When this happened to me yesterday, my car-model prognosis surmised this person might be…
Posted On: October 10, 2017
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What a long, strange journey it’s been! In fact, it’s been so long, so strange, that I no longer bristle when people refer to cancer as a “journey.” Or when people butcher Grateful Dead lyrics…
Posted On: May 27, 2016
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If you’re lucky, you have fond memories of getting away on Memorial Day and other holidays—and maybe heading off for a family vacation every now and again. If you’re really lucky, you’re still creating fresh…
Posted On: March 6, 2016
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This week, Fast Company released a sobering article for anyone drunk on debt or worried about an economy that’s become a tipsy house of (credit) cards. Stephanie Vozza shares her family’s saga about getting spanked…
Posted On: October 27, 2015
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“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;
now that I am old I know that it is.” ~Oscar Wilde
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.…
Posted On: March 4, 2015
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They may be the most mind-blowing invention ever. But are smartphones as amazing as we think they are?
They have never: Cooked a delicious meal; hoisted the sails; shoveled snow.
What’s more, they can be…
Posted On: January 8, 2015
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The fat cat is out of the bag: Americans’ vacation rates have hit sick, historic lows, and the topic has gone viral like the flu at the office. Dozens of sites have picked up on…
Posted On: November 3, 2014
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Our obsession with smartphones festers on. Go to a social spot like a bar or a rock concert and most everyone is focused on their phone. Students list “no wifi” as a reason they won’t…
