I am not sure when sleep became a guilty pleasure for folks, but it seems to have become just that. Somewhere along the line I think we have forgotten as a society of overworked, overachieving people that sleep is not a luxury for our brains and bodies. Our brains and bodies are purposeful in their use of sleep - they [...]
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Count me amongst the fickle…
I love the creativity in marketing. I write about marketing often on my blog. I believe that marketing done well is an art (even though I know an argument can be made that it is somewhat science, based on market analysis and known quantities that can be pandered to and easily manipulated). Marketing is a huge industry. The cost [...]
Life’s punctuation…
I must issue a warning at the outset: TODAY'S BLOG ENTRY IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. It will address an issue that is of specific understanding to women in the new forty and I fear it will quickly devolve into a rant. HENCE, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. My daughter Sarah told me I shouldn't write about this [...]
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens…
If I had a voice like Julie Andrews I would go about the neighborhood today singing about a few of my favorite things. Unfortunately, as far as signing voices go I lean toward Roseanne Barr's quality level. So, to spare you all I won't be singing. Instead I will chime in here - in blissfully [...]
Helping out my buddies Phil and Chuck…
I believe in helping others when I can. As such, I am willing to offer my assistance to the two most popular groundhogs - Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck. It seems they disagree on whether we will have six more weeks of winter of an early spring. I can understand why there is some confusion [...]
I found God…
I found God inside a bathroom stall. God came to me via a yellow sticky note attached to the inside of a bathroom stall door in the Memorial Union at NDSU. Now I must say, as someone who has never been a fan of bathroom stall graffiti, that I appreciate post-it note graffiti's ability to provide [...]
Sugar babies?
OMG! The liberal-minded adult in me just wants to scream, "EWWWWWWWWWWWW!" I must be getting old or wise or jaded or something. When I saw the article in The Forum titled - Site to find 'sugar daddies' popular with college students - my immediate thought was the candy. I was such a huge fan of [...]
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