I read Prevention magazine. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking I lead a wild, crazy life - or something like that. I like Prevention magazine because it contains tidbits on a myriad of things that I might never think to ask about, but after-the-fact am glad I know. One of my favorite [...]
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Gentle nudging…
I learned BIG news last weekend, but I was told to sit on it. I was not allowed to tell a bunch of other folks, I was not allowed to post it on Facebook and I was told quite clearly that I was not to write about it in my blog. So I sat on it...somewhat. I had to [...]
Of my own accord…
If you would have told me a few months ago that I would be watching a Bison game on ESPN online on a sunny Saturday of my own accord, I would have told you that you were loopy. I may have watched football on occasion in the past, but it has never been of my own accord. [...]
Channel your inner Fred…
Innovation comes in all shapes and sizes. I think in this day and age we view innovation mostly from a technology mindset. But innovation can materialize in many ways. It happens when we create what never was or change what was. Today I met an innovator named Fred. Fred is a faculty member at UND [...]
Building the capacity to craft solutions…
Tonight was Parent-Teacher Conference night for the 7th grade at STEM - except it wasn't. The 7th grade team decided to try a new approach. They decided that this year they would take key projects that they had taught across the curriculum and let the students explain and present upon those projects to their parents. They [...]
Who kares about the Kardashians?
I don't watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians. I have a hard enough time keeping up with my own life; and, truth be told, I could care less about the Kardashians. There I said it. I do not really give a rat's fanny about what that family is up to. I am sooooo over the [...]
Can you hear me now?
I am miffed at Verizon today. Miffed because after years of being a loyal customer and payments over my time with them that I estimate have now eclipsed $30,000 (I have been with them for quite awhile) - they refuse to waive a contract termination fee. It seems when you have a family plan and [...]
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