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Who Moved My Cheese?
A Few Simple Suggestions For Getting Along In The Office Kitchen Yes, your pay stub says you work a 40 hour week, but you know better. Lots of us have seen the alleged eight hour day turn into a hamster-wheel of deadlines: meet one, the next one comes spinning right at you. That means we’re…
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Reach Out And Touch….Or Not
Okay, just a quick refresher about communications devices. Beepers are so…early 90s. But some days, cellies don’t seem like such a huge improvement. At least with beepers, the doctor/drug dealer/whoever had to step out of the room, find a phone and return the call. Think about it: how many times have you been somewhere where…
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Old School, Modern Times
Thanks to everyone who commented on yesterday’s maiden blog, and who e-mailed queries (see below). We are off to a very good start! One consistent thread that was laced through just about everyone’s comments was how awkward it is to use the home training you were raised with (or acquired along the way) when the…
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Come Correct: A blog about Doing The Right Thing
You remember when you were growing up, your parents, uncles, aunts, neighbors and the rest of the village it took to raise you schooled you well on how to behave. In our community, one of the most complimentary things that could be said about you was “that child was raised right.” And what you never…
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Congratulations Are In Order
Ever since last summer, when Barack Obama became the presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, black friends have told me myriad stories about non-black people smilingly congratulating them. “He could become president!” they enthused. Could and did. But he didn’t become president of black America: He became president of the United States of America—all of…
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Tips on Tipping
If the people who deliver your newspaper, cut your grass (or your hair) or hold open the door to your apartment building suddenly become much cheerier around the holidays, it could be the spirit of the season—or it could be they’re hoping for a holiday tip. In some parts of the country, tipping is welcome…
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Office Party Politics
“The one good thing about this jacked-up economy,” a friend wryly noted, “is I think they’re going to cancel the office holiday party..” Talk about your silver linings! It doesn’t matter whether you’re treated to a five-course dinner at a spiffy restaurant or Cheez Whiz on Ritz crackers—what happens at the office holiday party can…
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Check Yourself
Let me relate one of my most unpleasant dining experiences. ABoston journalist was passing through Los Angeles for a night and hoping to see as many of her LA-based friends as possible. To help keep things sane, one of her local buddies organized a group dinner so she could see everyone at once. The evening…
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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You
Now that the weather is consistently warm throughout the country, we’ve entered into what the British would probably call high season for weddings. According to American Wedding Consultants, the nation’s oldest association of professional wedding planners, the months of May through October are big favorites for saying “I do.” So, if you’re getting lots of…
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