Category Archives: Thinking Aloud

Meetings

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I’m conflicted about meetings.  Generally, I think of them as things people hold because they have nothing else with which to occupy their time.  I mean, who has time for a meeting when there is so much to do RIGHT NOW? Continue reading

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The Beginning

The critic Anatole Broyard once opined that

The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with a beginning, a middle and an appropriate end, only to find that they are mostly middles.

Today is one of those days that isn’t. – Please keep reading >

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Mixed Messages

Dan Aykroyd (left) and Joh...

One of my favorite scenes in the Blues Brothers comes when Jake (John Belushi) is confronted by his ex-girlfriend (Carrie Fisher) in a tunnel as he’s making his escape from yet another dicey situation.  Having been stood up at the alter by Jake several years prior, she is in no mood for a discussion of the issues.  She wants action now! Please keep reading

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