Archive for the ‘The Dreadful Economy & The Depressing Job Search’ Category
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A Short Course in Chinese
22 Apr 2012When Analise was four years old she wrote her first book, Bey Wayu uv the Big Bad Bayr. On the…
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The Bunny and the Pig
31 Aug 2011The Wall Street Journal has a couple of sections, Off Duty and Review, in its weekend edition that are there,…
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Looking for Love, I think.
07 Jul 2011I almost had a job—a real job: Head of US Operations for my brother-in-law’s new company that is based in…
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Brain Ramblings and Intimate Thoughts of Sunshine While Dealing with College Applications
22 Sep 2010And speaking of Google. Remember a year or so ago when I was reading and studying all about Google? That…
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Sleeping With Cyborgs and Other Bedtime Stories
15 Jun 2010You all may remember that about a year ago I was learning all I could about technology so that I…
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Hunting and Gathering
13 May 2010I am sitting here at the kitchen counter sipping homemade beef broth and staring down temptation. It is lying not…
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What the Kitty Knew
29 Apr 2010We were at a church dinner on Monday night and someone asked, “Did you ever find a job?” And, you…
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A Cure for What Ails You
01 Mar 2010You know last year at this time I was fascinated with technology and the economy—two wholly unsatisfying subjects, although I…
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Consider the Umbrella
22 Oct 2009My in-laws have huddled and come up with a career mantra for my son. “Go into engineering,” they say in…
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New Direction?
17 Sep 2009For years I didn’t read fiction. It was too claustrophobic, a world in a small box, or a book I…
