The entire arena is filled with throbbing dance music and cheering dancing people, wearing costumes and waving streamers. The rise and fall of the chants and fight songs is reminiscent of a High School Friday football game against archrivals. However, this event is louder, more colorful, brighter, sparkly-er somehow, and pulsing with actual brilliance. This… Read more »
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Naming Names
Can I ask a HUGE favor? If we are ever out together at a Swanky Function, Networking Event or Family Reunion, could you subtly ask the person with whom we are speaking, what is THEIR NAME? Thanks, I’ll buy you a drink. I embarrassingly and consistently struggle to remember names. As a Motivational Speaker, I know… Read more »
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I just saw the lovely film “The Artist”, on the big screen of the beautifully renovated classic movie house in my town. (The State Theatre) No spoilers, but I can safely suggest the main theme revolved around the march of time, and deciding whether or not to get in line or be left on the curb…. Read more »
Skate: Hard Work + Dedication + Belief = Heart
Hockey just made me cry. I love this ad so much. And whilst I was born in Hockeytown USA (Go Wings) it’s not actually the Hockey that made me cry. I’m not endorsing anything here, but the Budweiser Ad-Folks just found a way to capture “Heart” on… Read more »
WTAM
I awoke this morning to a full-fledged Media Barrage… Radio stations blasting about the current situation on the other side of the world, YouTube videos of small freakishly talented children singing Italian arias, TV commercials involving shrieking clowns and small toy unicorns, and the song “It’s gonna be a Good Life!” playing over top it… Read more »
Flow with the Go
Biology Teacher. That is actually what I wrote on my college applications. Biology? Teacher? What? While I can’t even remember why I wrote that (ode to my cute high school physics teacher perhaps) it makes me smile, because I know the person who wrote that wanted to be a BIOLOGY TEACHER dammit! And she is… Read more »
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Dear Becket, I am trying to find a way to tell you how much I love you. There was a night recently when we were traveling, when I was awake all night in our hotel room worrying how I could describe it to you. My love for you is deeper than the deepest depth, wider than… Read more »
Self Promotion
Once upon a time, I was the Assistant Designer for Banana Republic evening-wear, swim-wear, active-wear, and intimates. I was part of an International Design Team housed in a gorgeous old warehouse in the garment district of NYC with gothic pillars and floor to ceiling windows and an open limit shopping account. My boss was a… Read more »
Survey Says
Hi. I’m Tami. And I’m a recovering People Pleaser. I am happy to report that most of the time, at this stage of my life, I am successful in living my life doing what is right for myself and my son, and not worrying about what others think. Most of the time I can create… Read more »
Carded
(With deep apologies to poets everywhere) Tis the week before Christmas and all through my town If you are not careful, you might get run down. People are scurrying, scrambling and buying – Just grabbing a gallon of milk can be trying. The children are wishing and begging for snow, Why school is… Read more »