embarrassment | embarrassment
Sep.13.2012
"So, what's the deal, man? Did you kiss her yet?"
"Yeah, of course I did," I lied.
"Where?"
I lied again. "You know...over there...behind the portables."
"When?"
"Um, like...last Wednesday...maybe before that." Fib number three.
"Decent. Good deal, bud."
It was the autumn of 1976, I was...
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Apr.20.2012
My objective was to make this bathing suit shopping experience as painless as possible. The environment would be key. I needed a store that was calm with wide open aisles, soft music, helpful salespeople. Crawling under a disheveled clothes rack, searching for the elusive bottom...
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Jul.26.2010
One day on your way to work you think: well, why not, I will call my boss dad (or mum when the boss is a woman). It is hard to take such an idea seriously. Yet calling your boss mum or dad is the biggest slip-up you can make in the workplace, according to British research which contacted 3000...
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Jul.26.2010
Ever been "the new kid?" Have you ever had to stand up in front of a large (or small) group and give a speech or presentation? If you have, then you fully understand the "butterflies in the stomach" feeling.
There are different levels of shyness and different things...
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Nov.20.2009
To the tune of "Over the River and Through the Woods."
Over the ocean and through the skies,
To the island of Guam I fly,
The plane knows the way,
To land near the bay,
While islanders shout "Hafa Adai!" ("Welcome," in Chamorro, the native tongue.)
I was...
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