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Jun.16.2009
It's raining as I step out of the train and onto a sodden city central platform. I marvel at how I choose to go corporate on the very day the heavens open in Queensland.
I commend myself on my choice of outfit-in essence, my spare wedding ensemble from my niece's recent nuptials-the sensible...
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Jun.02.2009
I never thought much about the word 'Acronym' and when I did I decided there and then that I didn't like it at all. There is something about a word loaded down with consonants that bothers me. The word 'Acronym' has only two vowels. A vowel is a speech sound made with vibration of the vocal cords...
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Feb.04.2009
Gentle Readers, I have exciting news for you. It is news I still can’t believe myself, news that every day still stuns me by its sheer existence.
To explain it, let’s go back to November: After the lovely dinner at Michael Mina’s and the night at the St. Francis that I won in Red Room’s...
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Jan.27.2009
Women workers have long been considered Japan’s neglected resource as the country continues to grapple with both hard economic times and the dwindling pool of potential employees to take over for retiring baby boomers in many fields. Japan has always been very slow to change and despite some...
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Aug.19.2008
I've been laid off now for almost two months. Yep, the printing company I worked for had a wonderful idea that they could just ship the electronic files for our customers to thier big printshop in another state and let go of all the production workers... eleven of us, give or take. Well, it seemed...
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May.16.2008
I wish I had a magic wand that anyone could use to organize himself or herself. No such luck.
The truth is that, thanks to the internet, we have access to so much more information than was available only a few short years ago. And added to the information available on the internet at any one...
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