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Is There Anything to Look Forward to in Life?
When you’re growing up, there are lots of things to look forward to: graduating from high school, starting college, finding a mate. You might look forward to having your first child, buying your first house, or getting your favorite car. But there comes a point in time when you have those things and you start…
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We Climb to Rest
Skylines, rooflines, and antennas replacing crosses Television the new religion, Reception the new bosses In the morning we rise and fly, Leaving our home to give our best We tune the dial and tweak our lives The sun, it sets. We climb to rest
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Students and Commuters: Hooray for eBooks!
Students and commuters have something to look forward to both in class and on the bus, train, or plane because of the ereader revolution. The first digital nomads, students and freelance entrepreneurs have been mobile computing at Starbucks and other WiFi hotspots for years using first laptops, then smartphones like the iPhone, and now tablet…
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Mind your manners and mix your metaphors
During a rain storm last week, I saw a caterpillar scooting across the sidewalk. He was trying to get from one rain soaked area of grass, to another. It seemed like he was going in a new direction to a better, drier place, but he was really going to end up in a location much…
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This is Our Time
Like the kid said in the Goonies under the wishing well, this is our time, down here. Down here in the recession is our time to shine. The CEO of Cisco, John Chambers, thinks this moment of our lives will shape the next 25 years. The decisions we make now are the ones that people…
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How to Have a Happy New Year
How to have a happy new year: 1. Tell yourself you are going to have a good year. Give up on the thinking that for every good thing that happens there will be something bad. It doesn’t have to work that way, but will if you want it to. Say you are going to have…