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People Are Funny

Yes, you can be an introvert who likes being the center of attention

06.17.2011

Every now and then I’ll get into a conversation about introverts and extroverts. People sometimes think I’m kidding when I say I’m an introvert. Sometimes it’s because they’ve seen me speaking before a roomful of people, or acting goofy to get a laugh. When I first took the Myers Briggs test, I was right on [...]

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Married Life: A Play in One Act

11.26.2010

An exchange between me and The Mrs. in the car, talking about The Boy: She: “Maybe next year he should go as a member of Devo for Halloween.” Me: “Well, that would probably guarantee him free haircuts for life from the woman who cuts my hair.” She: “Yeah, I’ll bet.” Me: “Do you know what [...]

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English is hard

06.23.2010

We saw a sheriff’s deputy on the way to school this morning. I tried to explain the difference between a sheriff and a police officer to The Boy: Law enforcement officers who work in towns and cities are called police. If they work outside of towns, in the county (even though towns are actually in [...]

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Twitter exchange between @chrisbrogan and @jakrose that made me LOL IRL

04.27.2010
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Not actually a problem.

04.02.2010

I’m working at home today so that the plumber from Bud Matthews Service in Chapel Hill can install our new faucet. We pretty much call them for anything. If they did car repair and baby sitting, we could just write them one big check every month. Scott, who is installing the faucet, just said, “Sorry [...]

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What Chuck D taught me about social media

05.12.2009

Chris Brogan mentioned Chuck D in passing this morning in a post whose title defies being ignored. (In case Dad is reading this, Chuck is frontman for Public Enemy, one of the most principled and politically aware rap groups ever.) Before I came to SAS I ran web sales and marketing for Yep Roc Records [...]

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Hard candy shell not as hard as you might think

03.04.2009

Originally published on Conversations & Connections, my SAS social media blog So Skittles threw in the towel. They didn’t have the stomach for profanities and racial slurs showing up on their “homepage,” which they had given over to a Twitter search page showing real-time results for “Skittles.” When I wrote about this yesterday, I was [...]

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Seeking a proactive professional to proactively proactivize

02.19.2009

Originally published on Conversations & Connections, my SAS social media blog My SAS colleague Margo Stutesman forwarded me a blog post from Sasha Dichter, director of business development at Acumen Fund. (I’m assuming she sent it because she likes the way he quantifies what he’s looking for in a social media marketer, as opposed to [...]

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You Are the Wind Beneath My Wings

06.28.2005

Kind of hard to find a tasteful image for this post. So as you may have heard, Wal-Mart heir John Walton died yesterday when his ultralight aircraft crashed in Grand Teton National Park. I don’t think I ever met the man, but I’m sure his friends and family miss him terribly, and if you’re one [...]

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Um, I'll Just Have a Sprite, Thanks

06.06.2005
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