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Humanitarians After Hours
Last night’s party did not disappoint. When I say party, I really mean a handful of the housemates sitting in the garden laughing at each others sporadic dance moves (my coffee grinder and the Italian’s moon walk, for example) and enjoying the fresh air and cheerful...
read moreA Reflection on Influence
Sometimes, when I’m in an important meeting, I ponder how it is that I ended up at the table. I am a person with very little power. I am not a tall, white male. I have no claim to fame. I can’t buy my way into anything. In fact, I’m always looking for freebies –...
read moreMental (un)health
This writing challenge is turning out to be more difficult than exercising. At least Jillian (Michaels) only yells at me for 30 minutes. But this writing just drags on and on. The good news is, tonight I finished work at 6:30 so I had time to work out (HIIT via...
read moreQuitting
Have you ever watched the Fox Reality Show, Solitary? My friend, Bea, was on season 4. She is a badass woman (no other way to put it – she even applied to live on Mars). The show pit contestants against each other, but also against themselves. For weeks contestants...
read moreThe Refugee Crisis in Europe
Until tonight I’ve had two messages sitting in my Facebook inbox that I’ve been pretending I didn’t see. One is from a longtime friend who asked me if I had a minute, could I please give a rundown on the refugee crisis in Europe (clearly she doesn’t know how long it...
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