Like it or Not, Tech is Coming

Often when looking for topics to cover in upcoming newsletters, I check out what’s come in lately from WIRED Fast Forward. “From AI advancements to battery breakthroughs, see what’s next in tech with the Fast Forward newsletter.” The challenge for a person who got paid $1 a page to type people’s handwritten term papers in…

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Do You Dare Yourself to do Something?

Do you remember the 2009 movie Julie and Julia? It intertwined Julia Child’s story (played by Meryl Streep) of her start in the cooking profession with blogger Julie Powell’s story (played by Amy Adams) of a self-imposed challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book. Julie dared herself to do it. Based on…

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Keeping up with Tech? Take the Sales Call!

Wondering how to stay current on tech over time? How about taking that sales call?   When I re-launched my business as a just turned age 50+ marketer in 2014, a primary concern was “how do I not be a dinosaur?” Seven years later, I’m helping non-digital natives (aka didn’t grow-up with technology) build their…

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Pick & Choose: Doing the Parts Your Love the Most

“There’s good and bad with every job” is something we’re led to believe is a sold fact of life. Marc Warzecha, former Second City writer, actor, improviser says “that’s not true!” He turned in some of his hats (and reconciled that he could be successful without being famous), followed his passion and founded The Sketch School, the only training ground dedicated exclusively to sketch and shortform comedy, available online from anywhere in the world.

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Don’t Judge a Dancer by Its Belly

When I saw Jeri for the first time in my Aqua Boot Camp class, with her walker leaning at the top of the ramp and her librarian’s bun, I thought “Why is she in the front row? She won’t be able to keep up and she’ll complain that the music is too loud!” And then…

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Is Your Cursing Making You Look Old?

John McWhorter, Columbia University professor of linguistics, NY Times columnist and 20-time author joins the show to talk about historic and cultural influences on language and how language ebbs, flows and evolves over time. We’ll start with his newest book, 9 Nasty Words: English in the Gutter – English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever.

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Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful

If memes were a thing 30 years ago, the most popular among my friends would have been this one from the Herbal Essence “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful” commercial. We would have used it comedically among a gaggle of girls in front of the mirror in the public restroom: Apply lipstick, turn to friend…

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