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John Wayne on Courage
And Marion Robert Morrison would know. As a young man, he applied to the U.S Naval Academy, but was not accepted. Shifting gears, he attended the University of Southern California on a football...
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For Friday: Songs About New York
This Friday, it’s music. Specifically, songs about New York. Or at least those referencing New York in a heartfelt way. It was “Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters” that got me started. I must have listened...
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Win-Win. Ground Operations: From Battlefields to Farmfields
I am a big fan of enterprising people solving pressing problems, and getting really creative in the process … so that in the end they create a win-win, or even a win-win-win. This happens in the...
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Win-Win. goods for good
win-win, part two. goods for good. melissa kushner. raging fan. And I have been a raging fan for awhile. I was first introduced to goods for good (GFG) while working with a New York-based fashion...
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Win-Win. Fresh Artists
Win-Win. Part III. Fresh Artists. An NBC mainstay for over 27 years - ”Today Show“ correspondent and then co-host, creator of “Real Life with Jane Pauley” which morphed into weekly news magazine...
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For Friday: Summer and Sandy – Watch, Read and Listen
It’s Memorial Day Friday. The start of the first long weekend and unofficial start of summer. Time to head off to see family and have barbeques and have some good weather (hopefully), so we can catch...
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Building a Business Case – One Bottle of Wine at a Time
I love wine (red, white, rose, sparkling – love them all). I love interesting people doing cool things and changing the status quo. I love well thought out plans. I love London. I love New York. So...
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For Friday: It’s National Doughnut Day
In case you weren’t aware, today, Friday, June 7, 2013, there is cause to celebrate. The reason? It’s National Doughnut Day. Really. According to Wikipedia: National Doughnut Day is on the first...
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Making Lemonade Out of Lemons
There was a fascinating article in the Sunday Business section of The New York Times, ”Invasion of the Beetles, and a Rancher’s Revenge.” It’s a story about overcoming adversity, taking something with...
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The Magic and Power of Story
A few weeks ago, a friend of mine visited the The Antiques Garage on 25th Street and went home with a fab find – a beautiful, dark, moody painting, at least 80 years old. My first question: “What’s...
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For Friday: Flag Day
Friday, June 14, 2013 – Flag Day. I realized that I didn’t know much about it and thought there must be a few more like me. So, a brief history. Each year on the 14th day of June, the country marks...
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What's the Best Thing Your Dad Has Ever Told You?
Reblogged from Ideas: Read more… 8 more words For Father's Day: Touching letters from dads to their daughters. Aaron Sorkin, Ethan Hawke, Michael Bloomberg, Rahm Emanuel, Tom Brokaw and more.
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Our Sting operation
Reblogged from Narrative 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa6S7mWAAEY&feature=player_embedded We are still in a state of drunken happiness after last week’s successful launch of Narrative 4 during...
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Short and Sweet
If you’ve read any of the previous Epicurean posts, you’ll know that brevity is not my strong suit. I always start out with the intention of keeping it short, but somehow come across additional...
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For Friday: Friday Reads – 5 Novels (1 down, 4 to go)
This Friday, it’s books. In particular, fiction. Even more specifically, smart, well-written novels. One I’ve read. One I am reading. And the other three are waiting patiently. So many books, so...
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LEGO: Having a Moment
I don’t know about you, but I grew up with LEGO. My brother was a huge fan – there is a photo of him that immediately comes to mind, that of him proudly displaying a massive aircraft carrier that he’d...
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It’s About Confidence
con-fi-dence [kon-fi-duhns] – noun Belief in oneself and one’s powers or abilities. My mother has been playing Bridge for years (well, decades actually). If you’ve never played, it takes card games...
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Sponsored Content: Done Right (or Wrong)
I am a fan of online business-to-business publication The Business of Fashion (BoF). I receive their daily email and devour their wide-ranging news coverage of an industry in flux. So my interest was...
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Georgina's Apple Pie - The Best Apple Pie Recipe, Seriously
Reblogged from Food, Seriously: They're everywhere at the moment, from the farmers' market to your local grocery store ... white paper bags filled with Macintosh apples. And it's a good thing, because...
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Creating Anticipation: The Theme Song
I was re-viewing the last few episodes of HBO’s “The Newsroom” in preparation for the commencement of Season 2, set for next Sunday. Eager to get to Episode 9 (The Blackout, Part 2: Mock Debate), I...
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