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9 Notable Nurses That Never Were »

May 12th is International Nurses Day. Unless you’ve spent a great deal of time laid up in the hospital or have a nurse for a family member, you don’t know…

May 12 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More »
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Where are the lost socks? »

May 9th is Lost Sock Memorial Day. Mysteries in life abound.  Where’s Amelia Earhart? What’s at Hangar 13? Did Atlantis really exist? What is up with the fake horns, Lady…

May 9 2011 / 3 Comments / Read More »
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17 Incredible Star Wars Propaganda Posters »

May 4th is Star Wars Day. Of course!  May the Fourth be With You, and all that!  Makes sense.  If you’re a geek like me, you have always loved futuristic…

May 4 2011 / 1 Comment / Read More »
Social Media

Do you have the courage to follow? »

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March 4th is Courageous Followers Day, set aside for leaders to stop, turn around, and thank those that supported them…

Mar 4 2011 / 6 Comments / Read More »

Does Twitter need a Mulligan? »

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Written in commemoration of Mulligan Day, Feb. 2nd Mulligan. In Golf, it means if your very first swing is a…

Feb 2 2011 / 46 Comments / Read More »

Social Media Citizen Bill of Rights »

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Looking for the Social Media Marshall Plan?  Click here! On this day in 1941, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed today…

Dec 15 2010 / 15 Comments / Read More »

Staying Safe in Social Media »

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November 30th is Computer Security Day. I suppose it’s the annual Cyber equivalent of ignoring proclamations to check those home…

Nov 30 2010 / 10 Comments / Read More »

What We Learned from Mickey Mouse »

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Happy 81st Birthday, Mickey Mouse! Mickey Mouse officially celebrated his birth with the screening of the cartoon Steamboat Willie on…

Nov 18 2010 / 29 Comments / Read More »
Personal Growth

How to Tell a Damn Good Story »

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April 27th is Tell a Story Day. Forever ago, the hunters and gatherers were important to our daily lives, feeding us and keeping us safe — but who owned the nights, as we huddled together for long, dark hours by the fire?  The storytellers had…

Apr 27 2011 / 6 Comments / Read More »

How Not to Suck at Something »

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I’ve always dreamed of being a writer.  A damn good writer.  Someone that finds himself sitting at a tiny table in a New York bookstore, signing a hardcover book and adding some pithy statement.  Perhaps for some yawning office worker, who says to me  ”I…

Apr 15 2011 / 3 Comments / Read More »

5 Ways To Control Your Inner Diva »

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May 30th is I Am In Control Day, meant to remind us to take inventory of those things we are in control of (and perhaps those things we are not.) No matter how much our outfits are cinched down with belts and buckles, no matter…

Mar 30 2011 / No Comment / Read More »

4 Ways to Avoid Smoke and Mirrors »

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“If somebody tells you how to look, there can be seen in the smoke great, magnificent shapes, castles and kingdoms, and maybe they can be yours.”  ~ Jimmy Breslin March 29th is Smoke and Mirrors Day, a day to think about the grand illusions we’ve…

Mar 29 2011 / No Comment / Read More »
Love and Tolerance

Imagine If »

Bed Peace 2009

There’s something of a let-down whenever I finish writing a poem, as if I have to leave what was an exciting adventure on foreign soil,…

Dec 8 2010 / 5 Comments / Read More »

International Day of Disabled Persons »

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Did you know that one out of every 10 persons on Earth has a disability?  The World Health Organization defines a disability in three forms:…

Dec 3 2010 / 28 Comments / Read More »
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10 Incredible Fire Rainbows

May 2nd is Fire Day. I recently showed you some really cool clouds, and during that research, discovered a really cool, and very rare atmospheric phenomena…  Time to share! Fire rainbows , or circumhorizontal arcs, are…

May 2 2011 / Read More »
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The Bitter Taste of What We Take

I was introduced to two adrenaline-rushing moments at once, as his big, pimply face slammed up beside one side of mine, and I heard the quiet slink of a switchblade opening near the other side.…

Oct 6 2011 / Read More »
Just For Men the-ring

10 reasons to put a ring on it this year

The ring is sitting in a box, top drawer of my desk.  It’s beautiful, both in form and function.  Every so often, I remove it from the drawer, hold in in my hand, and marvel over…

Feb 12 2011 / Read More »
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The Joys of Popsicles

Popsicles of all flavors have long been cherished in America by children. They should be, since the popsicle was invented by one of them. An accident becomes a treat In 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson left his…

Aug 26 2011 / Read More »
Odd Holidays When's the last time you simply sauntered?

World Sauntering Day

August 28th is World Sauntering Day.  Webster’s English Dictionary labels a saunter as “a leisurely stroll, or walk.”  To me, with up to five children regularly in tow, the ability to saunter is a certain measure…

Aug 28 2011 / Read More »
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5 Steps to Successful Volunteering

April 20th is Volunteer Recognition Day — a day for us to realize that while we are spending our off hours at home enjoying a good dinner or relaxing in front of the television, someone, somewhere…

Apr 20 2011 / Read More »
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6 Ways to Develop Your Sense of Humor

“Humor is tragedy plus time.” ~ Mark Twain Seriously. It’s pretty bad out there these days. Natural disasters, job losses, gas prices, and another Transformers movie soon. We’re not waiting for the next shoe to drop…

Apr 14 2011 / Read More »
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On Poetry and Twitter

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness.  ~ Robert Frost April 28th is Great Poetry Reading Day. My college professor’s eyebrows jumped as he scanned the…

Apr 28 2011 / Read More »

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