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Square of pi

I'm sure by now you've been reminded what a big day today is. It was on this day in 1592 that a mathematician named Mrs. Smith baked her first double-crusted, lattice-topped dessert featuring apples...

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Sunflowers on a rainy day.

One of the first assignments you get in Journalism 101 is the obituary. I suppose everyone knows that obituaries for the famous and notable are held on file, ready to be published upon the news of the...

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Peace. Love. Hitchcock’s chin.

Wherever you are when you read this, whatever you believe or don't believe, who(m)ever you love, whatever is your joy, here's wishing you peace, love, and music. And maybe a little Hitchcock. Continue...

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Scenes from my hometown, Gangnam Style

It's a beautiful Sunday and I'm just catching up on reading this week's newspapers. Apparently, a locally produced video, showing scenes from one of the most notable places in town, went viral this...

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Hippie Cahier: The Musical

Yesterday was one of those "everything is connected" kind of days when I wander around without a particular plan and then that plan falls into place as if there had been a plan. Continue reading »

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Leaving The Boss for Broadway

When it came time to update my workout playlist, I put aside classic rock to become a Broadway star, with a little help from Cee Lo Green. Continue reading »

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Everyone should have a theme song.

If you caught this week's Major League Baseball All-Star game, you may have seen the touching moment when Mariano ("Mo") Rivera was brought in to pitch during the 8th inning in his final appearance in...

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Be The Boss Of Me Week 2013

‘Round about this time every year, I invite you to be the Boss Of Me. Just for fun, I ask you to help me solve some major dilemma, such as what color nail polish to sport for my beach pedicure or...

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Be The Boss Of Me: Get Ready

As an astute and erudite reader pointed out, Elvis Presley's "CC Rider" is an excellent dramatic entrance-type theme song because when you hear it play, you know something exciting is going to happen....

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Be The Boss Of Me: Devil With the Blue Dress

•Despite all the black in my wardrobe, I always own at least one blue dress, upon advice of counsel. Continue reading »

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Be The Boss Of Me: Cynical Girl

Most of the time, I am an optimist, maybe even an idealist. Sometimes I am not. I prefer to go along to get along, but you might be surprised at my inner Dorothy Parker’s take on any given situation....

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Be The Boss Of Me: 59th Street Bridge Song

My seventh grade music teacher made us sing this over and over and over again. I love to hate and hate to love this song. At least he spared us the Star Trek uniforms. Continue reading »

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Be The Boss Of Me: Dandelion

The fifth and final finalist for the race to choose my theme song, and the frontrunner in my mind, was Teacher, Teacher, by Rockpile. Then I accidentally played my iPod on my way home from work....

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Be The Boss Of Me 2013: The Poll

This year you've had to work hard, which doesn't come easy to you boss types. Instead of one poll with a few options, you've watched old music videos all week. You've made recommendations and rejected...

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Be The Boss Of Me Poll: The Results Are In.

In what I consider to be a stunning and pleasant -- not to mention convenient -- upset, the winner of the Be The Boss of Me Theme Song Poll, and my new(ish) theme song, to be played before I enter a...

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Hippie Cahier: The Musical

Yesterday was one of those "everything is connected" kind of days when I wander around without a particular plan and then that plan falls into place as if there had been a plan. Continue reading »

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Where it began, I can’t begin to knowin’

Friday, September 6, 2013, approximately 0635 U.S. Eastern: "So, I'm in a bar in Auckland and they're playing "Sweet Caroline." I don't think you'd like it any better sung in a sexy Kiwi accent." Thus...

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On yellows and greys and other people’s words

Somehow or other, when I experience my first cool, grey day or my first glimpse of yellow leaves against a grey sky, my mind seeks the southern comfort of a warm cup of soup and the chorus of "Old...

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Somewhere between the worlds of men and make-believe: thoughts on ‘flogging’...

A veritable and possibly incoherent potpourri of thoughts ranging from the album Nether Lands to "boundary-jumping" autobiography to a reference to The Matrix that even I don't understand. In other...

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My twain of thought is loosely bound

Nathaniel Hawthorne nudged Jimmy Buffett out of my head this morning and as much as I admire Hawthorne, I find this unacceptable. Hawthorne is for fall, the time of year that I used to (try to) teach...

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