By Karen D. Swim Today is a gray and dreary weather day. The kind of day when it is light enough to be daylight but dark enough that the outside lights have not yet turned off. Most of the snow piles have melted and the brown grass is now fully visible. The barren trees stand [...]
Are you an Expert?
March 17, 2008 By 2 Comments
By Karen D. Swim Last week I found myself thinking about expertise. My thoughts began with my frustration with self-proclaimed experts who are effective marketers that simply package old ideas with flashy packaging and high price tags. However, as often happens my internal questions often converge with the external world to provide me with not [...]
Billy Crystal Swings Away With Yankees
March 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
There’s so much negative news that this is a story I really enjoyed. Billy Crystal, famous actor and comedian had the opportunity to suit up and play with the Yankees for his 60th birthday. For the lifelong Yankees fan it was a dream come true. Whether you are a baseball fan or not, we can [...]
Finding Your Rhythm, Determining Your Height
March 12, 2008 By 5 Comments
By Karen D. Swim I was not much of a daredevil as a kid but I loved to swing. I would place my hands at just the right height and slowly move backwards as I prepared to take flight. I can remember the effort and determination it took to propel myself higher. Once you had [...]
Lying Authors and their Tales of Woe
March 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Another author has been outed as a liar. Margaret Seltzer is the latest author to pass off fiction as a memoir. In the language of the ‘hood she professed to have lived, her own sister “dropped a dime on her” (translation, her sister told). Seltzer’s book “Love and Consequences” was supposedly a memoir detailing her [...]
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