A couple of days ago I caught myself saying, “LOL,” to a friend in a conversation over lunch. Texting LOL is bad enough but saying it out loud is just ridiculous. LOL is the most overused “conversation cop-out.” You might as well initiate each LOL with, “I can’t be bothered to take the time to [...]
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Connecting, Conversation, Relationships, Social Media
Bloggers: General Store Key Holders of the Future
When I was a kid, I made several trips to Crossroads Village; a restored turn of the century town where you could ride an old railroad and visit historic homes and old-town commercial buildings. My favorite part of the entire town was the general store. I was fascinated by wall to ceiling shelves of merchandise, [...]
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Connecting, Conversation, Interviews, Isolated Journey, Relationships, Social Media
EBOCLOUD: Dare to Imagine Life After Facebook
I purchased the book EBOCLOUD by Rick Moss immediately on recommendation from a friend. There was no way I could resist reading a book with the tagline, “Love Must Evolve” that dares to explore life after Facebook. If there is such a thing as a fantasy book club, this would be the book I would [...]
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Connecting, Conversation, Relationships
The Text Factor with Mars and Venus
Men are from Mars and women are from Venus and texting does not help matters at all. Here is my short animation highlighting misunderstandings that happen via texting.
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Holiday Illiness: One IS the Loneliest Number
I would like to tell everyone I had a wonderful holiday catching up with family and friends; however Santa brought me a cold for Christmas so I opted out of re-gifting my germs, stayed home and missing all holiday celebrations. One truly is the loneliest number at the holidays yet while I watched Disney’s Prep [...]
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Through the Perspective of New Eyes
Last week I hosted a high school friend and her husband from Michigan on their first trip to California and Los Angeles. Growing up in the Midwest, I know experiencing LA for the first time is a complete culture shock. It was good for me to see things new again through their eyes. Here is [...]
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Conversations from Thanksgiving
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. What were your favorite conversation topics over your big meal? Here were the ones that made me think: Texting – If you are 30 years of age or older, reflect on a high school moment and then try to imagine how that memory would be different with texting [...]
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Connecting, Conversation, Relationships
What is Next for Oprah?
On Friday Oprah Winfrey announced she is calling it quits. Next season; season 25 will be the last season of the Oprah Show with the last show scheduled to air in June 2011. In her announcement she talks about her relationship with her viewers and how some people have literally grown up with Oprah. What [...]
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Connecting, Conversation, Relationships, Social Media
SocialBling Los Angeles Premier Event: It is About Connecting not Networking.
It was an unbelievable night! I was hoping to share some video of the event, however the lights were better suited for ambiance than filming. Instead I will share what I learned and experienced that evening. Although we may call SocialBling events “networking events”, they are not networking events, they are “connecting” events. Networking is [...]
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