… because I have a pretty cool vinyl collection. So, before he actually saw it in action, I found myself trying to explain what this thing was and how it worked to one of my grandkids. And that then led to me trying to explain tape – 8-tracks, cassettes, and ...
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I encounter teenage girls fairly frequently (that sounds a lot creepier than I intended) and I have found – not universally, but quite often – that they have a rather unusual speaking affectation. I’ve often found this particular sound coming out of them a little weird, but sort of dismissed ...
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Blokes and birds who deal with anyone who’s lost the plot would be bloody well served by considering the following before starting their next chinwag....
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We’ve talked a lot about the rule of threes in the past; it pops up in literature, communication, survival, photography – oodles of places. When you are trying to get a point across, you are best served and most successful when you think in terms of three. Don’t believe me? ...
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May is typically a month when people make serious plans about what they’re going to do for fun the rest of this year. Wanna hear something really pathetic? Less than half of workers in the U.S. actually use all of their vacation days. And I’ll admit that for a long ...
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Recognizing that much of the past year has been tough for many of us, it’s time to turn to one of the funniest human beings on the planet (at least I think so) for as much comic relief as we can handle. Welcome to Dave Barry’s Christmas Gift Guide.

Wendy, ...
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It is with the utmost sadness that we must tell you Debra Duerr, our managing partner, our colleague, and our close friend, passed away in April after a sudden and brief illness.

Debra was an urban planner by education and an environmental planner throughout most of her 40-plus year career. ...
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