Archive for December, 2010

All You Need Is

Posted on December 14th, 2010 by by Barbara

There was an ad running on television a couple of years ago that always caused me to stop and watch it. It featured forty years of photos with narration that goes, “This is Paul. He’s been a Quarryman, Beatle, Wing, …

Using Alternative Currencies

Posted on December 10th, 2010 by by Barbara

There’s a silly scene in Wayne’s World which finds Wayne and Garth lying on the hood of their car at the end of an airport runway reveling in the wake caused by planes taking off.

Mike Myers says this scene …

Needs No Introduction? Think Again

Posted on December 7th, 2010 by by Barbara

Late in March, 2008, my sister Margaret and I headed to UCLA to spend an evening listening to Elizabeth Gilbert and Anne Lamott. At the time, Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love was holding a spot on the NY Times best seller …

My Apology to Las Vegas

Posted on December 5th, 2010 by by Barbara

There it is again: Las Vegas heads up the story on Top Cities Hit Hardest by the Recession. We’ve been seeing these stories for months now, of course, but suddenly I’m feeling slightly responsible for this state of affairs.…

The Place Where You Go to Discover

Posted on December 1st, 2010 by by Barbara

“Sometimes we get so busy running our businesses,” Oprah once observed, “that we forget why we started the business.” Oprah is not the only one dealing with that predicament.

Sooner or later, we all get swept up in the logistics …