Category Archives: Thinking out loud

Find your little heart place

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Yesterday, a friend of mine who lives in New York City sent me a box of cookies from Levain Bakery. If you have never had a cookie from them, go right now and get one.. or two. I’ll wait. Aside … Continue reading →

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Who are you?

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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On Nov 15, The New York Times published a story about Facebook forcing Salman Rushdie to use his real name — Ahhmed — on his profile, even as he is commonly known as Salman. Facebook makes the argument that forcing … Continue reading →

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Puppies of Mad Men

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Anyway, it got me thinking that if Mad Men started off with a puppy, there has got to be a ton of other puppy references throughout. So I am going to find them and add them here. Continue reading →

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Water pressure

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I spent a huge chunk of my 20s and 30s traveling around the country for my corporate employer who no longer graces the list of the Fortune 500. I have stayed in thousands of hotel rooms and all of them … Continue reading →

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The I Could Do it Better Syndrome

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Jane Devin
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You know them. They’re the people who yell at the television on Monday nights, insisting that they could have caught that pass or avoided that tackle. They’re the ones who can’t attend a conference or event without telling other people … Continue reading →

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Jobs

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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I was going to skate past Thursday and not comment on this big jobs speech that President Obama is going to deliver tomorrow, but then @caroljsroth tweeted this morning: I want to know what #jobs creation efforts/policies you are looking … Continue reading →

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How to deal with a bully

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rufus Dogg
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Warning: This may be offensive to some. I don’t care. When I was about twelve years-old, there was this family of ne’er do-wells who moved into a rental house on Dale Street, between Lafond and Blair in St. Paul. You … Continue reading →

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