The Bells of Old Bowie Sound Again “Moonage Daydream,” the visual and aural extravaganza/movie that opened in September, was not made for me. I am the twisted old long-time fan who gets nauseous chills when people throw out irresponsible phrases like “Berlin Trilogy.” What aspect of David Bowie’s life has not been, like Jesus on […]
Author: Carol Morency
Extroverting Your Introvert
Of the many factors that push back on a post-pandemic call to Return to the Office, one is that introverts have been, during these dark two years, living their best work life. I am not sure how much of the population prefers (but does not insist on, mind you) to work alone and away from […]
Choose Your Words
Hello! I am your friendly marketing person, here to talk to you about words. Specifically, marketing words, and more specifically, overused marketing words. Or phrases (we do not discriminate). FULL DISCLOSURE: This is not a prescription, and you are not doing anything wrong! But it is my job to think about words and their meanings […]
Spare Us, Rod
The morning it was revealed that former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich tried to sell Barack Obama’s Senate seat, among other crimes, I was at a library-related work seminar, learning to do Something Online. When word leaked about the indictment and just how much Rod loved the f-word, the seminar all but stopped, as we had to […]
Not Missing FOMO: Summer 2020 Edition
Don’t be in a rush to make sense of the COVID-19 worldwide shutdown. This is a fine time to leave some room for your essential self and acknowledge the truths about you that you can’t during “normal” times. I am an introvert, and I am pretty much the most content I have been in a […]
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