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- hello Denise Howell
- Username: dhowell
- In response to: "Who are you?" lawyer; mom; info-vagabond
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dhowell's latest answers
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- It's never ok to lie — but when it comes to kids persuasion is a matter of simple survival
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"Conning" has gotten a bad name (I blame Paul Newman and Robert Redford), but I'm pretty confident (pun intended) the advice in D…
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- Growing Up Discovery Channel
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Monsters under the bed are so passé.
Today's kid fears are far more sophisticated. Just try to sell that one of these will do the trick, I double-dog dare ya.
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- Work life balance - check ✓
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We all want that perfect patchwork of personal and professional activity, but how do we get it, and more importantly, how do we know it's happened?
As of this morning I'm there. How? Finishing preschool Valentines and attending kids' Valentine tea have equal footing on my schedule with conference calls, research, writing, and presentation prep. (The laundry bridge remains to be crossed when we come to it.)
[Update:] My office just received a very special delivery.
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- My fear of junk mail (and what I did about it)
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As Dvorak might say, I get no junk mail.
Our real world spam filters for our real world mailboxes are woefully inadequate. It's no great surprise then that it's taken a year and the determination to harangue those who've persisted in mailing, stealth flyer depositing, and driveway dumping of un-asked for publications, but the flood became a trickle and then...just about completely gone. Junk mail eradication. Worth every repetitive phone call. Should you care to join me in the land of the highly selective, often lonely mailbox (doorknob and driveway to boot), instructions are here. Come on over to the mailbox-zero side.
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- Well Socialized
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Bear in mind we don't live in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, or even a remotely proximate area code.
My son — who's five — and I happened to sit down next to John Remy the other day at the yogurt shop. John (who writes a very thoughtful blog) was on his laptop, on Twitter (@johnremy), which my son apparently/instantly recognized. His opening conversational salvo? "Do you know my mom on Facebook?"
It's possible we should get out more.
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