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I love a good story. Drama. Action. Romantic comedy. Tragedy. Fiction or non-fiction. It doesn’t really matter. We communicate through stories, and the best stories can connect perfect strangers in ways conversation or common ground never could. Last night I had the opportunity to attend the midnight release of The Hunger Games. I’ve read the series,…
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When I was 6, I wanted to be an architect. I loved drawing, enjoyed visiting cool buildings, and had the odd drive to be a part of something bigger. I checked books out from the library, talked up the idea with adults, and even took a crack at drawing up blueprints for the first house…
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I’m never really been a fan of Christmas music. Chalk it up to two winters working retail in large malls and shopping centers, listening to endless reprises of the same tired old music over and over and over and … you get the picture. You can only listen to recordings from the 1950s or a…
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A couple of summers ago, I found myself in the small office of a tech start-up asking questions about my ambitions as a consultant. I had finished business school almost a year before, but my age still betrayed my actual skills as a marketer and started these kinds of questions with just about everyone I…
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One of the most spectacular exhibits as the Evergreen Air Museum was the series dedicated to the history of flight. They had everything from one of Da Vinci’s early designs to the Wright Flier to other early bi-plane flight trainers. It was fascinating to see, and made me remember just how magical the process of…
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I’ve always been a fan of flight. Watching birds migrate for the winter, seeing airplanes take off, watching clouds of gnats bounce in the breeze. It doesn’t really make a difference. Flying things intrigue me, they always have. So when this year’s Boy Scout Sub-in trip to OMSI was called off for a scheduling conflict,…
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Last night was the season opening game for the UO Ducks – my alma mater and hand’s down favorite sports team. I’ve been waiting for the season opening game all week and made sure I was prepared for it. I wore my duck gear to work, grilled brauts, and moved my schedule around so nothing…