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I’m trying something new: A 10-Day Cleanse. Today is Day 3. I know I’m late to the party. How are so many of you so cheerful and functional doing this? What motivated me to give up sugar, [...]

Any sports fans out there? Ya Gotta Believe is the rallying cry of the New York Mets.  They are currently leading the National League’s eastern conference. If they continue to believe they [...]

I am an unabashed Anna Wintour fan. At an age when most people are slowing down for retirement (she’ll be 66 in November) Anna is firing on all cylinders: Editor of Vogue, creative director of [...]

In case you missed it, last week Cara Delevigne had a verbal dust up with the hosts of Good Morning Sacramento during her satellite media tour promoting the movie, Paper Towns. As the clip of the [...]

Taking chances almost always makes for happy endings – Barbara Corcoran Raise your hand if you love Shark Tank. It’s one of the few programs my whole family watches together. Naturally, j’adore [...]

I hope no one notices that I’ve re-posted-as-blog-post two weeks in a row. But seriously, John Waters’ RISD Commencement Address is a Must Read, Must Flag, Must Share. He reminds us [...]

I don’t always have time to write but I always make time to read and I am a subscriber/regular reader of The Lefsetz Letter, a music-industry centric daily blast, er, rant, from critic and [...]

In case you missed it, the 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee finals were last Thursday, May 28th. Vanya Shivashankar and Gokul Venkatachalam were this year’s co-champs – the Bee ran out of words [...]

MAY the fourth be with you! I love theme days like Pi Day and May The Fourth Be With You. If you’ll indulge me in a Yoda/Obi Wan moment: You have the force within your grasp.  Success [...]

A lot of us have ideas. Sometimes even great ideas. But how many of us are able to go from idea to execution to distribution? Like you, I have notebooks, journals, scraps of papers and Pinterest [...]