"I might pack my desk." It was December 10, 2007. I was the Assistant Director at a public garden in Wilmington, NC, a position accepted after earning a BS in Public Horticulture from Purdue University and an MS in Public Garden Management with a Museum Studies Certificate, and a focus on …
Our tip: Start at the finish line and work backwards.
Got a big project coming up? Maybe it's an email campaign, an important newsletter, a webinar, a presentation. Anything you're creating that is delivered to an audience. Our tip: Start at the finish line and work backwards. That may sound counterintuitive, but it's actually pretty genius. We …
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Sparkling Liquid Death
No, really. I wanted to do a deep dive into a company that supplies canned water that looks like a tallboy (tall beer) to Live Nation concert venues so that everyone in attendance can carry around a ridiculously big, vaguely hipstery looking drink. I wanted to talk about their …
Guac Is Extra
"May I add cilantro?" "Yes, that will be your fourth topping." "Ok but what about sour cream?" "That would be extra." "Gotcha." (I had read the rules.) "Would you like a drink?" "Yes!" (I had, after all, read the rules.) The Rules: "That will be $27.99." "I'm …
MEME ME UP
It was pouring rain and my dad and I were waiting for mom to come out of the grocery. I must have been about 10. He was shaking with laughter. This was on the radio: "Who is on first" "WHY ARE YOU ASKIN' ME?" "Who is on first, Lou." "WHAT'S ON SECOND." "That's what I …
I Think You’ll Want To See This
Kevin Coffey, Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and his team have spent years of their lives listening to mice and rat squeaks to investigate disorders of the nervous system" Whatever your job is, it isn't that. …
We Didn’t Start the Fire!
"Einstein, James DeanBrooklyn's got a winning teamDavy Crockett, Peter PanElvis Presley, DisneylandBardot, Budapest, Alabama, KhrushchevPrincess Grace, Peyton PlaceTrouble in the Suez" When I was in seventh grade I could have gotten extra credit if I learned all of the words to "We Didn't Start …
BYOMVP
SCREECHBYKATIE™ "IDEAS ARE GREAT!" Red Phone Service CILANTROSPEECHBYKATIE™ "My next tattoo will say 'Raise your prices'" "My next tattoo will say '3 Pixels to the Left'" STAND BY FOR TECHNOLOGY "Done is the engine of more." This image: The longer you work with …
Two Tooths and a Checklist
"WB? Dang!! I never find squat there beyond dead fish." A comment from my friend under an Instagram picture of my beach combing finds from Sunday. It was a two hour session with Susan (my fossil expert - and more) at Wrightsville Beach from Lot 4 to Shell Island. It's pretty prime …
Engine Failure
It was lap 180 of 200 in the 1987 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race and Mario Andretti, who had led 170 of the first 177 laps, heard his engine backfire so bad he said "the sound almost blew my brains out." Nobody else was on the lead lap with him. He would have won the race, had he …
