This weekend is a big deal.
Bigger than the CNN story last weekend. Bigger than the Colin Powell room yesterday. Heck, bigger than anything in my 40-something life.
Tomorrow is my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary.
Tom and Liz were a couple of kids from rural Nebraska when they met. Dad was a bit of a wild child (more accurately, “rambunctious” with a twist of creativity), while Mom was about as straight laced as they came. Funny. Warm. But a very good girl, a they say. [click here to continue…]
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According to various sources, more than 112 million blogs existed as of May 2008. Since then, it’s been nearly impossible to find a single reputable source willing to update that count. Truth be told, I think everyone’s simply tired of counting (figuratively, not literally).
Given the sheer volume of shipping retailers do, it’s not unusual to receive an email from a freight company regarding an errant package. The past few weeks, however, there’s been a scam email floating around, sent from what appears to be a legitimate DHL account (using their correct domain name after the @), but hold on…. Why does the language seem to flow a bit on the stilted, awkward side?
Let’s face it. The customer is only right 98% of the time. The other 2% of the time, they’re…well…nuts. Like the one who put a whole new spin on “exchange request” when I still operated a stationery store.
For those of you feeling overwhelmed in upcoming holiday stuff, yet finding new and creative ways to avoid actually dealing with it (courtesy Bnet.com):
To everyone’s relief, the venerable Mrs. John L. Strong has been purchased out of bankruptcy. Long seen as the creme de la creme of social stationers, the Manhattan institution has provided bespoke papers to everyone from royals to rascals over the decades. When filing chapter 11 in August, a collective gasp could be heard from coast to coast in the paper industry; after all, if Mrs. Strong could stumble, well…no one was safe. 
Color me astonished.
Who, exactly, was the 
