Author Archive: tyunglebower

Repost: "Yes Virginia. There Was a Writer."

As December opens and with it the holiday thoughts sounds and smells, I decided to repost one of my favorite blog entries from among my own work. It didn’t get much attention first time around, as you can see from the zero comments. But I am quite proud of the piece. Enjoy it here.

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Casinos: An Introvert Jackpot?

On Black Friday, I joined my visiting sister and her husband on a visit to a local casino and horse track, about half an hour from here. Poker for my brother-in-law, slots for my sister and myself. I don’t frequent casinos, though I have been to them once or twice before. I am too intimidated …

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My 2011 MVPs.

On this Thanksgiving it is of course appropriate I show some gratitude in my blog post. In this case, I am proud to present my list of social media MVPs! A bit of explanation is in order to begin with. This list was difficult to compile. I started thinking about it in early October. It …

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The Post I Didn’t Write

Friends, this is the first blog post I have written from the spare room in my mother’s house in which I will be living for the foreseeable future. I have mentioned a few times that I would have to be moving out of the (rather unpleasant) apartment in which I have been living for the last …

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Even Extroverts Need a Break

Those of us who are introverts can get annoyed with extroverts sometimes. Even those extroverts that we count among our friends can get to us. Their need to always be talking. Always moving. Their seeming inability to understand our needs and desires. A frequent lack of empathy for our way of processing the world. Their …

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