Author Archive: tyunglebower

It Isn’t Raining Men

I have a necklace with the Yin-Yang symbol on it. I am not strictly a Taoist or disciple of any given religion per se, but the concept of balance is one that is deeply rooted in my consciousness. I do believe in moral absolutes, so that is not strictly a Yin-Yang principle, but I for the …

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AuGuest 2

(Author’s Note: This refers to the Too XYZ blog.) Last year those who follow this blog may recall that in August I hosted several guest posters. I called it the AuGuest Extravaganza. I’d like to be able to do so again this year, and I want to hear from you! This year I would like …

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Coffee Shop Blues

The “coffee shop” has become proverbial. Archetypal even. So much creativity, synergy, business, and overall fairy magic seems to radiate out from the bean stocked, foam covered holes-in-the-wall that encircle the Western World. Lives of this generation change in coffee shops. The advertising campaign that finally puts the start-up in the black is devised by …

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If Introverts Spoke Like Extroverts

As most people know, for extroverts the act of thinking and the act of speaking are very much intertwined. The moment their brain conceives it is usually the moment they say it. And if both they (and you) are lucky, all of that talk leads to the bull’s eye of the conversation or question. Eventually. Introverts of course tend to …

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Your Independence Day

From the standpoints of money, power, expertise, history and half a dozen other things, the American Colonists were never supposed to be able to win independence from the British Crown. Everything was stacked against them in every conceivable way. And when you look at the Revolutionary War from a tactical perspective, many, if not statistically most of …

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