August 2010

edkohler: breannapeck: My friends from St Paul’s Soap Boxing team took first place in the National Poetry Slam last night. This is the amazing Shane Hawley … I was there. So good. OMG. Brilliance, right there, in that short little video clip. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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Really happened or not, this is funny: “Girl quits her job on dry erase board, emails entire office (33 Photos)” Although, “Woman quits her job…” would have been better, imho.

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Yes. This new competitor is like nothing business has ever seen before. They are crafty, resourceful, stealthy, subtle, potentially deadly to your company’s reputation, and seemingly untouchable. Insidious Competition – The Battle for Meaning and the Corporate Image by Richard Telofski We got a press release emailed to us. I think the premise of this

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freshmn: minnpost: Effective tax rates in Minnesota, considering state and local taxes (Source: Minnesota Department of Revenue) The effective rate for the top 5 percent of households, those earning $175,704 and higher, was 9.7 percent — compared with 12.4 percent for a family earning between $31,000 and $40,000. From “Minnesota’s overall tax burden is increasingly

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The Zap-uccino: Go Green Beans’ awesome custom electric coffee truck

We stopped by the Midtown Farmer’s Market after taking the family to the YWCA across the street, and I had to stop to check out this awesome customized electric truck that Go Green Beans is using for their mobile coffee business.  Tara (pictured above) and Tim (below) chatted with me a little about it –

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“Why don’t friends with kids have time?” Good answer by Washington Post’s Carolyn Hax, with a well deserved kick in the pants to the question writer at the end. I read this on Facebook first, posted by a friend of a friend. I actually kinda enjoyed reading the newspaper “clipping” (bigger image here). Here is the

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newsweek: markcoatney: Seamus has hit at this before; been meaning to respond because I think it displays a fundamental misunderstanding of Tumblr. Namely, that it is designed to be consumed/experienced primarily on the public-facing side.  In fact, while you can easily read this Tumblr like any other blog, and even, like most other blogs, make

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