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May 13 2014

PUBLIC-SERVICE RANTS

By HumbleSky Random/Rants No Comments

Bad behavior, when left unchecked, enables the perpetrators and annoys everyone else. In traffic, stores and restaurants, on TV and elevators, at ballgames and concerts. So what if, for everyone’s sake, we agree to make reasonable attempts to call-out offensive…

May 06 2014

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ITERATIVE TO A FAULT

By HumbleSky Random/Rants No Comments

“Iterative,” the latest jargon to infiltrate the corporate world, is not found in Webster’s so don’t bother looking. Though, by deduction from its constant albeit erroneous usage, the likely definition would include collaborative or group think. What makes “iterative” even…

May 02 2014

Love35

MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS: A “RECYCLED” STORY

By HumbleSky Culture, Film & TV, Music No Comments

The new music documentary, “Mistaken for Strangers,” follows indie rock band The National on a recent European and U.S. tour. Filmmaker Tom Berninger, the brother of frontman Matt Berninger, captures dramatic performances and rare glimpses behind the scenes. It is…

Apr 29 2014

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REPEAT AFTER ME: LONGEVITY RULES

By HumbleSky Longevity, Philosophy One Comment

George Santayana wrote, “Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.” Good advice for the next generation, the youth who can use the knowledge gained by and from today’s older adults to benefit their own longevity.…

Apr 24 2014

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SEE (THE) FUTURE ISLANDS

By HumbleSky Music One Comment

Imagine a “Deliverance” era Burt Reynolds, bobbing and weaving about like a caged speed-skater, singing with a style reminiscent of the iconic Fine Young Cannibals. Frontman Sam Herring and Future Islands explode on stage with a uniqueness that this sensory…

Apr 22 2014

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LABEL VS. ENABLE: A CASE FOR PUBLIC SHAMING

By HumbleSky Random/Rants No Comments

A high-profile controversy erupts and there they are yet again, blathering on as the self-anointed representative for this cause or that victim. Capable of grabbing any and all open microphones, the likes of Jesse Jackson, Gloria Allred and Sarah Palin…

Apr 15 2014

Love32

WORK IN PROGRESS

By HumbleSky Humility, Random/Rants No Comments

It’s no secret that effective workplaces produce quality services and products and satisfaction, while bad ones produce waste and frustration. To help make your workplace a work in progress, here are 15 observation-based tips. Work with the clock. The goal…

Apr 07 2014

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MICKEY ROONEY EMBRACED AGING

By HumbleSky Longevity, Uncategorized One Comment

With the same passion he embraced hundreds of acting roles, Mickey Rooney declared himself the “Czar of Aging” as spokesperson for a 1998 public awareness campaign sponsored by the California Department of Aging (and directed by Greenbaum Public Relations). Rooney,…

Apr 01 2014

Love33

THE COINCIDENCE OF DÉJÀ VU AND AMNESIA

By HumbleSky Random/Rants, Uncategorized No Comments

Who among us hasn’t experienced that precarious fight with gravity when you tilt back too far in your chair and then desperately try to recover? It’s a freakish sensation – sort of the coincidence of déjà vu and amnesia. Not…

Mar 21 2014

Love36

WHEN “I DON’T KNOW” IS THE RIGHT ANSWER

By HumbleSky Philosophy, Space, Uncategorized No Comments

Do you ever look up and give a second thought to the question, “How far does outer space go?” Does “infinite, ever-expanding,” the accepted in-a-nutshell theoretical explanation, make sense? If so, you are among the elite few who genuinely understand…

HumbleSky

PUBLIC-SERVICE RANTS

MISTAKEN FOR STRANGERS: A “RECYCLED” STORY

REPEAT AFTER ME: LONGEVITY RULES

SEE (THE) FUTURE ISLANDS

LABEL VS. ENABLE: A CASE FOR PUBLIC SHAMING

WORK IN PROGRESS

MICKEY ROONEY EMBRACED AGING

THE COINCIDENCE OF DÉJÀ VU AND AMNESIA

WHEN “I DON’T KNOW” IS THE RIGHT ANSWER

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