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Sep 22 2015

BEST RETURN ON ITALY: PREGO AND PERSPECTIVE

By HumbleSky Culture 4 Comments

It’s damn-near impossible to “holiday” in Italy and not return with some fine leather goods and too many souvenir t-shirts. But, without a doubt, the best thing I came home with was perspective. The impressions left by the cultural distinctions…

Sep 01 2015

Love104

NO MORE OBLIGATORY GRATUITIES, AKA THE ‘NO TOMATO RULE’

By HumbleSky Culture, Random/Rants 4 Comments

You explicitly requested “No Tomato” when you ordered the restaurant’s specialty cheeseburger. So there’s not much more aggravating than when it arrives with a huge, juicy tomato in the middle. Adding insult to injury, you call it to your server’s…

Aug 07 2015

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X AMBASSADORS MUSIC, LIVE SHOW COVER ALL BASES

By HumbleSky Culture, Music One Comment

Alternative rockers X Ambassadors hit a grand slam, touching all the bases at their show August 5 at San Francisco’s The Independent. A sold out, standing room only crowd showed their approval by singing along to the band’s rousing versions…

Jul 28 2015

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REPURPOSE AN ECONOMIC BOON

By HumbleSky Culture, Longevity 3 Comments

The problem with older adults is not that their percentage of the population is increasing rapidly. The problem is society does not understand this demographic shift is really an opportunity. This longevity dividend means more people with more time, resources…

Jul 21 2015

Love104

BIG NUMBERS HIT AND MISS THE MARK

By HumbleSky Culture 2 Comments

A big number without context is like Donald Trump -- all show and no substance. Not only is context a reality check for political grandstanding, it also ascribes value and perspective to cosmology, economics, archaeology and other grand disciplines ruled…

Jul 07 2015

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MEMORIES AND ART LIVE IN THE MIND OF THE BEHOLDER

By HumbleSky Culture, Longevity 7 Comments

Guest essay by Tiffany Paige, Director of Artisan Mind Every one of us has a collection of stories that define our lives and make up who we are. For someone living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia, those stories…

May 26 2015

Love112

IT’S THE GOLDEN AGE OF IRONY

By HumbleSky Culture, Longevity 2 Comments

Growing older is confounded by misapprehensions, contradictions, ironies and age-inappropriateness. The sooner we can correct these bad attitudes and actions and get back to when longevity rules, the sooner we can slap a cease-and-desist order on manufacturers and marketers of…

May 12 2015

Love126

KEEP THE MONKEY OFF YOUR BACK

By HumbleSky Culture, Philosophy, Random/Rants 3 Comments

Slaving away in your executive suite, are you frustrated with not having time to join the hallway conversation about the finale of “Breaking Bad” and what will become of Jesse and Saul? Instead you’re thinking how much work there is…

May 05 2015

Love112

DON’T BE DUPED BY HOLLYWOOD’S DOPPELGANGERS

By HumbleSky Culture, Film & TV 2 Comments

“Hey, isn’t that ... oh crap, you know from that old show ... damn, what’s his name ... Alan Thicke?” “Nope,” your friend declares, and thinks, “Welcome to Hollywood, you rube.” There is a phenomenon that occurs with remarkable regularity…

Apr 21 2015

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REMEMBERING YOU

By HumbleSky Culture 2 Comments

Guest essay by Tracy Huddleson, writer and editor on technology, government and health concerns Some of the most valuable legacies we leave behind at the end of our lives aren’t property or philanthropy or even children. Sometimes they’re simply our…

BEST RETURN ON ITALY: PREGO AND PERSPECTIVE

NO MORE OBLIGATORY GRATUITIES, AKA THE ‘NO TOMATO RULE’

X AMBASSADORS MUSIC, LIVE SHOW COVER ALL BASES

REPURPOSE AN ECONOMIC BOON

BIG NUMBERS HIT AND MISS THE MARK

MEMORIES AND ART LIVE IN THE MIND OF THE BEHOLDER

IT’S THE GOLDEN AGE OF IRONY

KEEP THE MONKEY OFF YOUR BACK

DON’T BE DUPED BY HOLLYWOOD’S DOPPELGANGERS

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