Frances Farmer in 1938, courtesy Wikipedia Britney Spears is one of the most successful pop stars of her generation. But unlike her contemporaries Christina Aguilera and Jessica Simpson, Spears has been locked in a bizarre conservatorship for the last 13 years. Fans around the world have rallied behind a trending hashtag, #freebritney, in an effort …
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I miss bars Not breweries Not "tap rooms" Not "gastro pubs" I miss bars Dark and dank (Deadwood) A "hole in the wall" they call it in the Midwest (Yacht Club) Worn-in seats (Foxhead) The smell of old, cheap, beer-stained carpet (Billy Joe's) The retro spinning carousel of horses on an ancient, dusty Budweiser display …
The results of chronic stress in the workplace have been getting a lot of attention this week. First, we learned that the World Health Organization (WHO) officially redefined the term "burnout" as a "syndrome" resulting from chronic workplace stress in their handbook of diseases. Despite some reporting, the WHO previously included burnout in their handbook …
Continue reading Burnout is officially a “syndrome.” What comes next?
My husband and I took a hike together. And it became a metaphor for the way we live our lives together. We started out in a familiar area but on an unknown path. We made educated guesses on what the terrain would be like and hoped that our trek would end in a view on …
"At some point if you stop living a life of risk and failure and adventure alongside your storytelling life, eventually your storytelling only becomes about the art of storytelling." - Brit Marling, as-told-to Sam Fragoso Brit Marling is my favorite artist right now. She’s the creator, writer and actor in Netflix’s most interesting show, The …
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Elizabeth Holmes is having a moment in the media landscape right now - although it's not the type of moment most of us would see as triumphant. Over the last several years she's gone from the darling of Silicon Valley to a pariah. And with the release of HBO's new documentary on her rise and …
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I've been rethinking my path in life. My career. My goals. Where I want to be in 10 years. And I think I wrote an opening statement for my resume that will help snag the next great, suffocating, corporate gig. Summary: Marketing professional with lifelong training in breath-holding; extensive experience freediving into nothingness with an …
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There are beavers everywhere and no one cares. Courtesy WTOP News The guys called our favorite hang-out spot “the old road.” It was a good name because the spot was literally an old, crumbling road only accessible by foot. When you were on the old road, you could see the faded yellow traffic divider lines …
Who puked on the stairs? Courtesy Adventures in Remodeling When we weren’t at the Old Road, you could find us at a handful of houses where parents either didn’t care what we were doing or just weren’t around. This list didn’t include my house. But one house that seemed to never have parents around was …
Somebody made me scared of the dark but I can't remember who. I just know he was a monster. A baby monster in training, I guess. And I think he stole the night away from me. Made me so scared the doors always have to be locked, even during the day. The burglar alarm must …
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