** Update as of 11/6 at end of post Years ago I gave up on the idea of closure after being dumped. Closure is pretty much BS. You know why? Because you want the last word. But then your last word never ends up being good enough for the last word ...

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I was walking through IKEA today. Not a common occurrence. Honestly, I think most of the furniture is cheap. Not cheaply priced, mind you. Cheap as in college dorm, throw-away furniture. Except some of it actually comes with a hefty price-tag. But they do have a few knick-knacks that are ...

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While I wrote about the curse of perfectionism, which at times is just a euphemistic word for controlling, A-type, anal-retentive behavior...I will admit there are benefits to being affilicted with such a characteristic. Yes, I have clients who desire perfection. And while they understand that perfection isn't attainable, they still keep plugging ...

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I think my son is pretty darn near perfect. If perfect means being utterly kissable when you first wake up in the morning and have dragon breath. And you wake up grumpy after a nap and whine about every single little thing. And you cry when the puppy scratches you even ...

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Listen up, people! I've had it up to here (hand motioning at neck, in a "chop off your head" sort of way) with lazy freakin' people. My issue of the day? Shopping carts. And the fools that can't seem to grasp the concept...wait, this is a really difficult concept to grasp, so brace ...

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It feels good to donate to a good cause. But it feels even better to donate and get a little somethin-somethin' in return. And Dan Reinhold has got that covered! Dan is the father of a child with autism. And he's raising money for the Greater Boston, MA Walk for Autism ...

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Last night, before heading off to bed, my son told me about a dream he had. He was at church with me and my parents and outside were zombies. Now, I don't know if this were some deeper semblance of his feelings about church (sometimes he wants to go and sometimes ...

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I have no qualms about being a small business owner. Nope, not even in today's economy. You see...I used to work for the government. And as much as I like a steady paycheck, I like my sanity more. This was my office. And no, I'm not normally a messer. I just had ...

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Asking for testimonials is a weird thing. I'm not talking about asking clients to give you a nice quote to slap up on all your marketing materials, online and off. In those cases, you've already provided your service or product and hopefully the whole transaction/process was a fairly smooth one. What I'm ...

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It's been a busy, busy, busy couple of days here at the TinaMc Writing Emporium. Remember my post on how to prevent idea theft? Uh...yeah...the irony....I was a victim of such an occurrence just in the past week. (I became aware of it yesterday). But you know, there's so much more ...

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