How to have a great weekend
If yesterday was Thursday thoughts, today is Friday thoughts. They're shorter. HuffPost's OWN (the Oprah channel) picked up a piece I wrote on What the Most …Read More
Monthly Archives: April 2013
Thursday thoughts
Over at Twitter yesterday, I posted this thought: "If you don't want to do anything on your to-do list, maybe you need a different to-do …Read More
J.C. Penney and the cult of false frugality
Ron Johnson is now out as the CEO of J.C. Penney. He was hired to grand fanfare 17 months ago, with a reputation as a …Read More
TV’s 50 percent tax
People watch vast quantities of television. According to the 2012 American Time Use Survey, the average American spends 2.75 hours per day watching television as …Read More
A boy and his princess movies
Disney Princesses are the marketing phenomenon everyone loves to hate. By bundling the heroines of several movies into a set, Disney can tap into the …Read More
Rethinking happy hour
Spring has been pretty dreary in my neck of the woods so far. I think the temperature got down to freezing last night, and the …Read More
Little things I like
I don't feel like writing an essay tonight. So instead, here's a random assortment of things that are making me happy right now. My local library. …Read More
Pricing myself out of the market…or not
In the ongoing debate over women’s life choices, one biological fact is not disputed. For most women, it is easier to get pregnant in your …Read More
Riding a roller coaster for the first time
I spent the past week -- my kids’ spring break -- in DisneyWorld. Long time readers will remember that we went there last year as …Read More