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Turning Sh** Into Sugar, Or Sugar Into Sh**
Photo by Ayelie This post was originally going to have a much more mundane title. But while I was writing it, Christine O’Kelly published Turning Sh** Into Sugar, named after 50 Cent’s more colorful...
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Bomb Threats And You: Temperaments In Action
When I saw the different reactions to Darkworker Supervisors Want Doctor’s Notes, I was reminded of a story that illustrates how different personality types would react to a bomb threat. But first, a...
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Making And Breaking The Rules
Photo by duncan Are rules just arbitrary hoops to jump through, meant only to demonstrate power and mete out punishment? Or are they necessary to prevent everything from slipping into anarchy and...
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The Science Of Seduction
What makes people fall in love? Biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher has spent her life studying this question. She’s the author of Why Him? Why Her?: Finding Real Love By Understanding Your...
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The “Just Right” Salesperson
How much help should salespeople give? Like Goldilocks, they shouldn’t go for “too much” or “too little,” but “just right.” Home Depot Home Depot’s slogan is “You can do it. We can help.” That means...
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Desperately Seeking Santa
Like many kids, I always considered Christmas the best time of the year. And also like many kids, I always wanted to meet Santa Claus. Not the Santa you see at the mall. I mean the real Santa. Kris...
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How To Ruin Your Reputation Instantly And Permanently
The Blizzard of 2010 brought about 3 feet of snow to D.C. A few days ago, I got on a plane to go someplace a bit warmer (Charleston, SC). I got on the plane and looked out the window at the weather I...
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The People Who Can Do No Wrong
“You cannot do anything to make America not like you. You’re one of those people…[like] Charlie Sheen…I always kid him. I say ‘You could beat a nun to death in a pile of dead puppies’ and America would...
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Personality Types: Questions And Answers
Photo by tentwo.teneight, showing what two groups did with a supply of Legos and instructions to “build a structure.” On the left is the work of the sensing types; on the right, the work of the...
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When Do You Judge Someone?
A Florida woman makes three 911 emergency calls to report that her local McDonald’s ran out of McNuggets. We call her “a frivolous waste of taxpayer money.” A Washington man argues for a national...
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