Monthly Archives: July 2011

TWICE.com: Christmas is Coming. Where’s your Goose?

Posted on July 28, 2011 by ricepaper55

I know, it’s summertime, but I’m running Christmas carols thru my head. Maybe it’s just me. “Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, Won’t you please to put a penny in the old man’s hat.” In boardroom and marketing … Continue reading →

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(Ain’t no) Cure for the Summertime Blues

Posted on July 21, 2011 by ricepaper55

“Sometimes I wonder what I’m a gonna do. But there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues.”  For those of us who consider ourselves independent business professionals, summertime can be a season of concern, distress and perhaps a time of … Continue reading →

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I Have No Idea

Posted on July 18, 2011 by ricepaper55

I am, statistically, a ‘Baby Boomer’, born in the mid-1950s to middle-class parents in suburbia.  Eisenhower was President.  My parents were Republicans.  We had cook-outs in the backyard.  We went on vacations to the beach, to the mountains, to visit … Continue reading →

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Boys and Girls of Summer

Posted on July 10, 2011 by ricepaper55

“Out on the road today I saw a Dead Head sticker on a Cadillac. A voice inside my head said don’t look back, you can never look back”  (Don Henley  “Boys of Summer”) Those dogs days of summer are approaching.  … Continue reading →

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The Fourth – with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations!

Posted on July 1, 2011 by ricepaper55

I am, for lack of a better word, a ‘fan’ of American history – especially of the early days of our independence.  Perhaps it’s because I grew up near Philadelphia and often visited Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and other … Continue reading →

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