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Why Bureaucracies Rarely Work Smarter
It’s more than ignorance and shortsightedness.
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Cruise Ship Feudalism
The first time I was called madame it made me blink.
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Let Your Freak Flag Fly!
I like to wear crazy, colorful socks. That way if I find that I’m taking myself too seriously, I can always look down at my feet and regain a sense of emotional balance. I have always been drawn to people who are different. Whether it’s pink hair, or strange clothes, or simply thinking outside the…
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Will You Marry Me?
Marriage and I have a fragile relationship at best. At 19 I was told by someone I was in love with that I was “not the kind you marry.” That was cruel enough, but what was worse is that he would not elaborate, and that gave me infinite ways to interpret that statement. In fact,…