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Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Is Storytelling Overrated?

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A review (of sorts) of: A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay My rating: 3 of 5 stars In August 2015, Stephen King -- yes, THE Stephen...
Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Communications Lessons* From the 2016 Election (*alternative fact included)

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More than 1 million people attended IABC-New Jersey’s recent panel discussion at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Madison, NJ, campus. OK...
Sunday, February 12, 2017

Two Recent Books I've Read That Can't Be Reviewed

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book will be 20 years old this year, and there...
Saturday, February 11, 2017

Happy Birthday, Thomas Edison

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I visited Thomas Edison National Historic Park in West Orange, NJ, today -- on Thomas' 170th birthday. I posted some photos too.
Sunday, January 29, 2017

My Immigrant Family

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This is my grandmother on her 99th birthday... 17 years ago this week. She was born in Ferno, Italy, and died before she turned 100. My ot...
Saturday, January 7, 2017

Is There Anybody Alive Out There?

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This blog does everything wrong. That’s the message I heard loud and clear as I sat through a webinar this past Thursday night: A succe...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

'Paterson': A Gem of a Way to Look at Life for 118 Minutes

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This is a character study, taking a look at one week in the life of a Paterson, New Jersey, poet and bus driver named Paterson (a nuanced ...
Friday, December 30, 2016

Poetry + Technology = Magic

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Mom and I at the scenic overlook in Allamuchy in October  Mom will turn 85 soon, one week earlier than Dad would have turned 85. The sa...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Down the Shore Everything's All Right...

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"The Shore" is the No. 1 reason people love New Jersey, according to NJ Monthly magazine's latest poll . I happened to be on...