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Sometimes I just can’t shake a thought about parenting, triathlon or politics. When that happens, it ends up here.

Where Are The New Ideas?

January 6, 2012
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Last night as I was watching Jersey Shore (not even going to lie about it), I saw a commercial for MTV’s new show. It looks like a show about a few twenty somethings living in the city, falling in love, trying to make sense of their lives and work. The characters look clever, irreverent and witty. They’re enough like us so that we can identify with them, but funnier and better looking. Which was Friends. Or How To Make It In America. Or 20 other shows, some that didn’t quite make it. Yesterday I read and reposted something Chris Brogran wrote [...]

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Doing What You’ve Always Done

December 23, 2011
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My family always made pizza and fugialuni on Christmas Eve. Fugialuni is something my Great-Grandmother made with her family. It’s Sicilian, though I’ve never met another person who has heard of it (Italian or otherwise). It has been my family’s tradition for years. When my husband and I got married, we tried to blend our two Christmas Eve traditions. We invited both families to come to our house. First we served his family’s traditional meal, then we made 6 pizzas and 6 fugialuni. The result was that there was too much food and way too many dirty dishes. Realizing that [...]

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From Internet Marketing to Internet Inspiring

November 27, 2011

This post is both personal and not. Thinking about “business” in the traditional sense never inspired me. That may sound odd considering that I went to business school, received my MBA and have spent my entire professional career in a corporate environment. But some businesses are actually not inspiring. A few are outright disheartening. People don’t want to be marketed to. People want to be inspired. They want to be moved. Who doesn’t love the feeling of being so excited about something that you just can’t wait to dig into it? My field (internet marketing) is particularly interesting. There are [...]

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Response From Toughman Triathlon

September 13, 2011

I received a quick and polite response to my letter to Toughman Triathlon yesterday. Here it is in full: Laura, I appreciate your feedback as it really matters to us what our racers and their families think. No offence was meant by having peelers from the magazine. We thought of it as a goof actually not something to take very seriously. However we are very sensitive to how we are perceived so in that regard we apologize if you were offended. Richard Izzo Race Organizer I appreciate that they responded quickly, and that they indicated that the opinions of racers and families [...]

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An Open Letter To Toughman Triathlon

September 12, 2011

To The Race Organizers of the Toughman Triathlon, Yesterday I had the chance to attend a Toughman Triathlon 70.3 event. It was a spectacular day. A friend was competing and I went to support him. I couldn’t help but notice (as I’m sure was the intention) the ladies from Maxim magazine who were located between the swim and T1 as well as at the finish line. First, I would like to understand your thinking in including these women in this event. If you would be willing to share that, I’d appreciate it. I would also like to offer you a perspective [...]

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