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Plunge into Life: May 2009
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Sometimes a little plunge goes a long way. Sunday, May 31, 2009. What if. every child was required to visit a sewage treatment plant, a mine shaft, a landfill, and a slaughterhouse? Pretty gruesome, yes, but that's the whole point! Unfortunately I think most Americans are so far removed from the processes that make our lives comfortable that people just take things for granted without thinking of the consequences of their actions. Not just magically vanish into thin air. Friday, May 15, 2009. But today i...
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Plunge into Life: It's Been a While
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Sometimes a little plunge goes a long way. Tuesday, March 30, 2010. It's Been a While. So it's been a while since I last put fingers to keyboard and uploaded my thoughts for the world (or at least a few people, maybe) to see. Not sure why I took the hiatus. perhaps the creative side of my brain just shriveled up around the end of 2009, or, more likely, perhaps with a new baby in the house, I've decided to focus more time on him. But whatever the case, I'm back. At least for now. Deals from Amazon.com.
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Plunge into Life: March 2009
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Sometimes a little plunge goes a long way. Saturday, March 21, 2009. A Simple Way to Improve On-Hold Messages. If you've been stuck on hold waiting to talk to a customer service rep, you've undoubtedly been mentally numbed by patronizing pre-recorded sales pitches or rendered temporarily deaf by blaring muzak or told repeatedly that somebody will be with you in just a moment. One choice is worse than the next. Couldn't this be a chance, instead, for the company to put the customer at ease? You go to a de...
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Plunge into Life: Kudos to HP
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Sometimes a little plunge goes a long way. Sunday, November 22, 2009. After months of informal searching for a new laptop to replace my dying desktop, I finally came across a great price on a laptop, courtesy of Office Depot. Spending a few hundred bucks on anything will almost certainly cause sticker shock, but I must say, I'm quite pleased with my HP G60-530US laptop. But there's another reason I'm quite happy with HP: packaging. Cardboard. As a "treehugger" at heart, this really made my day! Internet ...
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Plunge into Life: February 2009
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Sometimes a little plunge goes a long way. Tuesday, February 24, 2009. It's Time for Some Gas Station Innovation. Isn't it about time we reinvent the average gas station? A (seemingly) simple idea to revolutionize the common fill-up stop: automatic pumps. Instead of the current manual pump system, an automatic pump would minimize or completely eliminate:. Having to trudge out of your car on a snowy or rainy or scorching hot day. The ever-pleasant gasoline smell on one's hands after filling the tank.
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Plunge into Life: Cookie Wars
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Sometimes a little plunge goes a long way. Tuesday, May 11, 2010. I have a soft spot, sweet tooth, special love, whatever you want to call it, for chocolate chip cookies. I generally eat them at least once a day. Over the past couple of years I've gone back and forth in trying to find just the right cookie that accomplishes multiple personal goals. When I buy cookies, I look for ones that are:. Now for my thoughts on a few of the major brands that can be found in most markets. Though I don't necessarily ...
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Plunge into Life: March 2010
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Sometimes a little plunge goes a long way. Tuesday, March 30, 2010. It's Been a While. So it's been a while since I last put fingers to keyboard and uploaded my thoughts for the world (or at least a few people, maybe) to see. Not sure why I took the hiatus. perhaps the creative side of my brain just shriveled up around the end of 2009, or, more likely, perhaps with a new baby in the house, I've decided to focus more time on him. But whatever the case, I'm back. At least for now. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Plunge into Life: August 2009
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Sometimes a little plunge goes a long way. Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Magazine Inserts: Missed Marketing Opportunity. I subscribe to a few magazines and come across dozens more every month. One thing I've noticed is that there seems to be a major missed opportunity with magazine inserts: marketing to subscribers. When you subscribe to a magazine, you get the same blow-in inserts as the newsstand version. Why? Or a tailor-made message exclusively for subscribers? Monday, August 24, 2009. Learn from the Boss.
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Plunge into Life: Paying for Bags: Maybe a Good Idea?
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Sometimes a little plunge goes a long way. Monday, May 31, 2010. Paying for Bags: Maybe a Good Idea? It's a truism: air travel ain't fun. Perhaps a couple of decades ago or so, flying was a relatively pleasant experience. Back then, security checks were generally quick and easy, packing whatever you wanted was commonplace, and need a pack of playing cards? Well the airline often provided them (and newspapers, and blankets, and peanuts.) at no charge. As consumers, we have to keep in mind that despite the...
