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What I Won’t Do for My Husband
I won’t change my name. I’ve spent the last three decades making the one I have mean something. And I’d like to keep it up, thanks. Which is, I hope, a major part of why he’ll love me always. ¶ I won’t accept a ring. I will gush over my friends’ rings, of course. I will keep my views on the fraught history and general scourginess of diamonds and engagement rings to myself, mostly. But till he…
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Just Hug Those Helicopter Parents
Parents always take a lot of heat in conversations about Generation Y. Just imagine, then, how things might unfold in a crowd full of those poor souls who’ve got to deal with both Yer parents and Yer kids every day—namely, teachers. ¶ To say I feel for them would be a major understatement. But to their credit, the folks who attended my presentation at this year’s NAIS conference…
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Gallery: A (Wild, Weird, Wired) Week with the US Armed Forces
In practice, it’s as simple as spending a very intense workday with each of the U.S. Armed Forces—Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Army, and Navy. (For the record, that’s the order in which we met them, not a value judgment!) And in reality, of course, it ends up being so much more. ¶ We wrapped just a short while ago, so it’s all still ricocheting…
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Comic-Con, You Are Beautiful
For anyone who’s ever wondered what a day at San Diego Comic-Con might be like—and I know there must be one or two of you—here are some highlights from this year’s coolest convention with Selwyn Hinds and me. (I say that with nary a hint of snark, by the way; this is our fifth SDCC!) There’s also some fun video at the end, but I won’t spoil the surprise. ¶ Let the fandom begin…
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