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Next Entries »Am I Gay?
Wednesday, May 25th, 2005Last week, two friends of mine — one from California and one from the Bible Belt — mentioned that their respective 7 year old sons asked what it means to be gay. One framed the question as, “Am I gay?” Children that age should not have to stress sexuality — gay, straight or otherwise. Sex [...]
Be you
Friday, February 11th, 2005Comparison, a great teacher once told me, is the cardinal sin of modern life. It traps us in a game that we can’t win. Once we define ourselves in terms of others, we lose the freedom to shape our own lives. – Jim Collins For more on the subject of self-respect and identity issues, go [...]
“My friends are tastemakers”
Thursday, February 3rd, 2005Huh? Did you know the latest, greatest rage among marketers is to entice you to buy their brands by outfitting ordinary “cool kids” in them — not just athletes and celebrities anymore — for free? The NY Post calls it: a new kind of advertising phenomenon – one that goes beyond more established methods like [...]
This is Deep
Tuesday, February 1st, 2005Thanks to Fritz Kling, who emailed me the following Nelson Mandela quote from his 1994 Inaugural Address. “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be [...]
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