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Hanging at The Daily Get Up

April 7, 2010

Hey all, I’ve just started writing at The Daily Get Up (shout out to Sharalyn). It’s a neat site that’s still growing and reports on, well, everything. If you’re from some of my circles, you’ll also know that Andy Weitsman, Blake Sunshine, and Tariq West are writing for them, too. Check out the site, it’s ever-evolving, [...]

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April Goal Meet Up

April 1, 2010

OMG it’s been over 70 here, in MARCH! Last year around now, there were snow flurries. Since I’m so happy to see March over and move on to April, let’s get to the goals: March Goals: Save a bit more money. My bank doesn’t do automatic rollover, but I did start moving a couple dollars [...]

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Make the Airport Work for You

March 25, 2010

With the potential of spring finally landing, I’m ready for a get away. I’m very excited to plan out trips and think about moving and shaking, but I’m not always excited about the actual travel part. I’ve been delayed in the airport quite a bit. Especially coming back and forth from Minnesota, you stare and [...]

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Making the Rounds

March 9, 2010

While I’m not quite doing a grand blog tour like Matt Cheuvront, it seems that all of a sudden, there’s a lot going on in a lot of places! I wanted to be sure you all get to check out some neat things I have the honor to be a part of recently. Marketing the [...]

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Typos are the New Broccoli

March 4, 2010

The other day, a friend asked me to read through her post to see if the tone was consistent. I was very excited that she asked, and as I read, my eye kept going back to one sentence. Hmmm…is that a typo? Do I say anything? She didn’t ask me to proofread her post…hmmm. I [...]

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Don’t Take It Personally

January 21, 2010

When I got hired in my first real world job, someone sat down with me and went through the file to show me attributes about my work style and personality that had been revealed through my hiring assessments. One thing that popped out was that I am a People Pleaser. I want to do things [...]

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Are We Part of the Press?

January 14, 2010

I had a dream last night. Stick with me on this one: In my dream I was at the WWE Raw* event a few hours before things were to get started. We’re in a large room with lots of chairs, a podium, some microphones, and a lot of doors for people to come and go. [...]

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Get Perspective

December 1, 2009

Today, I am taking ownership. I started emilyjasper.com. I am fully committing to my writing. To give you a little perspective, I have been told that I am afraid of commitment. I developed my own rotational program at work, I move whenever I get the itch, and I thrive on change. To some, not taking [...]

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Madtown Adventures (aka The barroom brawl that wasn’t…)

October 5, 2009

The internet is a funny thing. Years ago, you had to be skeptical if you planned on ever meeting an online acquaintance in person. Internet friends were frowned upon as manipulating predators looking to take advantage of the innocent. As the internet world has developed, the rules seem to have changed. Dating sites still advise [...]

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