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July 22nd, 2009
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The very night I wrote about my frustration with some gold diggers in Silicon Valley, I went out to dinner and had my notions flipped upside down. There at the bar on either side of me were two couples eating dinner and drinking margaritas. At the end of the evening, one couple split the bill, [...]
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September 18th, 2008
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Last week I received an email from a single mom I’d never met. Seems she had a dream. She was sitting on a cliff in Ireland, taking in the beauty of it all, when a man approached her. “This is nice,” he said. Nice? It was beautiful. Perfect! She was annoyed with his flip attitude, [...]
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August 25th, 2008
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My kids and I were in a Mexican restaurant when in through the door walked the woman of my dreams. Sexy, confident, attractive, with a smile that lit up the room. She had a vibrant energy that I couldn’t ignore. We locked eyes for a moment, then she and her girlfriend were seated across the [...]
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August 8th, 2008
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Eight has always been a special number for me. So at 8:08 on 8/8/08, I’m focusing on happiness – for me and my loved ones, and everyone else. The Dalai Lama says the very purpose of life is to be happy, and the road to happiness is through compassion. Why shouldn’t that road be full, [...]
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June 23rd, 2008
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My kids left on vacation Friday with their mom, and I’ll be a lone wolf for three weeks. Full-time parents might cheer that break. But if you’re a single parent sharing custody, like me, chances are you’d rather have the kids around. Time spent with children is precious; they grow up quick.
Their mom and I [...]
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June 18th, 2008
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If you’re like everyone else and his brother (or you’re a 2008 Stanford grad), you know all about Oprah’s book club selection earlier this year of Eckhart Tolle’s best-seller, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose. But if you’re the bastard second cousin who just says no to Ms. Winfrey’s literary recommendations or TV [...]