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Sauce Castillo & The Mondegreen
Nik Stauskas is still coming to terms with his new nickname — and how he got it. The NBA rookie has gone from Sacramento Kings bench-warmer to full-on marketing sensation in a week, all because of a little misunderstanding. Kings coach George Karl put Stauskas into a game last week against the lowly Philadelphia 76ers.…
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16 Kinds Of Dangerous People I’ve Been Staying Away From
Am I a people person? Depends what kinds of people. I’ve got the great fortune of a life filled with amazing folk. People from all walks of life who inspire everyday wonder and joy — they’re probably the greatest thing I’ve got going for me nowadays. As we emerge from the brutal winter, I’ve noticed…
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Feeling Like This Today
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Winter Chucks
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Some Thoughts On BRIC, Brooklyn’s Beloved Arts Organization
Jordana and I were recently interviewed by Brooklyn Independent Media about BRIC, Brooklyn’s beloved non-profit arts organization. For 35 years, BRIC’s been driving and reflecting the cultural diversity and creativity of our favorite borough, led by its brilliant visionary, Leslie Schultz. From live music and performing arts (the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival and BRIClab),…
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Underground Poems On A Rainy Day
It’s a rainy Saturday and The Best American Poetry blog features a story on Boston introducing poetry into its mass transit system. Subway poetry isn’t new. From the PERverse to the SUBverse, graffiti poetry has always lit up the underground. Here in New York, “Poetry In Motion” is the formal approach powered by the Poetry…
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A Brisk Morning & A Morning Risk
If you told me when I was a graduate student in poetry that, 20 years later, I’d be addressing someone called a “Chief Risk Officer” and his executive leadership team at one of the largest financial services institutions in the world, sharing strategies and insights on innovation and risk management… I would have told you…
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Congratulations To Viacom’s MBY Graduates
I had a super fun time today celebrating the 151 graduates of Viacom’s “Maximizing Brand You,” a peer counseling and career development program that helps assistant- to director-level employees define and strengthen their own personal brand. The year-long program has participants define their career goals and gives them the mentoring and skills they need to…
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Research You Can Walk Through
For years, Scratch has studied the compression of time and space between, say, a good idea and a better one; a thriving company and a dead one; instant success and precipitous failure and then (often in a reality show?) premeditated redemption. “Time’s moving faster than ever,” right? Sure it is, or at least if feels…
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To The Next Person Who Tells You “Settle Down”
Tell us impossible. Tell us we can’t. That thing we see in our heads — that thing that hasn’t been done. He can’t, she won’t, we’ve never. Tell us settle down, settle down. Ok now listen close: We. Never. Settle. We never give up, we never give in, we will Never. Settle. Down. Bring on…
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