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Big Girl Pants

by Jennifer V. Miller

Put on your big girl pants and deal with it

I was hard at work at my desk one day, concentrating on a project.  I sensed someone standing in my doorway, then heard chuckling.  I looked up to find my staid, quiet “cube wall” neighbor laughing and pointing. She was directing her attention to framed artwork on my office wall that reads “Put your big…

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Are You Filling the Candy Bowl?

by Jennifer V. Miller

We were at an outdoor barbeque earlier this summer, extolling the virtues of the hostess’ fantastic array of food.  Talk turned to food at the office and how there’s always some sort of tasty treat being laid out for munching. Pete piped up—“Yeah, I know what you mean—I can hardly resist the M&M bowl. I…

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The Story of Pete and Sally

by Jennifer V. Miller

One of my favorite book series is the Sweet Potato Queens written by Jill Conner Browne.  Her books are an irreverant, saucy combination of self-help, memoir, philosophical ruminations and recipes all rolled into one. In her books, Conner Browne uses a very clever literary device— all of her friends are named “Tammy” to protect their identity. It occurs…

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Have We Met?

by Jennifer V. Miller

Here’s a trend I’ve noticed when getting introduced to people via technology requiring the written word—email, Linked In, Twitter.  When I first introduce myself, people will often reply something to the effect of “nice to ‘meet’ you.”  The quotation marks around the word meet are significant.  The meaning I derive from those quotations marks are…

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Are You a Nosy Neighbor?

by Jennifer V. Miller

Are you a nosy person? I wouldn’t typically describe myself this way.  On any given day, I go about my work, mind my own business and basically try to respect people’s right to privacy. Except that doesn’t seem to apply to my social media use.   At what point did I turn into Mrs. Kravitz? (You…

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