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Marry Well
This quote from David Brooks was found on Rex Hammock's blog. “The first thing to worry about: Will I marry well? This is the most important decision you’re going to make in your life. If you have a great marriage... Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at JonLowder.com
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The Higher Education Gravy Train
If you're the parent of a child currently attending a state university the opening paragraph to this story in The Atlantic will get your blood boiling: Neat fact: If the federal government were to take all of the money it... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at JonLowder.com
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Welcome to Mo's TEDx Talk!
I met Mo Fathelbab through my Mom many years ago. I accompanied Mom on a recent trip to DC and we had coffee with Mo, the first time I'd seen him in years. He's a great person to spend time... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at JonLowder.com
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This Is Water
Below is an excerpt from a fantastic commencement address by David Foster Wallace. If you want more here's the full speech: Continue reading
Posted May 16, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Boogeymen
The following is an excerpt from an article titled The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved that Hunter S. Thompson wrote in 1970. To set the scene he's just landed in Kentucky and is speaking with an annoying Texan he's... Continue reading
Posted May 11, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Googly Mother's Day
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Posted May 10, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Importance of Being an Information Omnivore
How much time do you spend at work looking at information that would be classified as outside the realm of your expertise or not part of your core job description? If your answer is "very little" then you could be... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Another Argument Against Times New Roman
Who knew that there are "dyslexia friendly" fonts? From Freakonomics: As a lunch-table discussion here in England revealed, the University insists on certain typefaces that are dyslexia-friendly, particularly Arial, Trebuchet, and Verdana. It costs me or any other faculty member... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Deskilling
Is a lack of demand for skilled labor contributing to America's stubbornly high unemployment rate? What explains the current low rate of employment in the U.S.? While there has substantial debate over this question in recent years, we believe that... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Freakonomics Dude in Camel City!
I might be one of a handful of people who will think this is exciting, but so what? Freakonomics coauthor Stephen Dubner is going to be playing a gig with his old band in Winston-Salem this week. From the Freakonomics... Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Crossing Your Ts, Dotting Your Is
A story from Mt. Airy, NC highlights why you have to be very careful when you have a raffle or other fundraising contest at one of your events: Vickie Riekehof was called out as the winner of the raffle for... Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Thanks Kristen. They really were kind to me by not showing the 30 seconds I was on camera looking at my notes!
Commented May 2, 2013 on Five Seconds of Fame at JonLowder.com
Five Seconds of Fame
Thanks to my job I'm occasionally interviewed by local TV stations. It's cool in the "I never thought I'd be on TV" sense, but on the other hand it's a little like jumping off a cliff because you learn pretty quickly that the TV folks can make you look as good or bad, smart or stupid, as they wa...
Labor of Love 2013
One of the best parts of my job is being able to work with on community service project with our member companies. Each year we do a project related to housing and this year we worked with Housing Greensboro to... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Five Seconds of Fame
Thanks to my job I'm occasionally interviewed by local TV stations. It's cool in the "I never thought I'd be on TV" sense, but on the other hand it's a little like jumping off a cliff because you learn pretty... Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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The Stick - Comedic Genius
Evidence that Jonathan Winters was a true comedic genius: Continue reading
Posted Apr 25, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Here's What You Should Know
A good suggestion for news organizations from Jeff Jarvis: So the opportunity: If I ran a news organization, I would start a regular feature called, Here’s what you should know about what you’re hearing elsewhere. Last week, that would have... Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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The Law of Two Women
From Sasha Dichter's post titled Four tips for better group decision making we find this interesting tidbit: The Law of Two Women. “One night I was having dinner with an executive at Google, and I asked him to tell me... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Virginia, We Have Liftoff
Who knew that the Commonwealth of Virginia was home to the newest entrant to the commercial space race? "A privately owned rocket built in partnership with NASA to haul cargo to the International Space Station blasted off on Sunday for... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Loophole Hits Close to Home
Fox8 has a story about a family in Lewisville, NC that's experiencing hard times due to a loophole in our country's safety net. We can argue all we want about how our social safety net should function and how we... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Striking Oil
Posted Apr 19, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Free the Sisters
A French scientist (of course) has done a study that shows that women probably shouldn't wear bras. Well, okay, just young women: His preliminary results on 330 women aged 18 to 35 suggested that wearing a bra from an early... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Push Button Publishing
Here's a very cool little piece at Wired showing how Blogger spawned a lot of the current "push button publishing" services we know today: At the close of 1998, there were 23 known weblogs on the Internet. A year later... Continue reading
Posted Apr 17, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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Be Not Afraid
Lex has an excellent post about the bombings in Boston and what our reaction to it says about us as a society : The cowards who planted the bombs want us to be afraid. But so do many of our... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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That Prayer Thing Again
Some folks in these parts wonder what the big deal is about county commissions or city councils inviting clergy to pray and then allowing the clergy to deliver sectarian prayers. After all most of the prayers are Christian and most... Continue reading
Posted Apr 12, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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So Many Bills, So Little Time
The bill filing deadline is fast approaching for the NC Legislature so our representatives have kicked into high gear. Here's the House Calendar for Thursday, April 11, 2013. You'll see that bills 676 through 846 were filed and as you... Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2013 at JonLowder.com
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