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It’s not exactly a CIA-type secret that I’m a storyteller, so when conversations here in Ashburn turned to the killer snowstorm about to hit us Saturday night, I had thoughts. They were warm thoughts, so I posted a picture of a snowstorm back in 2003 and mentioned a fond memory I had about when the entire...
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Back when I was in sales, I used to tell young sales folks that when they went to a town they had never been in, there was no excuse for not being aware of what was going on locally. With the internet, they could find out what was going on with local college and pro teams,...
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My evil plan seems to be working. Every year it seems like I start the newest 12 months with an admirable goal of exercising more, specifically walking. It seems, however, like I run into the same old problem: My goal is set to 10,000 steps a day, and at my age, I end up walking too...
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As I normally do on a Saturday morning, I got a cup of coffee, fired up the X-machine and went looking for news I’d missed overnight. Among the items I saw of interest was the San Francisco 49ers hiring Nick Sorensen as their defensive coordinator. Which caused me to break into an enormous smile. If you...
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They say all good things must come to an end, and from my view this morning, that’s where we’re at with Black Friday sales. They used to be a focused, one-day event with the sole purpose of taking all the “open to buy” money out of the market early. Instead of shopping between now and Christmas,...
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