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Monthly Archives: January 2008

The Goal Of Goals

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Thursday, 8:37pm Reno, NV Coyotes in the distance, making sweet music to the snowfall… Howdy, How’re you doing with your 21-day habit change challenge? I almost screwed up last night. Walked by the kitchen around midnight, and I swear the last box of crackers in there was calling my name. Bastard carbohydrates. First sign you’re

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Story Mop-Up Duty… and Another Challenge

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Sunday, 6:23pm Reno, NV The street’s become one big damn dirt-flavored slushie… Howdy… Hey — great job on the stories, guys (and gals). I just grabbed a few, totally at random, for comment here: Ian, one of the last to post, nailed it. As a dog lover, I laughed out loud about his short, vivid

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Bring Your Badass Story Home To Your Reader

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Thursday, 5:34pm Reno, NV Okay, I’m tired of snow now… Howdy… Let’s go deeper into storytelling, what d’ya say? And, if you’re still up for it, let’s do another exercise to get our chops honed to dangerous “street-wise salesmanship” levels. But first… let’s do some triage on the previous posts. I read every single comment