Author Archives: Liza Blue

Podcast: YouTube Skills Week: Taxidermy

How YouTube can put purpose into an unstructured week. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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The Nature of the Mundane: The Human Chin

Fifty years of solving the NY Times Crossword puzzles have blessed me with a peculiar vocabulary, but I also revel in their creative themes and clues.  I settle in for Sunday breakfast, open the Times magazine and wonder how long … Continue reading

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Podcast: The Nature of the Mundane: The Human Chin

The human chin is the defining anatomical feature of modern humans Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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Podcast: If Looks Could Whistle

The defining identity of a loud whistle. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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If Looks Could Whistle

I grew up in a gender-neutral household, the only daughter with five brothers.  You might have thought my mother would have doted on her only daughter, but she never singled me out with any advice on what it meant to … Continue reading

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Marketing Unplugged: Pot Pourri, Vol 2

Marketing Unplugged:  Pot Pourri, Volume 2 Toothpicks I was surprised that the grocery store offered such a variety of toothpicks.  I was experimenting with tater tots as a provocative appetizer at my grazing cocktail party, one of those affairs where … Continue reading

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At Seventy

I sit in the leather chair, feet outstretched on the ottoman, pillow on my stomach, book resting on top of that.  I have a very limited view of myself, basically my hands and the outline of my feet inside a … Continue reading

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Marketing Unplugged: Pot Pourri

1.  Egyptian Cotton Bed, Bath and Beyond wants me to believe that sheets made of “Egyptian Cotton” are the epitome of luxury and that my bed partner and I are worth the price bump. They tell me that Egyptian cotton is synonymous … Continue reading

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Lists: 5 Ideas to Shake Up Olympics Ice Skating

1.  Redefine Pairs Currently the International Skating Union (ISU) states that pairs and ice dancing partners must consist of a “lady” and a man, though it does not define these genders further.  Why not open it up to two humans … Continue reading

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Podcast: Darwin and I Take a Walk

Darwin and I explore the mysteries of the pellet feces. Follow Liza Blue on: Share:

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