This funny, inspiring trailer for a new documentary, Lemonade, talks to some of the 70,000 creative professionals who have been laid off in the recession. They each tell the tale of getting the axe and then talk about the life-balance and liberation it has brought them–they’ve gotten rested, healthy, re-connected with family, or started a new…

It’s rare that I’m blown away by a cookbook (which have been known to prop things around my house), but The Cancer Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treament and Recovery, Rebecca Katz’s second book (co-written with Mat Edelson), is rad. My friend and I made recipes out of her other collection, One Bite…

It may seem odd to talk about an exercise you do at the end of your day at the beginning, but bear with me. One of my job perks is that many cool books land on my desk, the latest being Matrix Meditations by Victor Daniels and Kooch N. Daniels. It’s full of wonderfully varied,…

I’ve been thinking about attention a lot lately–different kinds and how I can possibly get a handle of directing it a little better–lately it’s kind of an unpredictable boat, sometimes staying exactly on-course, other times getting swept out to Facebook sea before I even know what”s happened. Today, I became ultra-aware of at least two…

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