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Modern popular culture topics in the Journal workplace sphere, such as corporate history, workplace advice, healthy office habits, and more.
Boston Tattoo Convention 2021
Within the Hynes Convention, located in Boston Massachusetts, houses a wonderful world of the culture of inked based body art. But that was not where the expression stops.
Jahvon "Jex" JohnPublished 3 years ago in JournalDo It Again
This this that made me think on writing this post is that I have recently started rereading the F Paul Wilson book “Reborn” the third in the “Adversary” series , more of that later but it made start about the things we do again and again out of choice or necessity , from small things to big things.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 3 years ago in JournalFriday The 13th, Norse Mythology, and Triskaidekaphobia
Triskaidekaphobes beware! It’s Friday the 13th. In case you were wondering, triskaidekaphobia is the “fear of the number 13” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. The word first appeared in print sometime in the late 1800s. No one is really sure if it was used prior to that, but someone came up with it. And some doctor diagnosed it.
Beth FreelyPublished 3 years ago in JournalTwins Day Festival 2021 Held in Twinsburg, Ohio
Twins Day Festival 2021 was held in Twinsburg, Ohio, it started on Friday August 6th and will continue through Sunday August 8th. It will include lots of events. There will be a golf , volleyball , and cornhole tournaments. Lot's of food and fireworks. And the main event the Double Take Parade.
Steve LancePublished 3 years ago in JournalOnly the Story Matters
We now live in a world of political correctness, wokeness, ease of offense, virtue signaling and gaslighting... and this world is growing more and more poisonous to the one thing that relies solely on personal experience, perspective, and voice: the story. So, how does one stay true to one's voice without getting a target on one's back and hunted down by those who seek to destroy, divide, and ultimately silence our unique voices?
Alan MehannaPublished 3 years ago in JournalSNAP
I run to my ornate, wooden front door looking for the perfect-sized box to arrive in the mail. I am excited to order new puzzles. When I see it, I tear the package open pouring the thousand or so pieces into the lid. Sometimes if the topic is exciting, I will put together a fifteen hundred or two-thousand- piece puzzle. My favorite puzzle is a one-thousand-piece Rainbow Brite puzzle from the Hallmark store. As an 80’s girl, Rainbow Brite was important to me as a child, and I still love her and collect her toys and things from my childhood. This puzzle resurrects the memories of her bringing color and light into my childhood.
Jessica MathewsPublished 3 years ago in JournalPlease Don’t Call Your Jobs (Or Side Jobs) Hustles
If I may put on my grumpy old man hat for a moment we need to have a talk. I appreciate the ever evolving nature of our language as much as anyone. In fact I have written frequently about language including not one but two articles specifically on the topic of precision in language, and why it is so important. In those articles I go out of my way to note that language is not some static affair and that meanings of words do shift and change with time. I understand that the word hustle has somewhat recently come to be applied to just about anything someone does to make money. On the one hand I can appreciate the association of the word with work. It suggest an aggressive attitude, a let’s get it done quickly approach, etc. On the other hand it brings a lot of negative baggage along for the ride. First, it suggests a lack of seriousness about whatever endeavor it is being applied to describe. A hustle is more like a hobby that makes money then a job. Thus, like a hobby, one’s dedication to it might change in intensity over time. It is transient or temporary. As an example, just like collecting baseball cards used to be your passionate hobby, writing is your hobby now, but who knows what it might be next week? Why would I want to pay someone money if that is the attitude they take toward the job I am paying them to do? Even if writing really is a hobby for you, and you don’t really take it all that seriously, yet you have the temerity to expect people to pay you for it, why rub it in their face? A great question I surely would have no idea about.
Everyday JunglistPublished 3 years ago in JournalThe Beauty of Turkish Dramas
There is something so beautiful about the unexpected. I was going through one of the darkest moments in my life. I had fallen into a deep depression in my second year of university. My parents and I decided it would be best if I withdrew from school and took the following semester off. I returned home and felt like a failure. Even though a myriad of people told me it was completely normal for university students to take time off, I was still devastated.
Gabrielle GoldsonPublished 3 years ago in Journal2021: My Real Life
Engraved: "I will always love you forever!" I always wanted that sentiment directed at me. On a heart shaped locket is all the better with a picture of me and my sweetheart.
John McIntoshPublished 3 years ago in JournalA Millennial on the Outside Looking In
It is strange being a Millennial who questions the Government and mainstream narratives, and has generally leaned Right politically over the past few years. I used to consider myself a Liberal, and I actually still do, but I now realize that I align with Classical Liberalism, which values Individualism, questions authority and mass compulsions from the State, and values Free Market Capitalism. Right-Libertarianism is a modern continuation of Classical Liberalism. Yes, I'm one of those "out-of-touch" Libertarians.
Enveletters
"Come rain, come sun, come snow, come hail; The postman will be there to deliver your mail!" This was the battle cry of the postal system when I was growing up. I'm talking about REAL mail, delivered to your house by a human being, who drove around in a special mail truck. Delivery of the mail was critical to how we lived our lives and the slogan of the postal system gave us confidence that we would receive our letters.
- Top Story - June 2021
Britain's Got (No) Talent
Six years ago, I took a gap year. My plan was to eat an abundance of local delicacies, work a crazy job, get hammered with barefoot hippies and regularly wake up face first in a pool of my own vomit – I was, of course, moving back in with my parents in England.
Billy FrancisPublished 3 years ago in Journal