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Hi friends, I’ve been so focused on finalizing the cover and interiors for my second book (cover reveal soon!), that I nearly missed the two year anniversary of Listen Like You Mean It.  So, in honor of this special day, I’m sharing an excerpt from the book on one of my favorite topics: identifying your listening style, or what I call your default listening mode. It’s a topic that comes up frequently with readers, because all of us have a particular listening style, and it affects the way we show up in conversation, what we hear, and how we connect (or fail to!

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade.To the 5% of my straight male followers, if your girlfriend has recently asked you how often you think of the Roman Empire and you have no idea why, I regret to inform you that you’ve been memed. You probably already guessed though, that since they asked you while their camera was rolling, and you saw them post it to TikTok. This TikTok Trend has been taking over my feed lately; women ask the men in their lives how frequently they think about the Roman Empire with men answering weekly if not daily; this, apparently, is news to most women.

Heyo! Every so often, like clockwork, a Whataburger vs. In-N-Out debate will rage violently online. I never really know what these people are debating exactly, but the discussions are always stoked by a wide range of indignant claims. The chaotic mudslinging usually features such eloquent arguments as “Whataburger > In-N-Out” and “Whataburger is straight up doggy doo-doo. Go In-N-Out.” Occasionally, though, somebody will pierce through the unfounded claims and get to the heart of the question—what exactly are we debating here?

by T. Bloom [main image credit: Zillow] Reader, I try not to pretend that my interests should be interesting to everyone. The more other people become interested in them, the less likely I am to feel needed. And I need to feel needed! We should just be glad the brunt of all this need is mainly borne by media and inanimate objects. Last year I kicked up a little internet dust to see whether the owner and/or final resting place of “Nude Julia,” a nude painting of Dixie Carter that appeared in a memorable episode of Designing Women, could be determined.

James Marsden appears as Eddie, a cater waiter, in the pilot episode of The Nanny. “Mr. Sheffield! I was just…” he says after being caught smooching his daughter. “You were just leaving,” Mr. Sheffield demands. “Right,” he says. He’s back again in Episode 4 when he takes Maggie on a date. The date goes well, and he even wins over the affection of the irritable Mr. Sheffield. He’s never seen again.

(Butternut Creek in the Butternut Valley near Gilbertsville. Photo: Jan Costello) The Haudenosaunee, called the “Iroquois” by the French, settled in what is today upstate NY and parts of New England and Canada centuries before the Europeans showed up. One of the five (and later six) tribes that made up the Iroquois Confederacy, the Mohawks called the eastern part of central NY home. One valley in particular had abundant natural resources; game, fresh water, flint for arrowheads and other tools, fruits, grains and nuts, especially the nut that was later called by the Dutch and English, the “butternut.

There’s an art to how you tie a silk scarf around your neck. Broken down into steps, it goes like: Fold it in half like a triangle then roll it in until its thin. This width is a good comp, but yours will be less flimsy, which is good! Place it over your neck, as if you’re about to wrap it from front to back because… You are. Wrap it front to back

Just like there probably wouldn’t be a “Dawson’s Creek” without “Beverly Hills, 90210,” there likely wouldn’t be a “One Tree Hill” without “Dawson’s Creek.” Of the six core teen dramas, “Dawson’s Creek” and “One Tree Hill” are the most similar to one another because they both take place in the “real” world. What I mean by that is they are both set in small towns and are about average teenagers. In contrast, “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “The O.

Greg Mitchell is the author of more than a dozen books (see link) and now writer/director of three award-winning films aired via PBS, including “Atomic Cover-up” and “Memorial Day Massacre” which are still up at PBS.org. You can still subscribe to this newsletter for free. Just decided to post a little something after the Monday afternoon holiday shocker, the death of basketball (and much else) legend Bill Walton, at 71, from cancer.