Month: July 2011

 The world, as is it’s wont, is changing. Changing in some very drastic ways, and by this I mean: getting a higher degree or a professional license is no longer a guarantee of job stability or a license to print money. (Skeptical? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/17/business/law-school-economics-job-market-weakens-tuition-rises.html?_r=1&ref=lawschools AND http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/education/edlife/edl-24masters-t.html?ref=education those are just two for example; I could find hundreds more.)That’s not to say…
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July 30, 2011 0

This blog is supposed to be professional, yes? It’s supposed to be a way for potential clients to get a taste of my personality, my joie de vivre, and then actually wish to hire me, not back away slowly. But, as one of my fave playwrights, Joe Orton, famously said: “I’m an acquired taste.” Oh…
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July 29, 2011 0

I went to a networking event last night–since apparently, me sitting at home watching “Adult Swim,” does not seem to bring in clients…what a word!–and while it was bearable–I did meet two great, smart, fun guys–the event did bring home to me the fact that…most people are missing the concept of networking. Painfully missing the…
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July 27, 2011 2

Today I am officially marking my independence from my need for prestige. I just don’t care anymore. I simply cannot waste anymore time on being so-called prestigious or impressing anyone with my degrees (and the attached debt-load)…f**k it, I ain’t got the time. I’m trying to run a viable business here, not a masturbatory hobby…
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July 26, 2011 0

Just had a client email me this: “Carlota, I just want to express to you how lucky I feel to have you in my corner. It really makes me feel good to have this support and feeling of direction. Even though this road is just beginning, I am feeling positive about it.”Honestly, when I read…
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July 25, 2011 0

And here I felt a wee bit guilty about blogging re Amy Winehouse yesterday, but I thought it was important. Meanwhile, how about this article, trying to draw a message for small business owners out of Amy’s untimely death: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tricia-fox/self-employed-risks_b_907921.htmlYipes. Or, as one commentator put it: “Did this article really happen?” Unfortunately, yes it did. Yes,…
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July 25, 2011 0

Oh, Amy: come on, girl. I expected better from you and that powerhouse voice of yours. What a mess.I’m not being sarcastic, I truly am saddened by how it all ended up, even if we all suspected it could only end this way. But what a waste of her fantastic talent and of her young life.…
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July 24, 2011 0

Here, in Queens, I’m hoping I can get through the day without the cats bursting into flames–especially since, god bless them, they’re not the brightest felines in their own seats, and despite the apartment being air-conditioned, they’re sleeping…under the sink, in the closets…yes, in all the hottest places, bless their furry faces.–and I’m also trying…
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July 22, 2011 0

While in a more intelligent world (ha!), this article about people being haunted by all of the insane sh*t they post online, would not have to be written (duh!), I can personally guarantee that several hundred (really, hundred thousand) will read it and be shocked, shocked; while, and this might be worse, another hundred or…
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July 21, 2011 0

I was tempted to write something about Wendi Deng Murdoch kicking some serious ass yesterday at the parliamentary hearings in London, when that poor schnook protester tried to throw a pie in her hubby’s face…booya! As that boy learned the very hard way, Wendi is not about to let her man get punked! Hell no, son.…
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July 20, 2011 0

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