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Turn around, don’t drown

Have you heard about the flooding in the Midwest? Our motto these days is “Turn Around. Don’t Drown.” I didn’t make it up. The news people made it up. And clearly they need to hire some creatives because that is just ridiculous. That little ditty is supposed to remind people not to drive or walk [...]

Making a good first impression

About an hour ago I got home from my first night of my Marketing Management class. I hate these first nights. I’m always a neurotic mess on the way to class, during class and on the way home.
Tonight we had to pick groups of five people. You know how well I am at whoring myself [...]

Creating a buzz

This is finals week and I’m knee deep in final papers and studying for tests. In tonight’s Direct Marketing class, we gave our final presentations. The presentation on the direct marketing campaign we’ve been working on all semester. We had to come up with a campaign for a world music performance in March of next [...]

Showing your love with a fruit basket

The university I attend does not like non-traditional students. Ok, maybe that’s not fair. Maybe it’s not that they don’t like us. They just don’t understand us. For example, I’ve had several night classes that schedule midterms and finals earlier in the day. There’s nothing like taking some vacation time to drive 45 minutes to [...]