For something that half the population will experience, the silence from modern Western medicine around this stage of life is deafening. Our m…
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Here we are — the end of summer break for thousands of youth in our communities.
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MEANNIE commented on Friends
Thanks Sue, I saw your post and I'm sure the community would love to hear your thoughts on everything happening!
MEANNIE commented on Untold Silicon Valley stories show it hasn’t changed by that much
to be humble is a double edge sword - thanks Dirk.
MEANNIE commented on It’s in the intersections
Oh no. I hope everyone is okay.
MEANNIE commented on Fragility of modern parenting
It is both interestingly and unfortunately much deeper than that.
I noted in the piece that dual /multi income generation has now become institutionalized as a requirement to survive in the first half of the 21st century. This is multi-layered and is more than just making rent or af…
MEANNIE commented on Fragility of modern parenting
Evening. I can with confidence say that my kids know and can do all of the things you reference that “a generation of kids do not know” and yet at the same time, still feels real. I received dozens of texts about today’s column and hundreds of comments online in ardent agreement.
On…
MEANNIE commented on Cookie season, new electric vehicle chaos and overexposure curses
A lesson I’ve taken away over the years is that when things are quiet and boring, people think nothing is happening when there’s a very good chance that things are simply going as planned. Chaos in business is never a good thing. It means that the work of vision and buy-in either didn’t h…
MEANNIE commented on Retail’s evolution, Draeger’s and the Year of the Snake
fun fact, the Lunar Calendar dates back to Mesopotamian civilizations, circa 3,000 BCE. The Gregorian calendar, which is the calendar that we use today, was adopted in 1582 and slowly rolled out (but initially adopted by Roman Catholics) to correct the drifting that was created by the Jul…
MEANNIE commented on Retail’s evolution, Draeger’s and the Year of the Snake
Red envelopes are easy to get, but only a few banks in areas with a large Asian concentration will have new bills delivered, none in San Mateo but a few in SF. I was able to get crisp $2 & $5 bills at my San Mateo branch however! Once you are married, you are a grifter, and you gift t…
MEANNIE commented on Resolutions for your new year
Our inflatables are down but lights still up (tears tears tears)
Happy New Year, Jon.
MEANNIE commented on Can you escape from your EV if you had to?
To be clear, not all EVs are designed this way - I believe most are not. Out here, we have an over indexing of teslas so it’s hard to see that there are a lot of other really great EVs on the market which have mechanical doors.