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Best of both: Baseball & Knitting!

Loosely Speaking

I look forward to scrubbing the primer off my hands and fingernails, changing clothes and getting out of town for a couple of days. First stop, Tempe Yarn & Fiber and then on to Tempe Diablo Stadium to watch the Angels and maybe get to say hi to a few of the players we’ve met over the past couple of years in the minors.

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Dress Greener for the Office

Eco-Office Gals

Contrary to popular thought, you don’t have to rely on clothes that stomped on Mother Nature’s feet to get to your closet. According to a video on BBC’s “Blood, Sweat, and T-shirts” thread, it takes 150g of pesticides and artificial fertilizers to make just one adult-sized cotton t-shirt. As for drying, try not to do it at all.

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On the Job by Anita Bruzzese: How to Move from Temporary Work to a.

On The Job

One night I started re-dressing all the mannequins in clothes I liked better. Ask,” says Alexandra Levi t, a career expert. Levit, author of “New Job, New You” cautions that before such an inquiry you should make sure you’ve been doing a great job at the position you were hired to fill as a temp. Otherwise, you’ll never know.”

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Business Insider Feature Story on Former Celebrity Assistant Bonnie Low-Kramen

Bonnie Low Kramen

In January 1986, Bonnie Low-Kramen, who was 27 at the time and temping in Broadway box offices as she tried to carve out a career as an actor, was tipped off to a gig as the public-relations director for the Whole Theatre, a small theater in northern New Jersey. The work came with a lot of perks — like attending awards shows — and burnout.

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22 Self-Improvement Gift Ideas for Personal Development Junkies

Success

With five designs to choose from, users have the option to wear it as a bracelet, necklace or clipped onto a piece of clothing such as a waistband. True Temp weighted blanket For someone who likes the feeling of being hugged ever so gently while sleeping, this is the blanket.

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Which Person Would You Talk To?

Men With Pens

You see, celebrity-stardom aside, Kevin Parent is just a guy who lived through many of the same struggles you’ve had (or are having), from pursuing a creative career to building an audience to despairing you won’t make it to rejoicing you will to contemplating giving it all up. You can’t live on thin air. Wait, what?!

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