Group-think: Tendency of the members of a group to yield to the desire for consensus or unanimity at the cost of considering alternative courses of action. Group-think is said to be the reason why intelligent and knowledgeable people make disastrous decisions.
I give an opinion about something on Twitter.
Remember a few years ago before you...
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I started JustJudyJudyJudy.com one year ago this September. My goal when I started was to become a better writer. My friend, well known author Neal Karlen, told me that if I wanted to become a writer I should write every day. He had suggested I carry around a notepad with me, but I decided...
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The Minnesota Blogger Conference is going to be on Saturday, September 11th in St. Paul. Tickets became available a few weeks ago and the event was sold out within a few hours. There is currently a waiting list over 100 people long for the event. One of the organizer’s of the Minnesota Blogger Conference,...
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Two social media savvy sports celebrities have joined Captain Jason Matheson on Team Shelter in the fight to end homelessness in our community. Bryant McKinnie from the Minnesota Vikings and Joe Nathan from the Minnesota Twins are leveraging their social networks to encourage Twin Cities residents to join Team Shelter. For every person that...
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The Minnesota GOP has sunk to new lows and given the entire state of Minnesota a black eye with a horrible, embarrassing, and over the top sexist video. Mother Jones carried a story about the video yesterday and and since the the news has gone viral with headlines in national publications that read, “Misogyny...
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If you live in Minnesota you either you have heard by now that Brett Favre is returning to the Minnesota Vikings this season or you live under a rock. This afternoon the Minneapolis “Twitteratti” have been having a simultaneous “Favregasms”. Here is a rundown of the Tweets to good to miss.
Dave Brauer masters the...
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Gaea” is one of 10 beaver sculptures placed throughout Bemidji. Completed by Blackduck artist/woodsy mamma Deborah Davis, it features, on the belly of the beaver, a human figure rising from a sea of pinkish-red circles.
While Davis has said the front of the sculpture shows Mother Earth praying and the circles are roses coming forth...
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It’s been just over two weeks since the United Way started their “Dream Team 2010″ campaign focused around raising money for homelessness, hunger, literacy and health. My friend and Fox9 host Jason Matheson is captain of Team Shelter which is raising money to end homelessness in our community.
Each of the United Way Dream Team’s...
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“Design Giant” Nick Luzietti, and his team from VOA in Chicago, along with IIDA Northland threw the party of the summer last night with Dr. Caligari’s Dance Party. A visionary character himself, Nick transformed into the spirit of Dr. Caligari and lead the production- melding cinema, performance and dance. The space; a visual fantasy...
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This summer at the lake house my dad built and deployed a Loon Maternity Unit. He did this because the Loon population is in decline in Minnesota, mainly due to problems with being able to nest safely and keep chicks safe once they are hatched. My parents noticed a pair of mating Loons on...
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