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Take the money, you crazy chickens!

New fave phrase. From Shark Tank. Colorful Kevin in the Middle yells to two waffling entrepreneurs, “Take the money, you crazy chickens!” Hee hee! I’ve used that line about a dozen times (maybe more) since then, really for no apparent reason. I have neither money nor chickens, crazy or otherwise. I have made an exception to my lofty “I don’t watch TV” stance for Shark Tank. Watching fellow biz owners (or potential biz owners) try to strike a partnership with the rich dudes (and solo dudette) who have traveled before us is illuminating. I’ve learned mucho. To wit: Mommy products continue to be strong sellers. One gal who pitched a freakish elephant medicine dispenser was paired up with a Shark, while the aforementioned crazy chickens pitched a slipcover for a portable play … Read entire article »

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Coffee talk

I first started drinking coffee in college. All nighters, you know. At first, I was into the milk-and-sugar route. Then, after a road trip with my sister across the country in a Yugo (remind me to tell you about the Goodwrench Sister adventures sometime), I took it black. (I didn’t like powdered creamers on the road. Or off the road, for that matter.) Then my uncle told me my teeth would get yellow if I kept drinking it black, so I switched back to milk (no sugar). During my pregnancy years, I had to give up coffee altogether, which was the only bad part of being pregnant. Yeah, I said the only bad part. Went back on full-strength, super-strength, multiple pots of coffee during the infant years, just for survival purposes. After … Read entire article »

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