Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Which normal people would not need to receive, but I need to receive and Ed knows that which is why, as I said, he’s a great CEO. Taking care of our chicks doesn’t count as work, right? Some good Jew will comment about this nuance in Jewish law. I am so sheltered because I didn’t know people like this exist. I don’t know.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 21, 2010

He went to college, probably, because so many people told him to. Most people get jobs from their network, not from a career center. It used to be that people only did writing and critical thinking for school. Students today don’t need teachers who don’t know how to write a blog post to teach them how to persuade people.

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Penelope Trunk

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

He knew tons about language, but he never snubbed his nose when people did not use language in a conventional way. I also learned from his column that it’s interesting to watch language evolve, because language is the visible result of underlying changes in our society. People never say that word around here. Right there.

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Penelope Trunk

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I tell Now Magazine (I think it’s basically People magazine for the UK audience) to call back after I got the kids off to school. What drives people to sign up at Brazen Careerist anyway? I’m going into our 4pm meeting and I need a summary of your position.) Real honesty can be ugly to some people. What early show?

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Penelope Trunk

MARCH 30, 2010

Here’s a tidbit: I always check out people who link to me; blogging is not only a tool for gauging one’s self-discipline, but also gauging one’s self-absorption. The people of those time periods were doing something new and innovative with their color schemes, their music, their language, their fashion. This'll be good.

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Penelope Trunk

JANUARY 8, 2010

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook People at work are asking me why I am not working as many hours as I used to. Now I see it’s a problem for people who think they will get fired for being unpleasant. Or for people who think their kids will grow up and hate them for being emotionally unpredictable. He is crying.

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