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		<title>travels of reading part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rants and Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[a college education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college is not for everyone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[enlightened conflict]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[no child left behind]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[reading exposes you to thoughts and ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading gives the brain a good workout]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading is an easy path to knowledge]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4454</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. This is part a rant about people who don’t take advantage of reading and part simply a plea for people to read as often as they can. Let me begin with the traveling ‘thing’ I mention upfront. I have been extremely fortunate in my life to have had the opportunity to travel the globe. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>travels of reading part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a college education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[advocate reading but don't belittle those who don't]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college is not for everyone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curiosity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[readers have a responsibility]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You get a little moody sometimes but I think that’s because you like to read. People that like to read are always a little fucked up.&#8221; Pat Conroy This is a follow up to my reading part 1 (which was serious about the importance of reading). This is more a rant (and a warning) on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>about conflict (and enlightened) &amp; global generation</title>
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		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/about-conflict-and-enlightened-global-generation#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[a generation of concerned citizens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the economist e-communication and society]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. Every once in awhile I don’t need to think about what to write because someone writes something that makes my point (and I get to use that and write). The Economist. 9/4/2010. E-communication and society. An entire article about how internet is proving (sociologically) to be a divisive tool rather than an ‘expansive community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>friendly advice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:53:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[admiration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[focus on what is important]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends just show up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends leading following and side by side]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friendship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hills seem less steep with friends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[matched intellectual friends]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. Getting advice from friends. I just saw a great friend the other day at lunch that I hadn’t seen in quite some time and he did what he does best as my friend … gave great advice. You know. We all have one of those friends. Not all. One. If you are really lucky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>things i have learned about marriage (even though I’m not)</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/things-i-have-learned-about-marriage-even-though-i%e2%80%99m-not</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/things-i-have-learned-about-marriage-even-though-i%e2%80%99m-not#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[admiration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[being in love with your best friend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[character]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[decision making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[easy to overlook comfortable in love]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[love]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[overlooking little things in a marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[people and love and matched intellectual]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. First. Why am I writing this? Well. In that warped way I collect thoughts and ideas and learning I came across two items about marriage almost simultaneously as I was reading different things searching for an insightful piece of information for something I was writing. One was on a blog (and I included the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>love part 5:  complexities, chemistry &amp; calculas</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/love-part-5-complexities-chemistry-calculas</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/love-part-5-complexities-chemistry-calculas#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cerebral and sex]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4032</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he and I was I.&#8221; - Unknown I was tempted to leave this write up with just that quote and suggest there is no better answer. But. I figured I had already written so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>never fear the event</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Never Fear the Event.” Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson So. I am using a quote from a guy who probably was one of the best at seeking out ‘events’ rather than fear or avoid them. Therefore it becomes difficult to use this occasion to discuss worrying about things that will never happen and fear of what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>respect the burden</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/respect-the-burden</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“respect the burden” – Napoleon Bonaparte Ah. So, yes, I wrote this in combination with Nelson’s ‘don’t fear the event.’ Two charismatic leaders who didn’t fear the event and respected the burden that came along with being a leader (and managing the event to the extent they could). Before I get to the ‘burden’ it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>elephants and leaders</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/elephants-and-leaders</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” &#8211; John Kenneth Galbraith, U.S. economist, &#8220;The Age of Uncertainty&#8221; So. I am not sure if this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>that one person</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/that-one-person</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/that-one-person#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=2891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“you can only tell who you are, if you have that one person to tell you.” I would imagine the picture and saying is directed toward something romantic. But. Think of this as a mentor. Or in the business world. And maybe even life in general … but I will talk business. We all, no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>this I am today, that I will be tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/this-i-am-today-that-i-will-be-tomorrow</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/this-i-am-today-that-i-will-be-tomorrow#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Up to a point a man&#8217;s life is shaped by environment, heredity, and the movements and changes in the world around him. Then there comes a time when it lies within his grasp to shape the clay of his life into the sort of thing he wishes to be. Only the weak blame parents, their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>how crazy are women?</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/how-crazy-are-women</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/how-crazy-are-women#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:04:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal & Nonsensical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stuff I Like]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bird poop facials]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[i love women but]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[maximizing beauty]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[what women do for men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women go to wacky lengths for appearance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. Before I get myself in too much trouble I will state upfront that I unequivocally love women. I love everything about them. I have had the fortune to have had amazing relationships throughout my life and I am a better person for them. So. That said. In general, when it comes to appearance, pretty [...]]]></description>
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		<title>practice believing impossible things</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/practice-believing-impossible-things</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/practice-believing-impossible-things#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dreaming is not jus for kids]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[six impossible things before breakfast]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strip away the undoable and identify the doable]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[use your imagination]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=3836</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. Following my Cheshire cat quotes post I now have a white queen in “through the looking glass” quote. Looking Glass is loosely based on a game of chess …. A game (by the way) that takes some imagination as well as a fairly pragmatic point of view in analyzing all the possibilities.  I guess [...]]]></description>
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		<title>about transactional branding</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/about-transactional-branding</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/about-transactional-branding#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[upside down traditional marketing funnel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4234</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok. I use this term ‘transactional branding’ a lot when I am talking about business and defending why we shouldn’t talk about branding (or at least stop until everyone can turn off the bullshit meters and maybe all agree on terms of usage). The premise behind the phrase is that excellent marketing/communications/branding activity/whatever you want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>to do or not to do</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/to-do-or-not-to-do</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/to-do-or-not-to-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[thineself in brand is often overlooked]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;most agencies are in the same boat &#8212; from big ones to two man shops. They&#8217;re in it for the money and they&#8217;re scared. Scared the client&#8217;s going to walk. And because they are afraid they compromise their principles. They are so scared of losing the business they give the customer what they think they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>love part 4: sex and cerebral</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/love-part-4-sex-and-cerebral</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/love-part-4-sex-and-cerebral#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:16:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=3969</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When passions and appetites are stronger than the intellect, men are savages; when the intellect governs the passions, when the passions are servants, men are civilized. The people need education &#8211; facts &#8211; philosophy.&#8221; Robert Ingersoll So. This one was an easy one for me to write. Cause I am a guy (and guys love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>meeting again</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/meeting-again</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/meeting-again#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[we are a dusty book lying unread without friends]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Don&#8217;t be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends.” &#8211; Richard Bach So. No reason I am writing this one other than the fact I don’t write enough about friends. Or meaningful relationships or people you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>memory part 1: 65 years ago</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/memory-part-1-65-years-ago</link>
		<comments>http://brucemctague.com/memory-part-1-65-years-ago#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://brucemctague.com/?p=4198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So. This is about amnesia. Or lack of long term memory. Look. We Americans certainly have a pattern of historical amnesia on occasion. And the day I am going to refer to edges upon an amnesia moment. VJ Day. Huh? Known most for this picture to the right. VJ Day  is the day that Japan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>memory part 2: 9/11, mosques and emotion</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/memory-part-2-911-mosques-and-emotion</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is about short term memory. 9/11 bucks the trend of the sometimes American trait of historical amnesia. In general, we are a forward-looking people who don&#8217;t dwell on the past. But 9/11 remains an emotional moment of our generation (probably because it happened right here in front of us). And, of course, I placed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>decommoditization (no longer being a commodity)</title>
		<link>http://brucemctague.com/decommoditization-no-longer-being-a-commodity</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. It seems like I have been talking with a lot of b2b businesses (technology, software, backroom type stuff) lately and we inevitably begin talking about ‘brands, branding &#38; being different.” Three painful B’s. And then a lot of discussion circles around understanding b2b versus traditional consumer marketing (which usually drives me slightly nuts until [...]]]></description>
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