tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28679907409250105982024-03-18T21:00:17.526-07:00Jump the SnarkSkip the snark. Get to the heart.Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.comBlogger149125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-60307111130351130952014-04-14T04:54:00.001-07:002014-04-14T04:54:12.293-07:00Season's Tweetings
The Night Before Christmas
for
Social Media Breakfast Minneapolis/St.Paul
'Twas soon to be #Christmas
#SMBMSP
And tweeters were tweeting
Like @NicoleDeB
Plus @AlbertMaruggi
@keithprivette @rickmahn
@sborsch @mitchellhislop
And @arikhanson
@MegCanada tweets @MrChristopherL
@bstemmler keeps filming
@stremcha rings a bell
@chrisnulty and @philson
@leeodden @gregswan
@Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-76038467650923646742013-03-12T09:26:00.001-07:002013-03-12T09:26:03.138-07:00Playing catchup with realityDespite the title of this blog, I have rarely jumped to the heart, but a humbling 24 hours has pushed me.
I look in the mirror and see: Susan.
Others look at me, and see a senior citizen.
It's not just the last 24 hours. There was the woman at the gym who didn't understand why I hadn't considered Silver Sneakers exercise classes. The aqua aerobics instructor who asked if I was Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-29386899749615872102012-03-14T08:56:00.000-07:002012-03-14T08:56:55.141-07:00Dance to the music of timeWhen Alison Young asked me to bring my musical bucket list to her MPR feature, Music With Minnesotans, I was at a loss. I had none.
Instead, I looked back at my life through the lens of classical music, and this was the result.
It was a delight.Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-68992704026723581472011-09-13T16:48:00.000-07:002011-09-13T16:48:42.052-07:00Neither shallow nor deepImage via WikipediaWhile I did reserve The Shallows, the much-touted book about what the internet is doing to our brains, I did not read it.
I have, however, experienced it.
Sunday, just for the old-fashioned heck of it, I shelled out $6 for a New York Times. What a pleasure to spread out in bed with it. Lounge on the couch with it. Read it on the treadmill. Section after Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-22543829690928493972010-11-15T13:05:00.000-08:002010-11-15T13:05:46.067-08:00Pick your poisonImage via Wikipedia
Fairview/UofM vs Tria/Park Nicollet.
Back in July, I had an idiotic fall that smashed my wrist.
Treament and surgery were done at Tria, an orthopedic clinic affiliated with Park Nicollet. The surgeon was good, the day surgery team a marvel of efficiency, and the hand therapists hard-working and resourceful. They tried every therapeutic trick and torture device to Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-11832090266537390392010-08-31T15:17:00.000-07:002010-08-31T15:17:51.165-07:00Pyramid of Egregiousness | Name It. Change It.Pyramid of Egregiousness | Name It. Change It.Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-89653584142575251292010-08-23T15:45:00.000-07:002010-08-23T15:45:37.940-07:00Apropos of nothingImage via WikipediaWhich must be something like east of the sun.
My son came home from camp with a duffel full of mysteries.
Like where were his fins?
How did his soap return unscathed for the second year running?
And what happened to the other 19 socks?
This kid went to camp with ten pairs and came home with a single sock
"I have issues with socks," he explained.
There was some childhood trauma Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-56827377316230622912010-07-27T14:16:00.000-07:002010-07-27T14:16:46.860-07:00Back in the MacSaddle againZe cast? She is off.
Seventeen days ago, I tripped and fell, hard; skinning lip, nose, knees, and breaking nose and wrist.
Fourteen days ago, I had surgery on the wrist, which I gather was really broken.
I didn't track the details; not day of fall, day or surgery, or at today's post-op appointment, as I've gotten "vagelly", as one nurse described it. (Which makes me feel weak, stupid, and Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-81365382962188158242010-06-27T05:32:00.000-07:002010-06-27T05:32:40.663-07:00Noticed - The New Power of Petite Women - NYTimes.comImage by Getty Images via @daylifeNoticed - The New Power of Petite Women - NYTimes.com
Petite -
Pronunciation: \pə-ˈtēt\Function: adjective Etymology: French, feminine of petitDate: 1784: having a small trim figure —usually used of a womanPor quoi? We never hear of a petite man. Mai, non.
Only petite women. Because for a woman, the most important attribute is appearance.Her definition, Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-22592020772461623022010-06-08T10:16:00.001-07:002010-06-08T10:16:12.717-07:00reBlog from Susan Berkson: Teen Clean Your RoomImage by Adam UXB Smith via FlickrI found this fascinating quote today:In a house with a teenager. In other words, at wit's ends. The stepping-on-legos years were tolerable But this is ridiculous. You're not going in there anymore so the kid is going to have to take care of it. June 11. That's the day we rise up and force those kids to clean their rooms.Susan Berkson, Teen Clean Your Room, Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-53754231575782221722010-05-25T16:46:00.000-07:002010-05-25T16:53:54.013-07:00Reduce. Reuse. Rethink.Image by Getty Images via @daylifeTuesday is recycling day in my neck of the woods.
Every household puts out a blue bin for recycling and therein lie a million stories.
If my neighbors knew what can be gleaned from their recycling bins:
Where they shop. What they eat. How they spend.
They'd stop. Dead men tell no tales but recycling bins speak volumes.
Here's the family that drinks non-BgHSusan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-35467560298677675692010-05-06T14:24:00.000-07:002010-05-06T14:49:36.303-07:00Now they tell usImage via WikipediaIn 1998, I wrote: Kids & Pesticides = 700% more leukemiaWe can't print this," said my editor at the Star Tribune, "There are jobs at stake in the lawn care industry."There were lives at stake. How many have been hurt in the last 12 years? How many lost? The article ran in CityPages. And the pesticides went on.Pesticides are just one of tens of thousands of toxic Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-65414524041657914702010-04-27T14:50:00.000-07:002010-04-27T14:55:25.962-07:00Not enough privacy settingsImage via CrunchBaseNot to keep your info away from Facebook.Why I don’t like Facebook ‘Likes’ — Global NeighbourhoodsSo give something a "thumbs up" on Facebook and you've given away valuable info about yourself. So if you like this, don't tell Facebook. Doesn't matter how many privacy settings you choose. If you are on Facebook, they own you.Related articles by ZemantaFacebook: the Privacy Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-22369651728080360392010-04-27T14:47:00.000-07:002010-04-27T14:49:33.487-07:00Not snarkyImage by bsryan via FlickrScarey. Read this:Appleseed - Why Should I Come?I get the appeal of shooting a rifle. My kid shoots clay pigeons.But these folks want to "save America". To be with "real Americans". To "defend their liberties" and "take back their country."From whom?We live in a nation of laws; not a single law, the second amendment.That in itself is an "amendment"; an addition to a Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-64242130295214195862010-03-26T08:37:00.000-07:002010-03-26T09:22:36.553-07:00Locavore's SederMonday at sundown marks the start of the Jewish festival of Passover, when Jews the world over celebrate the exodus from Egypt. The centerpiece of the celebration is a ceremonial meal know as Seder, during which the Passover story is told. While food customs vary regionally, the ceremonial foods on the central Seder plate are the same. Traditionally, four questions are asked at the Seder meal.Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-37396359172272538612010-03-22T15:26:00.001-07:002010-03-22T15:27:43.234-07:00Cloak of InvisibilitySusan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-46855903628726074582010-03-18T15:27:00.000-07:002010-03-18T15:48:16.620-07:00More is lessImage by Getty Images via DaylifeI'm a long-time subscriber to More magazine, which tells me it is "for women of style & substance"So why is Dana Delany on the cover, shirt unbuttoned, bra showing, kneeling on what looks to be a bed? That's style and substance?It's bad enough that every issue tells me to reinvent myself. Apparently I'm not ok as I am.But everyone in every issue is now Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-71588795292724364892010-03-05T11:17:00.000-08:002010-03-05T11:33:33.485-08:00Just like TexasFrom Reuters:SOMALI REBELS BANSCIENCE CLASSESSusan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-74586695254299709072010-02-18T15:43:00.000-08:002010-02-18T15:52:26.491-08:00If NBC Covered all News like the Olympics.....Image by Jeffrey723 via FlickrBrian Williams:"Spoiler alert. It was a violent day in Afghanistan as U.S. troops encountered fierce combat. We'll play some music while we run the body count at the bottom of the screen so you may want to turn away." Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-10870037572407975432010-02-13T12:30:00.000-08:002010-02-13T12:59:14.084-08:00Show a little leg, eh?So, I'm watching a chunk of the Opening Ceremonies of the Vancouver Olympics and I notice that the women carrying the country signs identifying each delegation are wearing.....Shorts? Mini skirts? Whatever it is, they are showing a lot of leg.While the men carrying country signs - same job - are wearing pants. Trousers. Legs completely covered.Because?????? If cold air touches their private Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-13743849606740281562010-02-08T07:14:00.001-08:002010-02-08T07:17:36.934-08:00I.D. this potWho is the artist?Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-52341791235300186312010-02-04T13:53:00.000-08:002010-02-04T13:58:04.403-08:00J. D. "No Snark" SalingerImage by Wolf Gang via Flickr"A community of seriously hip observers is a scary and depressing thing." J.D. SalingerSusan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-85220634251163445142010-01-27T07:09:00.000-08:002010-02-04T13:56:27.105-08:00In briefImage by Getty Images via DaylifeHere are 10 tips for online marketing success. Be brief.Be useful. Be bold. I've used this blog to learn, to play, to grow. But to be useful to anyone but me, I'm gonna' have to take my own advice. Susan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-67634675055607566012010-01-21T15:53:00.001-08:002010-01-21T16:10:14.282-08:00Separated at birth --------Fox News' Steve Doocy --------------- Ex.Sen. Lincoln ChaffeeSusan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2867990740925010598.post-12760168738617112232010-01-17T11:02:00.000-08:002010-01-18T05:25:05.075-08:00Show Biz, Just Show BizCover of DreamgirlsAfter stomping countless miles to the Dreamgirls soundtrack, I finally saw it.And was thrilled, jazzed, and puzzled.The new tour of the Broadway musical had reached Minneapolis -- my chance to see what the buzz was all about.After less-than-stellar performances of amateur night at the Apollo which open the show, the Dreamettes entered and the thrill began. The mic'ing was notSusan Berksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14922362796629650957noreply@blogger.com0