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Porn on a Plane: How To Deal With Awkward In-Flight Situations

12/26/11 3:22pm by avflox
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In-flight reading (Shutterstock)

You squeeze into your row and settle in, your favorite guilty-pleasure magazine in hand. But no sooner have you taken off, leaned back and started to disappear into the article in your hands that an image catches your eye in the monitor of the person immediately beside you. Oh, dear Lord. The person next to you has plans for in-flight relaxation, too, but unfortunately for you, these plans involve watching porn. What do you do?  Read more >

Career Networking Etiquette in the Facebook Age

12/26/11 10:00am by Barbara Pachter
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LinkedIn offices. Image: © Scott Carson/ZUMAPRESS.com

You've probably seen headlines like these: Twitter Gets You Fired in 140 Characters or Less Facebook Photo Convicts School=Aide of Drinking Charge Pennsylvania English Teacher Fired Over Blog Post More and more, people are going online to connect for work, and that goes for people undertaking a new career.  Read more >

What the Childfree and Single-Child Parents Share

12/8/11 3:09pm by lauracarroll
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A mother of an only child recently wrote me about the top five "bingos" she has received as a "Done at One," or DAO.  They are more related to what's behind a lot of bingos the childfree get than you might think. Here they are:Top 5 Bingos to the DAO1. You only had ONE child? Why didn't you want more?  Read more >

The Art of the Introduction

8/2/11 10:42am by avflox
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We talk a great deal about how important first impressions are in business, but suggestions are almost universally spelled out for our own self-improvement, leaving out how we affect the first impressions that others make through our introductions. A bad introduction can cripple a conversation, and sour relationships, whereas a good one can make a conversation not only informative, but useful, as it can lead you and people around you to a world of opportunities down the line.  Read more >

Dating Etiquette for Women

10/4/10 7:41am by avflox
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Woman Ignoring a Man on a Date

I don't think of etiquette as stifling -- I think it's the hallmark of civilized living. Boil down all the rules you can think of and you will find one simple truth that unites them: etiquette is about being considerate of other people. That's what it comes down to -– and it goes for women as much as it does for men.  Read more >