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My Life as a Research Scientist. Leonard Newton, Saint Paul, MN My wife doesn’t understand me. My kids are the same. I work all the time, but it isn’t work at all. It is fun, like a video game or Sudoku, like solitaire on steroids. It is COOL. How did I get so lucky? By not caring so much about… Continue reading "My Life as a Research Scientist by Leonard Newton"
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Cafe Minnie’s was widely considered to have the worst service in Seattle, even winning that category one year in a Seattle Weekly readers’ poll. When I worked there for a six-month period in 1995, I was the target of more customer complaints than any other server. Thus, my claim to have been … … Continue reading "The Worst Waiter in Seattle by David Stoesz"
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My story is centered in a yearlong relationship between myself, a co-worker, and a group of people who comprised a community board. I supervised the co-worker and I was assigned, as the city’s representative, to support the board. There were layers of history, including race and justice issues that influenced how we all related to each other. As complex… Continue reading "A Road to Understanding and Acceptance by Tom Wahlrab"
