by Lynn Lipinski | Aug 16, 2012 | Personal
Years ago, overwhelmed by a divorce, pending move and a stressful job, I was venting to my parents about my crushing workload. When I paused the monologue to take a breath, my dad asked, “Do you know how to eat an elephant?” My teenage years were over, but...
by Lynn Lipinski | Aug 2, 2012 | Personal
Grace and power. The Olympic athletes participating in the Summer Olympics in London make the breaststroke and somersaults look effortless, the only giveaway that they’ve pushed their bodies to the extreme is the winner’s heavy breathing in post-event...
by Lynn Lipinski | Apr 26, 2012 | Personal
Selective hearing is not just the affliction of teenagers avoiding parental summons. Turns out the human brain is wired to tune in to just one sound at a time, according to UCSF researchers who published their findings in Nature last week. Some little grey cells...
by Lynn Lipinski | Feb 28, 2012 | Personal
Dachshunds always make me smile. If their wiggly walk, big personality and sausage shape don’t draw enough attention, then most doxies will bark loudly to get it. The national dog of Germany, the dachshund (literally “badger dog”) is the smallest dog...
by Lynn Lipinski | Dec 8, 2011 | Personal
Words are powerful. A friend and mentor of mine is a smart, strategic communications pro who was one of the first in his family to go to college. He grew up poor, with parents who didn’t speak English well. When I asked him once about how he got from East LA to...
by Lynn Lipinski | Nov 25, 2011 | Personal
I love shopping. Plenty of family members and friends can attest to my love for the mall. Neiman Marcus to Wal-Mart, I love it all. But after four housebound days watching hundreds of commercials touting Black Friday sales using crazy-eyed, emotionally over-stimulated...
