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Big List Energy

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Dan Adams

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4d ago

9 Tales of a “Shade Tree” Handyman

Just because I’ll brave any project doesn’t mean it always comes out right…But with a will, there’s always a way to fix it

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Infinite Impulse

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Dan Adams

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Oct 30

There but for the Grace, Right?

It’s an interesting place to be, watching someone you respect on an alcoholic bender, and suddenly realizing you’re looking at yourself —…

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Pitfall

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Dan Adams

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Oct 28

10 Great Career Tips Quoted by the Crudest and Least Credentialed People I’ve Ever Known

Some of the best occupational consultants in the world wear a hardhat and cuss like sailors.

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Big List Energy

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Dan Adams

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Oct 23

8 Personality Quirks of My Board Members and Lessons Learned in Dealing with Them

As a retired nonprofit CEO, I still have dreams (or nightmares) about the quirky personalities of some of my board members

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Hot List Energy

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Dan Adams

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Oct 10

8 Non-Negotiable Attributes of a Netflix Limited Series Mystery

Limited series producers must not stray from the obligatory checklist of plot and character lest they make the mistake of being too…

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Big List Energy

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Dan Adams

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Oct 4

11 Things Men Said When Their Wives Hired Me for Handyman Work

We men say the damndest things when other men are invited by our wives to invade our domains

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Infinite Impulse

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Dan Adams

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Sep 23

When Broken Boys Become Broken Men

A kid with a shattered soul will reject you before you can reject them

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Backyard Church

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Dan Adams

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Sep 20

Believers, Atheists, and Me — Who is Righter?

If there is a God, do you believe it would submit to a personality or purpose ascribed to it by you or your religion?

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Bragging Writes

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Dan Adams

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Sep 12

Your Words and Example Matter More Than You Think

Don’t ever underestimate the power of what you say and do — someone is listening and watching

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The Memoirist

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Dan Adams

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Sep 11

Rites of Passage

A boy becomes a man working construction at a nuclear power plant

Construction worker silouettes at dusk

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Though I haven't always succeeded, I strive to live in a way that the lives of those around me are better because of me rather than suffer because of me.

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