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Every fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, to give thanks for the harvest and express gratitude. Originally established as a religious holiday in 1621, it is now a secular celebration and the preamble to Black Friday.
Personally, I think thanksgiving should be embraced as a daily practice instead of an annual holiday. But that’s a [...]
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Wish I knew before…this one really is, an all-in-one device!
http://www.pomegranatephone.com
This is one of the coolest marketing/advertising strategies I have seen! It’s worth checking out. Laughter and awe are sure to follow!
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A friend send me a funny and interesting site where you insert your name and it gives you some interestingly random and fun facts about your name. Here are mine.
Top 5 Facts for this Name (Jorge Fusaro):
1. How well envoweled is Jorge Fusaro? 45% of the letters are vowels. Of one million first and last [...]
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Hello friends and family!
It has been a while since I have emailed (now posting) an update. Well, much has happened in the past 6 months! At the end of April, I quit my job at the Graziadio School of Business and Management of Pepperdine University to move to Italy! I wanted to experience living in this beautiful country, [...]
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Last night, I had gelato with a friend and later we went for late walk (no tourists) by the Duomo. As we chilled…it hit me…wow, I am in Florence!! I am actually living in the cradle of the Renaissance…one of the most historic, artistic, and trendiest cities in the world.
Sono a Firenze, una citta bellisima!
Its been a [...]
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I made an innocent mistake when changing my Facebook status and network to Italy. I have received tons of emails from friends asking: what??? Here are my responses to some of your questions
Mixed feelings…sad and true. On May 5th, I left sunny Pasadena, CA to move to Florence, Italia and gain a solid mastery [...]
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Ciao ragazzi!
On Friday, I met some friends from school at a place called Kitsch (German name for an Italian place…). Anyway this lounge/restaurant is pretty cool. Located near Piazza Beccaria, you buy one drink for 7 Euro and get to eat everything you want from an amazing buffet of cold cuts (prosciutto, bologina, salame, etc.), [...]
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What a ride! I am here and loving every minute of it! It still feels pretty surreal. My Italian is flowing beautifully—thanks Michele (my prof in LA). Some have thought I am Italian, surely cause I’ve changed my name to: Giorgio! Fiorentines can hardly pronounce my name in Spanish.
On Wednesday I settled in my apartment which I [...]
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In a previous post, I referred to a scientific study regarding the number of words men and women speak in a day. The research indicated men and women speak the same. In fact, quite a bit! Yep, 16,000 words.
Whatever the accuracy of this study, it is worth noting the power of words. Words can make or [...]
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