A Bit of Beauty Has Gone Out of the World

We put our dear cat Whidbey down last week, after a long drawn out illness. Now I have this tube of ashes and a few tufts of fur to bury ...
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You Are Two

You are two. The one on the outside who everyone sees. And the one on the inside who interprets and narrates the world you experience. Many of us focus on the ...
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Goodbye ClixSense PTC - Tame Bear Weblog

ClixSense Surveys, Tasks, and Offers… But No More PTC

SAD NEWS -- ClixSense PTC is permanently closing on Monday, July 17th, 2017. ClixSense made the announcement about a week ago in their login message. The company plans to continue its ...
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Giving and Receiving – A Meditation

This post was originally guest published on "Anne's Therapeutic Massage" in March 2015, recounting a conversation with my CMT following a regular weekly massage session.  It is all about the experience of ...
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:( ClixSense Running on Empty

How to Handle a Downturn? Find Opportunity

The year 2016 was a rough one for the Traffic Exchanges, with a big slap down delivered by PayPal. When PayPal banned the TEs from using their payment processing service, everyone -- owners, advertisers, publishers, ...
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Getting Serious About Your Affiliate Marketing Business

How did you find your way into affiliate marketing? Like many people, I stumbled upon it by accident. In the summer of 2010 I was looking for some insights about how ...
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The Cat

The cat lays on my hand in my lap and stretches. When I look for my hand, the boundary between cat and hand is dissolved and in its place there ...
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The Most Obvious Wrong Answer

I keep hearing the same simple narrative about why a Trump president is good for the economy. It goes like this. Trump will open up oil exploration by cutting regulations ...
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Voting Conscience Up and Down the Ticket

My take, more often than not, is a philosophical one that takes the long view. I'm thinking decades, maybe several generations. This year we have an unusual opportunity to vote our ...
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It Took Just 34 Seconds

This is where I think U.S. Senator Tim Kaine walked away with a WIN in this week's Vice-Presidential debate. And it took just 34 seconds. JUST 34 SECONDS How we view women ...
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