Marty Nemko

Fresh ideas about career, education, the life well-led, and improving the world.

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Cruising, Episode 4: A Lonely Retired Scientist. A fictional short-short...

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Cruising, Episode 3: The Piler. A fictional short-short story

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Cruising, Episode 2: Making Magic. A fictional short-short story

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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Cruising, Episode 1: The Stare: A fictional short-short story

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Monday, November 25, 2024

Silenced: A fictional short-short story

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Sunday, November 24, 2024

Shadowed: A fictional short-short story

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The Cobbler: A fictional short-short story

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Trusting: Advice to the naive

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

Santa Claus for Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Friday, November 22, 2024

The Fall: A fictional short-short story

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My Tongue-in-Cheek Nominees for the President's Cabinet

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Einstein for Chief of Staff

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Thursday, November 21, 2024

Glinda the Good Witch for Secretary of State

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Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Scrooge for Treasury Secretary

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"4 More Years of Trump May Make America Normal Again" by Gerard Baker, W...

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Tuesday, November 19, 2024

My Talk at Caltech: Networking for Scientists

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I Nominate My Doggie for Secretary of Defense

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Monday, November 18, 2024

Were We Better Off in Simpler Times?

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Creating Chemistry in a Talk

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The Braindeading of America

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Sunday, November 17, 2024

A Berkeley Student Plans a Patio

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Saturday, November 16, 2024

Excerpts, "The Trump Protests Fizzle: a recent column by the Wall Street...

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Don't Empty Your Mind. Fill It.

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Friday, November 15, 2024

An Efficient Thanksgiving: A fictional short story with practical implic...

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Preventing Thanksgiving Bloodshed: When Harrisers Argue With Trumpers

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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Parent-Teen Conversations

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Fun After 60

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Wednesday, November 13, 2024

When Genius Marries Normal

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

The Art of Teaching

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Practical Pros and Cons, Set 2

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Saturday, November 9, 2024

Practical Pros and Cons

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Friday, November 8, 2024

"I WILL Have a Career as an Environmentalist:" A fictional short-short s...

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So You'd Like a Longshot Career: Maximizing your chances

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Thursday, November 7, 2024

Picking Pockets: A fictional short-short story

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What The Most Popular Song Lyrics Say About Us

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Free Write: A fictional short-short story

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Wednesday, November 6, 2024

The Finger Painting: A fictional short-short story

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A Self-Portrait: A fictional short-short story

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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

If I Could Design a Dating Site

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Monday, November 4, 2024

My Very Own Albatross: A short-short story

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If I Were the Energy Czar

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Sunday, November 3, 2024

What if Global Warming Turned Out to be a Net Good? A fictional short-sh...

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Saturday, November 2, 2024

Networking for Scientists

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A Sad Trump Voter: A fictional short-short story

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Making Peace: A fictional short-short story

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Friday, November 1, 2024

The Basement Club: A short-short story

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Marty Nemko
Oakland, CA, United States
I love being a career and personal coach and writing my Psychology Today blog: How to Do Life. My latest books, are "The Best of Marty Nemko" (3rd ed), Modern Fables, Poems Practical, and Careers for Dummies.. Some of my best recent work is linked to on this blog, but my older writings and the archive of my KALW (NPR-San Francisco) radio show are free on www.martynemko.com. If you would rather email me than post your comments on this blog, my email address is mnemko@comcast.net.
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