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I started as kind of an outsider - freelancer working from home, building contacts from the ground up etc. - so I didn't have too many relationships holding me back. Rachel Sklar

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I totally consider Fishbowl my full time job - I have to say I freaking love doing this blog. I just enjoy the medium so much; I love the fact that it requires me to read amazing stuff by hilarious and talented people and forces me to know what's going on in the world. Rachel Sklar

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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do. Rachel Sklar

Out Constantly Account Hard

Not only do I not drive, I don't have my driver's license; there's a story there, but the upshot is that I spent my high school years an ardent environmentalist and workout junkie who wanted to save the environment, burn calories, and have my boyfriends drive me around. Rachel Sklar

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Twitter is an amazing public tool with an incredible capacity for public good. Rachel Sklar

Good Amazing Twitter Incredible Tool Public Capacity Public Good

Less than two weeks before my 34th birthday, I bought pots. Most people were amazed that I did not previously own pots, but that was before I explained that I had never used my oven, and used my stovetop for my dishrack. Rachel Sklar

A strong and enthusiastic niche audience can push a topic into mainstream consciousness with speed and force. Rachel Sklar

Strong Speed Topic Enthusiastic Push Mainstream Force Audience Niche Consciousness

We live in a world now where everything is tweeted and Instagrammed and tagged and now, God help us, Vined. Calling out grievances over Twitter has become an industry norm. Rachel Sklar

God World Become Live Twitter Everything Out Tagged Over Calling Industry Norm God Help Where Us Help Now

Groupon, as you probably are by now aware, is exactly what it sounds like: a daily-deal site offering group discounts. Maybe you've seen that done before, but certainly not like Groupon, which has executed with an energetic sales force and engaging copywriters, many culled from the Chicago comedy scene. Rachel Sklar

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Groupon is a great concept packaged in a superb name, but the concept of group discounts is not new. Rachel Sklar

Great Group Superb New Name Concept Packaged

Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut. Rachel Sklar

Good advice is just watch what you say on Facebook, on Twitter, on social networks because being sued is not fun. Filing a lawsuit is not fun. And being fired and having to do all of those things is not fun. So just avoid it. Rachel Sklar

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I'm a Canadian who can't vote, so far be it from me to speak for what Americans want. But, I am also a close observer of politics and media in this country, and the intersection of both - and how both intersect, and overlap with, each other. Rachel Sklar

Good Lord - if I couldn't multitask, I don't know what I'd do. Rachel Sklar

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Oddly, a search for 'jeggings' in my email inbox shows that my first exposure to the phenomenon came from - wait for it - Mike Allen of 'Politico,' who helpfully explained the concept on December 20, 2009. Rachel Sklar

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I have jeggings to wear and worlds to conquer. Rachel Sklar

Worlds Wear Conquer

The road system that we've come to depend on, the road system that we built our wealth on and our power on, is falling apart. Rachel Sklar

Wealth Power Depend Our System Road Come Built Falling Apart

Here's the thing: 'The Hurt Locker' was an amazing, important film. But did I enjoy it? Of course not. It was very tough to watch and, while gripping, not exactly what you'd call a happy place. Rachel Sklar

When I go a stretch without tweeting, I will occasionally get an email from my mom, checking in. I always find this amusing but also gratifying: Thanks to Twitter, I can keep in touch with my parents and let them in on what I'm doing in a way that even the regular phone calls of a doting daughter can't do. Rachel Sklar

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President Reagan was elected on the promise of getting government off the backs of the people and now he demands that government wrap itself around the waists of the people. Ralph Nader

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Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked. Ralph Nader

Out Rarely Date Feeble Against Sanctions

The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns. Ralph Nader

Lobby Some Networks Nobody Calls Returns Manufacturing Whose

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