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Dan’s “Weird” Holiday Tradition Part Deux – Halloween Decorations

Why am I fixated on a weird Halloween holiday tradition this week? Well… Back in 2020, I found out in a Team meeting that my household celebrates a weird holiday tradition. We wrap the artwork for Christmas. Well, guess what else we do? We make jack-o-lantern string lights for Halloween! It’s our “weird” Halloween holiday tradition. … Continued

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And Now It’s Time to Play, “Name That Cable, Dan!”

Name That Cable! Epic Pandemic Move-Out Party Leaves A Mess Of Wires Why was a asked to “name that cable”? When we recently moved our office, there were a lot of miscellaneous cables kicking around. When you have been producing professionally recorded audio for over 30 years you accumulate a lot of extra wires, cables, … Continued

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Dan’s “Weird” Holiday Tradition

I found out in a Team meeting the other day that my household celebrates a weird holiday tradition. We learned this when we asked each other about the weekend’s activities. I mentioned what I did, and everyone was gobsmacked. They had never done this, they’d never even heard of anyone doing this one, wild thing. … Continued

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Using Preferred Pronouns for an Inclusive and Welcoming Space

If you receive an email from Marketing Messages, you may notice something different. We have begun adding our gender pronouns (he/him, she/her, etc.) to our email signatures, joining in with a growing number of companies taking similar steps in an effort to be as inclusive as possible. Recent studies have found that as many as … Continued