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. . . with my husband, Dr. Steven Robert Tomlinson, invest time, talent & treasure in organizations and causes that create community and provide opportunities for others. We prioritize spending time with family, godchildren and friends. We've celebrated our 13th anniversary, nearly 8 years since married in British Columbia, Canada.Recent Comments
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- disappointed in Senate Judiciary Committee Chmn Patrick Leahy's failure to amend comprehensive immigration reform to include LGBT 1 day ago
- Going down (late) for my afternoon nap. No one call, tweet, text, im, email or FB post me for the next 20 mins please. Thx u 1 day ago
- @LIVESTRONGCEO @DavidCornDC you both have me & @speelunk in common. All eight of you should come to Marfa this year 2 days ago
Steven’s recent tweets
- Fellow Evernote addicts, Brett Kelly's well-written new e-book has *theory* as well as practical tips ng4p.us/VQuJAv 3 months ago
- "A powerful word comes out of silence." Getting quiet to pick 2013's guiding word. 2012's word, "drafting," kept me writing this past year. 4 months ago
- Ricardo: Before you teach a man to fish, assess his comparative advantage. Give the right man a fish, and you'll get a bunch of bananas. 6 months ago
- Give a man a compliment, and you make his day. Teach a man to fish for compliments, and he'll have a lifetime of narcissistic insecurity. 6 months ago
- Teach a man to fish -- just don't ignore what he's trying to teach you. 6 months ago
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Eugene’s Tweets
- RT @chrislhayes: Think about what America's criminal justice system would look like if every senior/freshman relationship were prosecuted #… 6 hours ago
- RT @evanasmith: My @overheardpbs intvu with the great Tony #Kushner is now online klru.org/overheard/epis… 1 day ago
- disappointed in Senate Judiciary Committee Chmn Patrick Leahy's failure to amend comprehensive immigration reform to include LGBT 1 day ago
- Going down (late) for my afternoon nap. No one call, tweet, text, im, email or FB post me for the next 20 mins please. Thx u 1 day ago
- @LIVESTRONGCEO @DavidCornDC you both have me & @speelunk in common. All eight of you should come to Marfa this year 2 days ago
- RT @whitehouse: Today, President Obama will deliver the commencement address at @Morehouse College. Watch live: at.wh.gov/lb7sM 3 days ago
- (I would have given you half) "@Mitch_Stewart: Anyone win the powerball last night?" 3 days ago
- That's a wrap. Amazing how much 1130 hands can get accomplished. Happy Hour at Guero's. EF members welcome. #EFSSD 5 days ago
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- (SSI on the mind) @HelloSaltSpring: MT @deirdre_rowland Newest spot #SaltSpring @TheGatheringSSI Open tonight, features board games galore! 6 days ago
- Rats, @speelunk's flight ORD to EWR cancelled. Thx @united for rebooking him so quickly #customerservice 6 days ago
- RT @thomsinger: #Austin...Next week is the People Fund Innovation Week (program for entrepreneurs. I am speaking, home you can come. http:… 6 days ago
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- Lunch at Guero's w/ my friend Ed Cunningham, yum (the lunch, not Ed, well . . .) 6 days ago
- Allergies are fevered pitch this year. Seriously considering working from somewhere else next week. 6 days ago
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- Next big deal? An esteemed table of entrepreneurs & friends here too, including @bazaarbrett, Gary Hoover & Andrew Busey #FondaSanMigeul 1 week ago
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Steven’s Tweets
- Fellow Evernote addicts, Brett Kelly's well-written new e-book has *theory* as well as practical tips ng4p.us/VQuJAv 3 months ago
- "A powerful word comes out of silence." Getting quiet to pick 2013's guiding word. 2012's word, "drafting," kept me writing this past year. 4 months ago
- Ricardo: Before you teach a man to fish, assess his comparative advantage. Give the right man a fish, and you'll get a bunch of bananas. 6 months ago
- Give a man a compliment, and you make his day. Teach a man to fish for compliments, and he'll have a lifetime of narcissistic insecurity. 6 months ago
- Teach a man to fish -- just don't ignore what he's trying to teach you. 6 months ago
- Give a man a pair of chickens, and he can always fish for fun. 6 months ago
- Give a man a fish, and he'll trust you have something to teach him. 6 months ago
- Give a man a pole, and he'll figure out how to fish. 6 months ago
- Teach a man to fish -- but get him a pole, too. 6 months ago
- "Common sense and sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds." William James 6 months ago
- "Silence in the middle of a conversation suddenly brings us back to essentials." -- E.M. Cioran 6 months ago
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- You get a reliable thin slice of any civilization by watching how its representatives negotiate the allocation of overhead space on a plane. 1 year ago
- Sometimes it actually *does* hurt to ask. 1 year ago
- Successful self-reinvention is almost always the product of thoughtful increments, not bold leaps. 1 year ago
- US & UN have designated 2012 "International Year of the Co-op." @wheatsville 1 year ago
- Shopping @wheatsville Co-op is my way of occupying Wall Street everyday. 1 year ago
- Wearing wristband from acomplaintfreeworld.org, trying to go 21 days without complaining. Friend asks: So what's left to talk about? 1 year ago
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