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The Tree

I don’t want to bury the lead, so here it is. A tree fell on my printing company. There is no lesson to be learned here, other than sh%$t happens and people who can be flexible and limber in the aftermath will fare better than those who can’t think imaginatively and out of the box. Some general observations: Small tree, big problems. Huge tree, MASSIVE problems. Sometimes politicians DO help (shout out to Carl Stokes’s office for getting the Baltimore City Forestry team out to quickly remove their 110 year old tree out of my parking lot and off of…

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I Am Yours

“The world can be a crazy ride.” Do you ever feel that way? I know I do, and I know a lot of my clients, friends and coworkers do too. Do you have someone that can calm things down for you, who helps make your life easier? If you do, I’ll bet you really appreciate them. That is how we at Curry Printing try to treat our clients, and one another. Each of us tries to make the lives of our clients easier, less stressful, and perhaps even happier. I was given advice years ago by a valued client who suggested that…

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How “Social” is Social Networking?

Social networking is somewhat of a misnomer, because in reality, there’s really not much “social” about it. Being “social” is about getting to know someone through conversation and establishing a connection over time—it’s not only about visiting a Facebook page. However, in our technology driven-world, it feels like computers or smart phones are the main interaction methods. We use Facebook and Twitter to stay in touch with everyone from grandparents to former classmates to our children. It makes things a lot easier, right? We have access to all these people at the click of a mouse or the touch of…