Can you relate?WHEN RIFKA AND I WERE PLANning our wedding, among our tasks was to determine who would and would not make the guest list. Often, the final list looks nothing like the original list. In fact, the whole morphing Transforming one image into another; for example, a car into a tiger. The term comes from metamorphosis. Morphing programs work by marking prominent points, such as tips and corners, of the before and after images. process of watching your guest list change ... and why ... is akin to watching a bus wreck WRECK, mar. law. A wreck (called in law Latin, wreccum maris, and in law French, wrec de mer,) signifies such goods, as after a shipwreck, are cast upon land by the sea, and left there within some county, so as not to belong to the jurisdiction of the admiralty, but to the common law. in slow motion: He: "So we're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are agreed: we'll we'll Contraction of we will. we'll we will or we shall we'll will ~shall have 90 people at the wedding." She: "Yes. Except ... should we invite my relatives in Europe? I know they're not going to come, but ...." He: "But what if they do? And if we invite your aunts and second cousins second cousin n. 1. A child of a first cousin of one's parent. 2. A child of one's first cousin; a first cousin once removed. from Europe, we'll have to invite my family's great aunts and uncles from Rochester." She: What does that bring the total up to now?" He: "With everyone, that's ... wow, 168!" She: "We can't afford that!" He: "You're right. Let's go Let's Go may refer to: Television
She: "But what about my relatives in Europe?" And so it goes. Truth be told, I had an aunt who was divorced from my uncle. I wanted to invite both to my wedding, but my aunt told me I couldn't. "I couldn't?" No, she said, she never wanted to see him again. Now, I loved my uncle. Everybody loved my uncle. And I didn't particularly care for my aunt. Nobody cares for my aunt. As if to prove why, she then countered with: "If he's invited, then not only will I not come, but Grandma won't come, either! She won't want to come. And I'll make sure of that." And so it went. I invited my uncle. I didn't invite my aunt. My grandmother came. My aunt took a trip to Europe the same week as my wedding. Everybody was happy. So why all this talk of bucolic aunts and battling antics antics Noun, pl absurd acts or postures [Italian antico something grotesque (from fantastic carvings found in ruins of ancient Rome)] antics plural noun ? Because you can't pick your relatives, but you can pick how you choose to communicate with them. Communication and relationships are so important. So several of this month's articles talk about these. K.T. Anders' article, "A virtual community of caregivers" (page 22) addresses how to best utilize cyber (1) From "cybernetics," it is a prefix attached to everyday words to add a computer, electronic or online connotation. The term is similar to "virtual," but the latter is used more frequently. See virtual. discussion groups. Victor Rose's article on "Effective design" (page 19) asks you to focus on the most important aspect of any organization: relationships. That, he writes, is where real leadership is found. We hope this issue helps you learn how to establish relationships to maximize your effectiveness, as well as how to communicate quickly with people around the world. Next month: deciding who should sit next to the band! Mark Zacharia Editor-in-Chief and Publisher (mzacharia@billcom.com) |
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