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Introduction to “Selling Dead People’s Thing: Inexplicably True Tales, A Vintage Memoir”

Posted onApril 21, 2019

Now, I know you want to get going. You've been in my van for only a minute or two and you're already whining "Drive, Drive!" Okay, I get it. You want me to take you on another house call, meet the administrator of our next estate, then push me down a flight of basement...

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People, Not Objects: A Review of “Selling Dead People’s Things”… By Christina Zawadiwsky

Posted onSeptember 15, 2018September 15, 2018

'PEOPLE. NOT OBJECTS." Christina Zawadiwsky, 2018 - "Our objects define us, an old saying tells us, and as I was viewing the McQueen Movie (biopic of fashion designer Alexander McQueen), I realized that the dresses (objects) he created and the performance art myths he presented with them to the world did tell his...

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Overwhelmed by the Stuff of Life, the Leftovers of Death? You Need Options, Organizing Options

Posted onMay 1, 2018April 16, 2018

An Interview with Mara Laza of Organizing Options of Illinois... Death, Divorce and Downsizing: These are the constants in our lives. Whether you’re buried in the mess of an inheritance, or perhaps one of your own making, how do you get your head above it all? You need perspective. You need help. No shame in...

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TRENDING TOP TWENTY, 2016: An Update From The Future

Posted onSeptember 1, 2016April 9, 2018

Nostradamus gazed into a font of water to see what tomorrow would bring. Often he would drop a single solid gold coin into the bowl just because he liked to hear that “kerplunk” sound.  Quirky, but bankable. Jeane Dixon used a fax machine and a hair dryer– making mostly inaccurate prophesies from her bathroom,...

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Duane Scott CernyGraduating from Northeastern Illinois University on a poetry scholarship (crazy, right?), I stumbled from one soon-to-be-going-out-of-business employer to the next. Finally, I decided to try to fail in my own self-employment, founding a small legal word processing firm. Surprisingly, it was a success. CONTINUE

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