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Niche Creativity: Books and Blog Update

Racial Profiling & Social Justice in the Marketplace has been approved and is now active to buy from your favorite independent bookseller, Kobe, or Ingram in ePub or print. And so are the three titles below. Selected links are below. Racial Profiling Book on Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/nz/en/ebook/racial-profiling-and-social-justice-in-the-marketplace Racial Profiling Book on Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/racial-profiling-and-social-justice-in-the-marketplace-dee-adams/1141350484 Racial […]

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Ethnic Studies Freebie

Post updated 6/11/2025 A free ten-page sample for a student or group to examine a nonviolent news story about racial profiling and learn about a little-known historical social justice business during the civil rights era. Students can use writing, reading, thinking, research, or internet skills in the process. The download includes printable lessons and two […]

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Remote meetings: Please Stop Using These Phrases!

Not since a lawyer had to explain to a judge during a remote courtroom session, “I am not a cat,” during rampant remote tech glitches in 2020, have I come across another funny tech piece. But here’s an article from Harvard Business Review by Rae Ringle that underscores the importance of thinking before speaking and […]

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Santa Claus Humor

A comic illustration of the importance of money management and self-employment. Source: Pinterest Views: 30

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How to Write About Awful Food Service

Now available. And a recent article on an odd profiling incident in wine country and a common-sense solution is referenced with a link to Medium at the end of this post. The cover below is the multi-purpose 96-page, 6×9 guide referenced in the previous post for angry patrons and aspiring food service writers. The book’s […]

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Disney’s Jungle Cruise: Business Contract Gag

In Disney’s Jungle Cruise movie, when Dr. Lily Houghton, played by Emily Blunt, hires riverboat skipper Frank Wolff,  played by Dwayne the Rock Johnson, to guide her and her brother down the Amazon river, Houghton finds an odd clause in the skippers’ contract: ”Why are you charging us less if we survive but more if […]

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Mystery and Comedy Writing

Combining mystery writing with comedy writing is an unusual niche, but award-winning writer, Steve Shrott, pulls it off. Shrott also produces a series of Thanksgiving holiday anthologies. The sixth edition is pictured below.   Source https://steveshrottwriter.weebly.com/   Views: 28

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Thanksgiving Turkey Humor

A clever turkey plots Thanksgiving dinner as the holiday approaches. Source: Pinterest.com Views: 33

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Restaurant Discrimination or Bad Service: The Difference

Regardless of race, color, or creed, restaurant diners experience lousy service.  Poor customer service is defined, in part, as unmet customer expectations. Or what the customer expected was not received. When a diner believes bad service is discriminatory, other people may disagree. Terrible customer service may only indicate an establishment’s chaotic business management. How patrons […]

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Dog Humor

Cartoon humor highlights a dog determined to be an entrepreneur but whose choice of office space greatly irritates a neighbor.  Wonder what kind of business it is? Source: Pinterest. com Views: 34

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