January 2011
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Alec is turning 21 in 2011.
I asked my fellow 4worders the following question: What do you want to achieve in 2011? I don’t know if they saw this email because no one has posted yet, but all our lives have been a little busy. However, last night I had the opportunity to go through a little crazy/anger/sadness mode that got me to thinking and writing. This post is rather long, but here are my musings:
If you didn’t...
November 2010
4 posts
4word is Multifaceted.
I’m not eloquent like Isabelle. I’m not good at keeping it short like Jeffrey. My grammar, sentence structure, and the like might not be as strong as my sister’s. BUT, I do know that I have the best hips. With that said, 4word is to me:
A support system - Basically, whenever one of us has an issue - say a crazy relationship, unrequited love, weaves, or food in general - we turn...
4word is an Opportunity
4word is an opportunity on multiple levels.
1. 4word is an opportunity to take a singular issue and provide 4 contrasting perspectives on that issue. All four contributers are in very different places in their life and have very different opinions.
2. 4word allows the four of us to stay connected, regardless of geographical distance. Let’s face facts, It’s going to be a little more...
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Question 1: What is 4word?
What came first, 4word or the egg?
In our case, it was the egg.
Seated at one of our most frequented walking-distance restaurants in LA, 4 of us got to talking. There was a twentysomething entrepreneur prodigy, a YouTube star, and Mariah Carey’s future gay son. Oh, and me. The social entrepreneur who seems to enjoy cheese and bossing people around.
So, the egg. Or, eggs.
“Breakfast...
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Question 1: What is 4word?
The foreword is the part of the book that comes just before the beginning.
Oh wait, you don’t read books anymore? Okay.
So, pretend this book is a DVD; the foreword would be the special extras with commentary, a little bit about how the story was developed, cast, filmed and the people involved in making the story come to life. The foreword is about how the real story came to be— and...
