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Starbucks Diversity Training and other Important Matters

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Ducks in a row Today's the day! Starbucks is closing for the afternoon. If you work there you'll be training up, as they say at Relationship-Wise.com, a group of people who simply hate sexual harassment.  Starbucks will be using T he Kaleidoscope Group, a Chicago (!) based diversity consultancy . And for those of us who just want a cup of late afternoon Joe, it won't hurt you any to miss it. You'll sleep better, maybe.   Let's get on with the show. Muir Woods Or Bust About a month ago, when those of us who suffer the long Chicago winters woke up to birds singing, temperatures in the 70’s, and sunny, sunny skies, I took to lubing up my bicycle and filling the tires. Time, finally, to ride to work.   Spring is a big deal for Chicagoans battling W-PTSD, Weather Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. We immediately mistrust everything, especially our perceptions about reality. Is it really going to stay warm? Or is this merely a temporary drop in temp.  We become hyper-aware,