Senior Editor Randy Lilleston used to have hobbies, including playing the blues, brewing beer and assembling computers, but that was before the 2000 elections dawned.
In adulthood, they like to add, his favorite hobbies have included riding and sailing -- again, relatively solitary activities.
Well, I have a few odd hobbies, but this might be the strangest one: I like to send lawyers out on blind dates.
This means surrounding ourselves (and filling our institutions) with individuals who have diverse sets of hobbies and interests, and fostering diverse social networks, where friends, peers and colleagues stretch a wide variety of vocations.
Industries from steel manufacturers to ice producers are reaping the benefits, and many locals have picked up new professions and hobbies related to film.
Some women are blessed with a talent at a young age and have no need to search for other hobbies later on.
"I don't think boards should have any say in their CEO's hobbies, " contends Gerard Arpey, a private pilot and former leader of AMR Corp.
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Yet some 10, 000 snowboarding fans, typically a group too elusive for marketers, at times have spent up to nine hours on Sikko's site discussing their hobbies and buying habits and rating skins created by designer pros.
She misses her hobbies of knitting and painting and longs to see her friends who have fled to different Turkish towns.
Married women tend to prefer onna tengoku, women's heaven (a mix of part-time work, bringing up children, hobbies and community work), to the restricted life they would have as a sarariwoman.
They have set up over 30, 000 chat rooms worldwide to organise parties, talk about hobbies, play games or trade pictures of Pamela Anderson.
Some outfits even survey their entire workforce to determine what experiences and hobbies are shared by their best players -- along with what their worst workers have in common.
If people have sexual dysfunction but don't want to pursue treatment, and are content otherwise -- perhaps by pursuing hobbies, holding hands with a spouse and playing with grandchildren -- that's fine by Goldstein.
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