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The Spousership

Monday, May 3, 2010

“Would you do it again?”
Yesterday, I asked this question to my beloved wife, who endured months of uncertainty and inflating credit card balances for the sake of “Lemonade.”
Yet there I was, asking her again to look down the barrel of a loaded mortgage. To fall on the grenades of our finances. Wondering if she could [...]

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“Lemonade” Production Diary: Jeanne Schad

Friday, July 10, 2009

Once upon a time, Jeanne Schad was an account supervisor for one of America’s largest advertising agencies. Today, she owns a global business coaching firm with over 150 coaches in her network — personal success made possible by getting laid off.
Above, a brief clip of how her philosophy changed after losing her job. She’s [...]

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Production Diary: David Cohen

Friday, June 26, 2009

Second in a series of short profiles of people who are starring in the PFTA documentary.
There I was, minding my routine.  A cup of coffee, iTunes, email.  What I read next shifted the course of my day — and, this film.
To: Erik Proulx
From: David Cohen
Subject: I got laid off and changed my gender.
I got laid [...]

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Production Diary: Kurtis Glade

Thursday, June 25, 2009

First in a series of short profiles of people starring in the PFTA documentary:
Kurtis Glade lost his job as a creative director. Now he is making a documentary about surf camps that help kids with Cystic Fibrosis, including his daughter:
I can’t invent a drug to cure Cystic Fibrosis. But I can make a movie. So [...]

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Production Diary

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Over the course of the next few weeks, I’ll be posting a few photos and notes from the production of the yet-to-be-named PFTA documentary over on the PFTA Facebook page. Meanwhile, if anyone would like to be a guest blogger, send me an abstract of what you’re thinking and we can work together to get [...]

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