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An Open Letter to Starbucks Shareholders, Customers, and Directors.

UPDATE: Originally published 10/14/21. Why it was time to fire the new CEO and bring back founder Howard Schultz. The Board must have been…

8 min readOct 14, 2021

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An Open Letter to Starbucks Shareholders, Customers, and Directors.

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Norm Gilbert

Buddhism teaches that while pain is an inevitable side effect of being human and alive, suffering…

All suffering is caused by clinging. Isn't that simple? To end your suffering, you must simply LET GO.

1 min readMar 30, 2022

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Norm Gilbert

How One Kiss Ended My 6-Year Relationship

18 years ago, I thought I met the love of my life.

10 min readFeb 15, 2022

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How One Kiss Ended My 6-Year Relationship

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An Open Letter to Tinder Match #143

Reflections upon Online Dating in a “two ships passing in the night” dating world.

3 min readSep 25, 2021

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An Open Letter to Tinder Match #143

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Open Letters To

An Open Letter from a Creepy Guy seeking love after 50 . . .

To understand this letter, it is essential to read the Open Letter that inspired it. You’ll find it here:

6 min readSep 22, 2021

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An Open Letter from a Creepy Guy seeking love after 50 . . .

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Norm Gilbert

I think the author should remove this post, as she clearly has no actual knowledge of Narcissistic…

Ija, I'm glad you are lucky enough to never have been through all the stages of a narcissistic relationship. But honestly, you simply don't…

3 min readApr 6, 2021

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Norm Gilbert

I donated over $1,000 to ActBlue in the 2020 election.

We didn't get rid of McConnell, we didn't get rid of Lindsay, we didn't get rid of enough Republicans to have functional control of the…

2 min readFeb 28, 2021

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Norm Gilbert

I am addicted to my ex

It has been 9 years since she broke up with me via e-mail. We were together for 6. Lived together for 5. Seems like yesterday we were a…

3 min readMay 6, 2019

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I am addicted to my ex

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Norm Gilbert

The Case Against Apple

It has been 8 years since Steve Jobs died. Steve was not exactly a pleasure to work for. But he paid exquisite attention to the smallest…

6 min readApr 22, 2019

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The Case Against Apple

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Norm Gilbert

Norm Gilbert

Fully retired, ex-pat living outside the US. Been a worker, been in a union, owned a business, and had probably 6 different career paths. I write as a hobby.

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