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Mark O'Brien

Meeting My Match: Part Two

In Part One of this saga, I detailed the trials and tribulations of online dating that at long last compelled me to stop shooting myself…

4 min readJun 11, 2020

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Mark O'Brien

COVID Confidential: Part Two

Since our marriage managed to survive last weekend’s culinary adventure, Anne and I renewed our vows and decided to have another go at it…

4 min readApr 28, 2020

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Mark O'Brien

COVID Confidential: Part One

Aside from being an accomplished painter, an avid gardener, a burgeoning writer, a generous soul, a beautiful woman, and a wonderful wife…

4 min readApr 21, 2020

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Mark O'Brien

Where the Lines Are

Foreword

10 min readApr 7, 2020

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Mark O'Brien

Coronavirus: Working From Home

Everyone from the CDC to the WHO (Won’t get fooled again), from the airlines to OSHA, from The New York Times to The Wall Street Journal…

4 min readMar 16, 2020

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My Summer With Chucky

The summers I was 15 and 16, I volunteered at a place that was then called the Regional Training Center Camp (RTCC), adjacent to the…

4 min readFeb 25, 2020

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I Found All the Polite People

The findings presented here shouldn’t be considered in any way scientific. What’s more, the evidence compiled herein certainly doesn’t…

6 min readFeb 11, 2020

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Meeting My Match

In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal reported in late September that the FTC was suing Match.com for:

10 min readJan 28, 2020

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That’s Faith

Nearly 20 years ago, I took my younger son, Quinn (who’s now 33), along with his friend and teammate, Kevin, to play in a weekend AAU…

3 min readJan 7, 2020

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Happy New Year

My friend and LinkedIn connection, the amazingly talented and courageous writer, Erin Winfrey, created a ten-day Gratitude Challenge for…

1 min readDec 31, 2019

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Mark O'Brien

Mark O'Brien

Trust yourself. Question everything. Settle for nothing. Conform to as little as possible. Write relentlessly. And never quit.

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