 I've received several questions on the subject of working from home, from people who want to do it and bosses who wonder whether it's a good idea. So I recently rolled up my pants legs and did some reporting.  | Remarkable person: Chris Surdenik Chris Surdenik, 39, is president of USN Communications, which has brought in revenues of more than $46 million in 2010. It was named one of Crain's 50 fastest-growing companies in Chicago in 2010 and 2011, and it was a finalist in 2010 for the Chicagoland Workplace Excellence Award. |  | The deal-breaker gambit Long gone are the days when a good family and financial stability were the most important factors in mate selection. Singles today wade through the dating pool armed with a list of deal breakers to weed out unwanted characteristics. |  | Who's in your circle of 5? It's a concept proffered by writers and thinkers before him, but actor/singer Tyrese Gibson's new book "How to Get Out of Your Own Way" has some folks asking anew: If your relationships are a reflection of you, what are yours reflecting? Do they challenge you or hold you back? |  | How to prepare an evacuation kit You figure you've got the whole evacuation kit thing under control. The Band-Aids, flashlight, batteries, phone charger, drug prescriptions. But you're still missing some things. Know what they are? |  | A stress interview with less stress An interview series moving up the company hierarchy is easy to handle. What's more stressful is when several company representatives sit across from the applicant and conduct a group interview. |  | Helping teens grieve When adolescents lose a peer, particularly someone to whom they're emotionally attached, they're affected in ways that are unique to their age group — from the shock to the grieving to the healing. |  | Desperation is mother of job breakthroughs Everything I have tried in the last few years professionally seems to have crashed and burned. I am tired, discouraged and out of great ideas. What do you tell your clients who have tried everything and failed? |  | It's time to occupy the upper lip Participants start clean-shaven on Nov. 1, then grow a mustache for 30 days, collecting pledges in various ways. A twist on the red ribbon for AIDS or pink for breast cancer awareness, the worldwide mustache campaign is to raise prostate cancer awareness. |  | A user's guide to slightly used gadgets It makes sense to consider less-expensive toys as gifts — for yourself as well as others. Even year-old models can outperform the best gadgets from just three years ago. | |  | |
Nov. 17: TribU: Creating Your Own Blog. Whether you want to start blogging for business or pleasure, this introductory seminar is for you. First, we'll show you how to set up own blog on the free WordPress platform. Then we'll teach you how to create posts that will quickly gain an audience. 9 a.m., Tribune Tower, 435 N. Michigan Ave., $60, 
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