June 2012
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Why oh why have I never listened to Andy McKee... →
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"I feel like I'm at home and I'm watching... →
May 2012
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When my relatives start asking me why I haven't...
I’m like,
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"...he believed that life, true life, was... →
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Minus the typo, this is pretty fantastic. →
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“What if the water that came out of the shower was treated with a chemical that responded to a combination of things, like your heartbeat, and your body temperature, and your brain waves, so that your skin changed color according to your mood? If you were extremely excited your skin would turn green, and if you were angry you’d turn red, obviously, and if you felt like shiitake...
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“…she wants to know if I love her, that’s all anyone wants from...”
– from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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“Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved...”
– Maurice Sendak
Betty Boop
There once was a mom Who no one could guess The years that she’d lived Or how she rocked every dress She was rare for her time She did triathlons and yoga She only slept to plan And I have no other rhyming word but toga She was born in Long Island You can tell when she’s mad Not that that happens often Mostly with Matthew or Dad
She’s moved 18 times Times 4 little misfits...
April 2012
18 posts
“The best thing for being sad is to learn something.”
– Camelot
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I haven’t seen Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close only because I found out it was a book right before the movie came out and told myself I’d read the book first. I’m one of ‘those’ that can’t honestly enjoy a book if I know what happens. I can count on one hand the number of books I’ve willingly read twice and generally don’t like seeing the same...
Among twenty snowy mountains, The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird. I was of three minds, Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds. The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds. It was a small part of the pantomime. A man and a woman Are one. A man and a woman and a blackbird Are one. I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The...
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A CrossFit Daily Mental Progression
Driving to Crosffit: Did I eat too much today? Too little? I’ve never eaten this much fish in my life, IT BETTER WORK. I miss chocolate. You could go get chocolate now. One day off won’t hurt. Just go to Dairy Queen, skip the workout. Chocolate. No. Ice cream? No. Drive faster. To Dairy Queen? No.
Walking into the door of CrossFit: Why were those guys not where I was during college?...
“Instead of saying “I don’t have time” try saying “it’s not a priority,” and see...”
– Wall Street Journal Article putting down some knowledge we all need to pick up.
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When I grow up, these will be all over my... →
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If it’s people my age:
If it’s an elderly couple:
“People disappeared, reappeared, made plans to go somewhere, and then lost each...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
In the U.S., for example, happiness levels have... →
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Things I've Been Doing Instead of Blogging
(Hold on to your hats, I’m about to justify being lazy.)
1) Being in America. That’s right, just being. And soaking in the red, white, and blueness.
2) Working at an office, in real people clothes, as opposed to sitting with my laptop on my, you guessed it, lap, on my parent’s couch, debating whether to answer that email or go back to the fridge to see if any new leftovers...
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A couple things/humans cheered me up today. This... →
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March 2012
11 posts
The Best Responses I've Received to Telling People...
“So you’re behind all those Viagra emails in my spam box?”
“Soooo, you’re basically still unemployed?”
“What’s the company name? Interesting…never heard of it.”
“Are you an actual employee, or just, like, a ‘consultant’?” (particularly skeptical tone used saying ‘consultant’)
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“Read books. Care about things. Get excited. Try not to be too down on youself....”
– Hank Green
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almost-nurse-kelsie asked: So, let me just say that you vanishing from facebook may have taken me a while to figure out but now that I have, I would just like to point out that I like you a lot. Enough to google stalk the heck out of you to make sure that you were still alive and kickin' it. Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego is much less exciting than Where in the World is Liz Welsh. Happy Carpe Diem-ing. I miss...
Anonymous asked: I like your camel head. Did you find this in the Vatican Museums? May I use your image for an academic conference?
I was lucky enough to attend this ceremony.... →
I owe you some New Years stories. And that is why I’ve come.
My friend J Scott Perry (for long), spent his fall semester studying in Granada, Spain. He didn’t have New Years plans, and I didn’t have New Years plans. Last time we met up was in Florence and we hoped we’d do better with Spanish than Italian, so we made some plans. We met in Madrid and I think I’d just...
“Humanity I love you
because you are perpetually
putting the secret of life
in...”
– E.E Cummings
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One thing I have found… There’s just two ways to go — It all comes down to livin fast or dyin slow… -REK
February 2012
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