August 2010
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"I Have To" vs "I Get To"
In an effort to lose the forty pounds I’ve gained since moving to Italy (every bite was worth it) and to generally lead a healthier life, I’ve been going to the gym regularly for the last several weeks. The biggest factor that has helped me to maintain consistency is that I’m not pushing myself with every workout
Less Speed
There’s a running program I’ve attempted off and on for the last six...
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Logic vs Convention In Punctuation
The other day I was wondering about the proper placement of periods and quotation marks. As I thought, the proper usage is to always place closing punctuation (periods, question marks, exclamation points) inside the quotation marks.
But it turns out this is only true for American English. British English uses punctuation logically, using closing punctuation inside the quotes if it is a part of...
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Naked Man On The Highway
A few weeks ago I was driving down the highway on my way back from the store. There seemed to be some traffic backed up on the opposite side and knowing how absolutely horrible the drivers are around here, with a general lack of defensive driving or even basic merging ability, my first thought was, “what the hell’s going on here?”
Then I spotted the problem: there was a car stopped to the side of...
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Never Quit Starting
I’ve been working on a project for the last eleven months. In reality this is only the most recent phase of a project I’ve been working on for ten years. The project is to figure out how I’m going to make an acceptable living. (I’m currently making a living, but it is not acceptable, for many reasons other than money.)
For the last eleven months I’ve been learning how to make a living online....
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How Often Should I Call?
While I have generally been horrible at social networking (it’s hard to believe how many of my emails begin with “sorry it took so long to respond,”) there is one strategy I’ve used successfully when I want to have more frequent contact with someone and build a stronger relationship.
The Goal
This is a strategy to go from talking only occasionally, perhaps once a month or less, to talking as...
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