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Dec.30.2010
Some 20-odd years ago, returning home to my parents' house on a winter break from Rutgers University, I descended on my bedroom armed with a fistful of black contractor trashbags and the caffeinated zeal of a college student who had just cleared his last remaining final exam hurdle. Goodbye...
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Dec.29.2010
There is a statistic floating out there that only 12% of the people who make New Years Eve Resolutions actually accomplish them.
I fall happily in that 88%. I have heard myself mutter "I will stop smoking" or "I will lose back fat" or the more infamous "I will never drink...
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Dec.29.2010
"I don't make coffee" has been one of the first sentences I utter at new jobs. Having grown up through the accepted office tradition that the 'girl' makes the coffee it's always been crucial to make clear that was not part of my job description. As a writer who's made much of my living...
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Dec.29.2010
Hello Readers and Fellow Authors:
With the New Year unfolding its fresh virgin leaves, it's time to seriously consider (or in some cases, reconsider) that ambitious resolution you announced to your friends while heavily intoxicated or...
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Dec.29.2010
I'm an anti-resolutionist. Mostly. Last year I resolved not to continue teaching my teenagers a lesson by waiting for them to replace a roll of toilet paper, because the only one in the house it bothered, was me. So I resolved to just do it. Yes, like Nike, but without swish or athletic...
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Dec.29.2010
Be it resolved: this year i will make no resolutions. I will not set up myself for disappointment and failure. Thats not to say i m perfect i could resolve to lose weight or quit smoking but i know i would just be setting myself up for shame and guilt when i slip up. To make a resolution you have...
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Dec.29.2010
Be it resolved i will make no resolutions this year. Not because i am perfect (i am far from that) but because i know that they wont last and i will end up feeling guilty. I could resolve to lose weight or quit smoking or be happier but I know once I slip up that will be the end of that. And it...
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Jan.02.2010
Eating a bowl of popcorn in front of an episode of Iron Chef is a ridiculous thing, almost self-mocking. There I was, eating the pretty much tasteless kernels, while chefs were making ravioli in brown butter sage sauce. Good lord--it was like drawing Hawaii while being there but staying in the...
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