For the past several days, I’ve had the Aerosmith song “Amazing” stuck in my head. Well, to clarify, I’ve had a single line of the song stuck, which has resulted in the rest of the song bouncing …
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So. Maybe you remember that post I wrote a while back, about sticking to your schedule (link) and the admission of defeat if you miss a deadline? Well, here goes: I failed! (And I’m okay with …
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We all have a face that we put on for the external world - a face that hides, to some degree or other, our innermost workings, our fears and our insecurities. For some people, you can’t see the …
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Confession: I used to be a huge bookworm. I taught myself to read when I was young. (Before you give me too much credit, my parents read to me every night from the time I was a baby, and I know …
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Labels. They’re the reason clothing companies created “tagless tees” - because tags chafe and itch, and otherwise drive you batty. (My grandmother used to cut all the tags out of her clothes; as …
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Two points, one post: 1. As a former teacher, I lament the loss of school systems that actually teach children how to think; with the advent of No Child Left Behind and a strict adherence to the …
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