January 2011
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Anonymous asked: The best medicine for me is to read or listen to a really great article/news piece/opinion/editorial anything written well. While This American Life has been my number one "medicine" your posts have steadily moved to an equal. Thank you.
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How to stick gum on big red signs
I finally got some new batteries for my camera.
I love my camera. It’s seen an awful lot—slam poets, the sky above, squirrels, chipmunks, colored pencils, thespians, friends, costumes at an anime convention, and maybe a few other things. At the moment, however, I don’t really have anything to take photos of. I have no newspaper to cover in images of people doing things worth...
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Grabbing the hat, replacing the anecdote
Today in my Poetry Workshop class, we finally did the awkward around-the-room introduction thing. Our teacher Deb looks around at the beginning of class and says, “I think the people who dropped dropped, and the people who wanted to add added. Let’s do the formal introduction thing.”
So we go around the room. I’m surprised that the room isn’t packed entirely with...
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