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Showing posts with label advice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label advice. Show all posts
17.12.20

Quote: Isaac Watts Admonishes How Idle Hands Are the Devil's Work (And a Reflection on How I Got Into the Habit of Collecting Quotes)

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"In works of labour, or of skill, I would be busy, too; For Satan finds some mischief still  For idle hands to do." — Isaac Watts,...
18.3.20

Video Repost: Cute Kid Gives Sage Criticism on Consumer Culture

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In this video repost, listen to a cute kid give sage advice on how to avoid consumerism. Girbaud Brand Jeans — Remember Them? When I ...
2.2.20

On What College-Bound Kids Should Do In High School

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After a student asked me one day what he should be doing to "get into a good college," I gave him a few suggestions. Getting Int...
6.11.19

You Talk Too Much: On the Pleasures of Logorrhea

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Wherein I expound on the pleasures and gains of excessive talking. Is Silence Golden? Common wisdom says silence is golden. I respect ...
13.6.15

On Being Right in the World

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An R160B rolling stock working the E line waits in the terminal World Trade Center station in Lower Manhattan. I do not think it is hoke...
8.8.14

"Back to School": When You’ve Been Out Of School (For Awhile)

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Talking to an adult learner on the N train today, she told me she likes to see the young kids squirm in their seats when she gets to interp...
31.12.11

Christmas Letter from New Orleans

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For Christmas season 2011, I went back home to New Orleans to visit my family and friends. Here is what I did and saw. Read it! An Ignat...
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11.12.11

Why I Don't Write 500 Words A Day

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500 Words a Day? I read once that a writer should write at least 500 words a day before any real writing occurs. To encourage writing one...
16.9.10

Photograph + Caption: "Mr. Savory and Ms. Sweet"

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If a guy says, "Life's too short. Keep your drama at the door," what he really means is, "I don't want to marry y...
14.5.10

Quote of the Day

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makezine You may be a precious snowflake, but if you can't express your individuality in sterling prose, I don't want to...
27.4.10

Passive Aggressive Email from Parent about how Kid is not Going to do Homework because of a Funeral

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 Parent to me date: Apr 14 8:08 PM         subject: re: online quiz (to be done at home tonight) When is this due? We are at a funer...
18.4.10

How to open multiple webpages in tabs on startup in Firefox (3.6.3) on a Mac

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If you want more than one homepage to load when you start Firefox, say your favorite news sites, for example, then this little tip may be us...
14.4.10

Why I Listen to Rilke and Don't Write Love Poems

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Rilke in "Letters to a Young Poet"  — Reading again the injunction Rilke gave to his younger protege not to write love poems becau...
6.3.10

I Have No Idea What To Call This Rant

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“I ate it, knowing the rabbit had sacrificed itself for me.  It had made me a gift of meat.” Maxine Hong Kingston. In this post I rant ...
22.1.10

Mental Health Resource: Stress Fact Sheet

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What is stress? Stress is the body’s response to its environment when it feels threatened or challenged. All higher order mammals (with...
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14.11.09

A Journal & Rant: "On the Uses and Misuses of Age"

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"Age doesn't matter, but dammit I look old" is what my friend Suzy Q. said to me last night. Evelyn Couch said it best: "...
14.4.09

List: 31 signs your significant other don't love you no mo'

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Unrequited love sucks. Jacking off in the study is his only crime of passion. You cheat on him and when he finds out h...