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Something is better than something else
It’s pretty easy to complain. It’s easy because it’s lazy. We (you, me; people) complain because being the victim is exciting. Particularly if nothing bad actually happened. Like, we were up late last night and – oh god – we’re sooo tired today. I’m going to interrupt myself to posit an exception to this entire…
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Objects in mirror are closer than they appear
Most North Americans are familiar with the warning “Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.” If you’ve ever wondered why objects in your car mirror are closer than they appear, or why the passenger side mirror carries this warning but not the driver’s side – wonder no more! The thrilling answer is here! I…
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Grammar – just try harder, please
You get judged by the way you write. You (and I) probably get judged on a lot more than that, honestly, but grammar has a certain set of rules that you can be judged on in your absence, in the case of the written word. Everyone makes mistakes. It happens. Habitual inconsistencies, however, point to…
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Levon
Levon Helm – subject for the eponymous song by Elton John, drummer for The Band, one-time cancer survivor – is in his final stages of his fight with cancer. UPDATED: Levon died April 19, 2012. For Bob’s birthday one year, I got him tickets to a Midnight Ramble, at Levon’s house in Woodstock, NY. It…
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An absence of criticism
I’m currently reading Mike Monteiro’s book, Design is a Job. He writes, “A designer requires honest feedback and real criticism, and that’s not going to happen in a realm where colleagues or clients are worried about crushing the spirit of a magical being. The sparkly fog of affirmation gets in the way.”* It may be…