Category: Essay
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Photographs are as close as we will ever come to time travel
WIth just a little care, your photographs can become how you travel back in time.
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When you’re privileged, you get to choose more of your tradeoffs
Most of us live where we have to, not so much where we want to.
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We all deserve acceptance, support, and love as we try to find or create happiness and success
The question I asked on my reader survey on gender got some answers that led me to write a long response.
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For most homeowners, battery-powered yard-care equipment now makes the most sense
Unless you have a huge yard or heavy-duty needs, there’s no reason to buy gas-powered yard-care equipment anymore.
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If you’re not connected to your heritage, you are whoever you decide to be
Who am I, really? My heritage leaves me no clues.
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Thank goodness they don’t make cars like they used to
A classic car will cheerfully maim or kill you.
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The existentialism of the Coyote
Did Sartre consult on the Road Runner cartoons?
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Buying a house to fit your lifestyle
As I get older, the less I want to take care of a big yard. Is a row house the answer?
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On language: The unfortunate nominalization of spend and ask
A pet peeve of the English language.
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Defending good grammar, sort of
When you write, do it only as well as the situation demands.
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There are some things you just don’t want to know about your co-workers
How much is too much to know about your co-workers personally?
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The difference between being a lover and an aficionado
If you really like something, like coffee or whiskey, here’s how you can tell whether you’re an aficionado or not.