February 2012
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January 2012
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Resolved: There are wrong ways to be semi-nude.
Thumbs down for ladies: Shirtless and bra-less with jeans.
Thumbs down for dudes: Shirt up top, nothing below.
Shirt plus undies is approved for both. (Dudes must remove socks.)
Thoughts?
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Before I forget: The songs I listened to most in 2011. You may note a theme.
Land of Talk, “It’s Okay” (2008) Rediscovered on shuffle, quickly deployed as my go-to “late-night stroll to think about the future and stuff” soundtrack.
Superchunk, “Digging For Something” (2010) Purchased the day I moved to D.C., listened to intently on the train. Was...
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2012
I missed a lot of marks. I blew a lot of deadlines. I did an awful lot of worrying. And I learned some things. Here’s the one that stands to be most valuable to me this year, from an August Times article about decision fatigue:
“Good decision making is not a trait of the person, in the sense that it’s always there,” Baumeister says. “It’s a state that fluctuates.” His studies show that...
December 2011
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It’s good practice for creative folks to hang around people who do the thing they do, but better. My boy Lars Gotrich (real name, no gimmicks) is really, really good at listening to music, and crossed my path in a year when that very skill — one I’d taken for granted for my entire existence — seemed to be slipping through my fingers. He doesn’t know it yet, but we’ll be...
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November 2011
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October 2011
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