Tag: life lessons
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Welcome to Texas, y’all
As I sit here on my balcony in 99 degree weather, with the wind gusting sporadically through the treetops and the sounds of DFW airplanes flying overhead, I can say that this is one of the last places I thought I’d ever call home. Queenstown, New Zealand? Sure. Thassos, Greece? Absolutely. Hanover, New Hampshire; Kailua,…
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The Top 20 of 2020
If it hasn’t already been said, Charles Dickens wrote the best summary of the year 2020, which is remarkable given that he composed it in 1859: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of…
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What 10 Countries in 23 Days Taught Me
It’s hard to believe The Global Scavenger Hunt has ended and I’ve now been back to America for two weeks. Two weeks! I remember when we’d been overseas for two weeks. We were finishing up Egypt, about to head to Europe for the final big leg of the trip, and I couldn’t fathom another week…
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I Tried To Go Without Washing My Hair and Failed
I was unaware that this was now a movement, but evidently not washing one’s hair with shampoo and conditioner is the new thing. And this movement has the most horrid name I could ever imagine: “No ‘Poo.” No SHAMpoo, I get it. But ugh. Much to my surprise, there’s even…
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A Lesson Learned Regarding Chocolate
Here’s an Eleven-Second Video Clip from While You Were Sleeping. It’s bootlegged and of poor quality, so this is the main idea: Peter, the “beloved” brother, began his heroism as a child when he saved a bunch of squirrels from their helpless, fallen state beneath a tree. In this clip, however, he confesses…
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Pride comes before the fall
I apologize to non-avid tennis-fans, that you have to read about tennis YET AGAIN because that is all I seem to be able to write about anymore (conveniently not the case when I sit down to work on my thesis, which is also about tennis. Funny how that happens), but I have life lessons to share. JUST fyi, I had…
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