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Don’t Go Changing
There’s no doubt about it—change is hard. It makes sense. You get accustomed to something, someone, or some situation and then, out of nowhere, your regular routine gets upended and thrown out the window. Just like that, your circle of comfortability is breached. It’s jarring. It causes anxiety. Why else would starting a new job ...
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For Daphne…
Early yesterday morning my aunt Daphne passed away at her home in La Pine, Oregon. She was my dad’s baby sister and she had just turned 60 in February. It wasn’t unexpected or sudden—she’d been battling a rare liver and lung cancer for a while and unfortunately, as happens all too often, the cancer ultimately ...
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Hallelujah for JT
I’ve always been a huge fan of Justin Timberlake. I mean, it’s kind of hard not to be—especially these days (meaning, now that he’s no longer in a boy band and wearing matching denim outfits with his train wreck of an ex, Britney Spears). He is musically gifted, can dance like a mo’fo’ and is ...
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Aranya Tomseth 2.0
Okay, so I maintained my “Better Living Through Chemistry” blog for several months for the purposes of a graduate school class, but I’m not going to rant and rave about the pros and cons of pharmaceutical drugs anymore. I think I made my point, and well, frankly, I’m bored of that topic. Besides, I’m done ...