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The Basic Con
Those who can’t find anything to live for, always invent something to die for. Then they want the rest of us to die for it,
Common marketing missteps waste time and money. These 5 fixes are GAME CHANGERS.
Those who can’t find anything to live for, always invent something to die for. Then they want the rest of us to die for it,
What should a home page include? And why isn’t my home page converting more site visitors into prospects and customers? Good questions. I have answers.
I tried to donate blood, and the hospital refused based on my extensive travels throughout the UK. Do I have mad cow disease? Since when?
Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. ~ Claude Monet
When someone asks, “are you trying to be funny,” they’re really schooling you for trying to be funny and hoping to make you feel small.
Poem by Mattea Harvey Rain fell in a post-romantic way. Heads in the planets, toes tucked under carpets, that’s how we got our bodies through.
Qualifying language can make tough arguments easier to swallow. I’ll show you why you should consider qualifying some statements and when to use qualifying language.
My sister and I ran the wildly successful CarMich Detective Agency when we were kids. However, we never solved the mystery of the purple martin.
Goldfish Are Ordinary At the pet store on Court Street, I search for the perfect fish. The black moor, the blue damsel, cichlids and neons.
Dear, Vampire Weekend, I give a f*** about an Oxford comma. I do. This amazing punctuation mark adds order and clarity to otherwise confusing sentences.
Woman by the Way (Poem by Jay Parini) I passed a woman on my way to work. She didn’t notice me, or so I thought.
An introduction to Sharon Stoneland, Juliaworld, and other places that are probably delightful to visit so long as you have an endless supply of cocktails.
Billy Collins (“Orient”) – You are turning me like someone turning a globe in her hand, and yes, I have another side like a China
In the grand scheme, mastery of the art of keeping your mouth shut far outweighs the pleasures to be had from building connection through ridicule.
“[These] are just a few of the phantoms scary enough to make the writer wonder if there might be a job available washing skyscraper windows.”
“Blogging makes my head hurt.” That’s what a business owner told me recently. Because he hates blogging, he creates little new content. It’s a problem.
Try the delightfully terrifying SelfControl app. Or the much less terrifying Pomodoro Technique. Or both. Cut the distractions, and watch your focus and productivity skyrocket.
After the Movie My friend Michael and I are walking home arguing about the movie. He says that he believes a person can love someone
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