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SRS BSNS
I know that it’s important for writers to conduct themselves professionally. A lot of our work involves approaching busy strangers, and the first impression might be the only chance we get. I’m always looking for things I might have overlooked, or tips to help get over that first hurdle.
So, you know how gmail helpfully provides a little user icon ( Read more... ) -
Honolulu Trip
We recently went to Honolulu, specifically Waikiki, for a five day vacation.
Now, I’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii, but never once considered Waikiki. It’s too busy, right? But Chris had a few friends who liked going there, so we looked into it. And we’re always on the lookout for places that might be fun to move to, especially now that San ( Read more... ) -
San Francisco Sky
You know those time lapse videos with clouds blowing across the sky? That’s a common event in San Francisco, and one my favorite things about the city.
I took a few videos and spliced them together. This is all taken with a mediocre cell phone camera, sorry, but it’s all played back in real time.
I get stuck at corners a lot, staring up at the ( Read more... ) -
An Unexpected Benefit of Goal Setting
I try not to go on about it too much, because I don’t want to be one of those people. But I really like goal setting, and I think everyone should try it. There are lots of books and resources on the subject - my favorite is Brian Tracy - but the basic premise is pretty much the same everywhere.
That’s not what I am going to talk about, though. Most ( Read more... ) -
Songs out of Context
The other day I was riding back home from Costco in a cab (like you do, when you don’t have a car…) and the radio started playing OneRepublic’s Good Life. The DJ talked about what a happy song it was and I thought… well, sure sort of, if you take it out of context and don’t listen to it very closely. Because it’s from an album that tells a story, ( Read more... ) -
Testing a cross poster…
Because maybe if I get the cross poster actually working I will post more. (FWIW, I have no intention of abandoning LJ, I just want to give people who aren’t members an ad-free option for reading.)
Hi.
Mirrored from Amberdine.
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The Hipster on the Bus
[Also posted to my new wordpress blog, but I haven't got around to setting up the cross poster thingy yet.]
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LASIK
Six weeks ago, I had LASIK vision correction done.
Since fourth grade, or so, I've been badly nearsighted. I don't know what my actual vision ranked at, it was in the "worse than 20/400" category with significant astigmatism at the pre-op exam. I know several people who have had the procedure, but I never heard it described much, so I thought maybe ( Read more... )
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