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The drip, drip, drip of existence
I’ve recently started catching up to Season 3 of Elementary. The series remains great – brilliant, even, especially when we consider the self-assurance and deftness with which it ventures into topics and themes beyond the usual scope of weekly procedurals. The Eternity Injection, one of the episodes I watched yesterday, demonstrated this fearless precision well in…
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Words and Phrases (Not Quite) Legally Defined
“Words are the currency of law,” our professor said, capping off our block’s introduction to legal history. Who gets what, when, and how — that, he said, was the meaning of power, and it was a meaning that law could write and change with mere words. I was riveted. As a recent literature graduate just…
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Running by myself
Most people in my neighborhood equate a good fitness regimen with waking up bright and early. Peering out the window at 6 or 6:30 AM, it isn’t rare to see people dressed in singlets and shorts walking back home from the nearby track. Such early starts make sense, though: many of these people are in their thirties, forties, or…
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“Underwear collected”: Anxiety and running
I started the Couch to 5K running program today. I’m using the C25K app in tandem with the excellent Zombies, Run! (which really only means I have both apps open at the same time during a run), and so far the combination of music and continuous item collection has helped keep me motivated. Gamification as a fitness approach…
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Zottis Classic Low-Fat Yogurt
I opened up a tub of Zottis Classic Yogurt this morning, and as I savored that first cold, creamy spoonful, a thought popped into my head: “I miss Bulgarian yogurt.” And then, on the heels of that sentiment: “But I don’t even really remember what Bulgarian yogurt is like.” It took five minutes and a…
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