There is something liberating about a “date” when, from the outset, both know that there can be no future.
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There is something liberating about a “date” when, from the outset, both know that there can be no future.
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Two department stores. All sorts of other downtown fixtures – jewelers, women’s fashion, men’s stores, Army-Navy, hobby shops, and a Woolworth’s.
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My college path was prologue. My career journey was complete. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Could we have sought out colleges with curricula to make (our childhood dream careers) come true? And what would those majors look like?
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As a recidivist perpetrator of attempted humor, I know full well that “LOL”* is no substitute for a belly laugh.
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Pause and conjure up the image of what we looked like. Clearly charter members of the Dork Platoon.
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Freshman year spring term. As Dickens opened A Tale of Two Cities, the best of times and the worst of times. The best because academic diligence took a holiday and I rather enjoyed myself. The worst because, well, academic diligence took a holiday. Another Harvard “Hum” course, this one Hum 75, German culture. All readings…
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The First Shall be Last
Prompted By First Dates
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There is something liberating about a “date” when, from the outset, both know that there can be no future.
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Downtown, Everything’s Waiting for You*
Prompted By Shopping Local
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Two department stores. All sorts of other downtown fixtures – jewelers, women’s fashion, men’s stores, Army-Navy, hobby shops, and a Woolworth’s.
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Time and Time Again
Prompted By College Majors as Career Gaugers
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My college path was prologue. My career journey was complete. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Could we have sought out colleges with curricula to make (our childhood dream careers) come true? And what would those majors look like?
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(A)Social Media?
Prompted By Social Media Friendships
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As a recidivist perpetrator of attempted humor, I know full well that “LOL”* is no substitute for a belly laugh.
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Not-So-Fast Times at West Junior High
Prompted By PE Pleasures and Perils
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Pause and conjure up the image of what we looked like. Clearly charter members of the Dork Platoon.
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Yin and Yang
Prompted By Exams
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Freshman year spring term. As Dickens opened A Tale of Two Cities, the best of times and the worst of times. The best because academic diligence took a holiday and I rather enjoyed myself. The worst because, well, academic diligence took a holiday. Another Harvard “Hum” course, this one Hum 75, German culture. All readings…
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