The past two months were some of the roughest of my life. My family and close friends were plagued with various health problems and hospitalizations, two of which resulted in death...
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And how do you compare to the national average? Office supplies retailer Staples has created an online test that measures how many words you read per minute and how you rank up to the masses. The directions are simple: after reading a selection of text, you answer 3 simple questions to verify that you did, in fact, read the passage, and voilà! I'm sure that the test is not without faults, but I was still pleasantly surprised — with a smidge of nerdy pride — to score 1,068 words per minute. :-) I guess my love of reading and my desire to consume every last written word in my path, starting from a young age, has made me an efficient reader over the years? I...
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In the past 6 weeks, my family has had 4 hospital stays. J is actually still in the hospital and has been admitted for over a week. Additionally, the virus I had caught a few weeks back migrated to my left eye. I am still being treated — it hurts to look at screens, to do anything that requires concentration with my eyes open (even driving, which sucks because J's hospital is over an hour drive each way), and I'm constantly getting headaches. And this is just the medical stuff. NYE 2013 at the hospital. At least I was able to bring some smiles to thedoctors and nurses who were working that evening by gifting thembottles of sparkling grape juice and cookies. When your...
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1995. I remember it was my last year in junior high. I remember being awkward and unsure, desperately wanting to fit in, longing to be just like everyone else yet still wanting to leave a unique imprint as a burgeoning adult. I remember sneaking peeks at issues of YM and Seventeen at the school library. And I remember reading about Before Sunrise, a movie about two strangers (Céline and Jesse, played by Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke) who meet on a train and spend an unforgettable night in Vienna together. I remember all the girly magazines raving about it, and I remember renting the flick from my local Blockbuster later that year. And I remember I fell asleep watching the movie. My favorite scene from "Before Sunrise"...
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The comic is pretty funny by itself, but the comments on it are hilariously accurate too! Here's my favorite: IE10 is like the friend that said he would show up to the party early and bring tons of booze that everyone can have, but shows up 3 hours late with a 40 of king kobra for himself. Meanwhile, your good, reliable, friend Firefox just said he would show up, and ended up bringing 2 kegs because he wanted to. Safari and opera showed up together. They aren't the coolest, but they are fun to have around at parties. They don't start drama, and are pretty nice to everyone. They brought wine spritzers though...
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