My life illuminated

Posted by on Nov 20, 2008 | 1 comment

While flipping through an issue of Dwell magazine, I came across an interesting ad. Ten seemingly random items — a ticket stub, a birdhouse, a striped glass plate — were scattered across the page. Curious, I paused to read the descriptions provided on a notecard graphic at the bottom of the ad. The items were [...]

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How to de-foul your bowel

Posted by on Nov 14, 2008 | 0 comments

So Ryan just bought this book, Dr. Jensen’s Guide to Better Bowel Care. Yes, it’s an entire book on bowel maintenance, and like a train wreck, it’s simultaneously horrifying and fascinating. Dr. Jensen has spent his entire career studying the bowel and its relationship with the rest of the body. He believes that the average [...]

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The taste of taste

Posted by on Nov 13, 2008 | 0 comments

My boyfriend Ryan recently made an appointment to get a new tattoo on a Friday evening. Knowing the tattoo was going to be large and would take several hours to complete, I suggested we go out to dinner beforehand. A friend of his who was also a part of the conversation laughed and said “I [...]

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The nature of success

Posted by on Nov 12, 2008 | 2 comments

I realize that my blog has been neglected since its inception. It’s not that I don’t have things to write about; I have been researching and contemplating many interesting topics lately that are definitely deserving of a post. But I also have ridiculously high self-imposed standards that dictate that every post must be thoroughly researched [...]

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Can’t afford a hybrid? Try hypermiling

Posted by on Aug 12, 2008 | 0 comments

The September 2008 issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine featured an article on hypermiling, a practice of using deliberate driving techniques in order to maximize a vehicle’s fuel economy. Many of the methods described in the article seemed fairly intuitive, and yet I realized — even in today’s climate of record-high gas prices — that [...]

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