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The End of an Era…Wait, Nevermind

Many of you are aware, I’m sure, about the quasi-doom of my employer, Borders.  At present, the company is in a Chapter 11 reorganization.  Total store closures will be in the 225ish range.  None of this is news anymore as … Continue reading

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Checking In, Updating, Such and Such…

I want to start by saying that I am buoyed by the fact that, more than a year later, one of the most read posts on this site is the one I wrote about trying to read Lauren Conrad’s first … Continue reading

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Where to begin…again.

The family and I are now fully ensconced in the Pacific Northwest and our lives have taken on some semblance of normalcy…, er, normality.  For some reason or another I’m actually spending much more time at the bookmines, which is frustrating for … Continue reading

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I deal best with stress by ignoring it.

I could write about how just two weeks ago my wife, out of the blue, got offered her dream job in Seattle (we currently live in So. Cal., for those keeping score) and now we are moving next week.  I could go … Continue reading

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When so much has happened, and so much time has passed, where does one begin?

There has been so much frustration in my life these past few months.  Frustration and, oddly enough, a fair amount of enjoyment as well.  And then, completely out of the blue, today my family’s life changed dramatically.  It is an … Continue reading

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The Battle is Lost…the War Continues

Early excitement about the perceived usefulness of my phone in allowing me to post more often has been tinged with some frustration. Long has it been established that some sort of visual stimuli accompany the textual variety. My assumption that … Continue reading

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Typographical Errors Commence

This marks the first in a new era for me and digital style publication. I’ve had an iPhone for awhile now…necessitated by my venturing into the realm of online, university-style instruction. This is the first post, however, that has been … Continue reading

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