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Really bad startup ideas
I have a hard time explaining my interest in the startup and tech world to others who don’t know or don’t care about those areas. Take my parents. To my eternal facepalming despair, my mother and grandmother (yes, grandmother) have … Continue reading
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iPhone + airplane = awesome
Photography isn’t my forte, but I’m still amazed at what a camera can do. Check out this picture of an airplane’s propeller. No, that’s not Photoshopped. It was taken with an iPhone, whose camera has no shutter, and the pixels … Continue reading
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ABBA trivia found while researching a character
The Three-Day Novel Contest starts a week from today. All I have so far is a character–a character, to be specific, who is a huge ABBA fan. She lives in an apartment with a roommate, which tells me that she … Continue reading
This just in: Faith isn’t important to everyone
Today must have been Throw Rage-Inducing Links at Sushi Day. From the political lies that Americans believe to the middle school that segregated class elections, today was definitely a day to find a link of rage. Then there was this … Continue reading
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Don’t bother listing your accomplishments. Just wash that vagina.
In a world where women are still getting paid less than men for comparable jobs and are fed double standard after double standard, we ladies should be stepping up and asking for more money when we feel we’ve worked to … Continue reading
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Mathematical emotions
I made my first-ever B in calculus. This shocks some people, especially when they find out that I have a degree in math and when they find out just how much I like the subject. We can blame derivatives. Derivatives, … Continue reading
Write a novel in three days
If you know me, you almost definitely know about National Novel Writing Month, the quest to write a novel of at least 50,000 words in November. If you don’t, I promise you’ll find out about it very quickly. NaNo’s over … Continue reading
I wish I could put this in a cover letter
The cover letter is the hardest part of the job application process. How many people actually learned to write a good cover letter before applying? I didn’t know until actually applying for jobs that wanted cover letters, despite noticing a … Continue reading
Let’s take back posterity
Before I kept a blog, I kept a paper journal. I still keep a paper journal, partly because I happen to like writing on paper. In fact, I started an online journal because it was just like a paper journal, … Continue reading
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TV-B-Gone
You know those TV-B-Gone controllers that you can buy? They usually go for around twenty bucks, and I’ve always commented on their usefulness because I cannot stand watching TV. I think I’ve just found a solution. It definitely costs less … Continue reading
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