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What Kind Of Person Are You?

When I am first introduced to you, I get this inner prompting, urging me to put you into a category. A mental file where I can store you with other people who are "like you".

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The Unexpected Road to Happiness

The Unexpected Road to Happy Growing up, I never thought I'd live where I live. That I'd be doing what I'm doing. Or that any of it would make me as happy as I am. Maybe you can relate. Maybe you ended up somewhere unexpected too. In college, I knew, knew, knew I was destined for metropolitan greatness. I fancied myself an urbanite who'd end up living in a skyrise and trolling along on city buses. Humanitarian meets townie, if you will. It started off this way. A minor in ...

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How To Keep A Friend Against All Odds

Pledge to be sad when you hear they struggle. And happy when you hear they succeed. And you may just find...

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How Can I Be A Better Friend?

Maybe paranoia has taken over your inner microphone. What if you host a party and no one comes? What if you've lived in your current place so long, it'd be weird to go over to "meet" the neighbors?

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Michigan Pictures That Will Make Your Fall Wallpaper Jealous

Here's some socially-networked eye candy--a fall wallpaper collage of pics contributed by my Facebook friends (listed below). Or, you can see snapshots from my own dear slice of Michigan here.

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