February 2012
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Growing Old Gracefully
It always disappoints me to hear someone reminisce about their past as if their present and future are that much more dismal because they have merely grown older. High school might have seemed fun, but don’t you remember having to be driven around by your parents all the time, or having to have sex in parking lots because boys were forbidden in the house? Why is it so hard to accept aging...
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Things to Worry About
In 1933, renowned author F. Scott Fitzgerald ended a letter to his 11-year-old daughter, Scottie, with a list of things to worry about, not worry about, and simply think about. It read as follows. (Source: F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Life in Letters; Image: F. Scott Fitzgerald with his daughter, Scottie, in 1924.)
Things to worry about: Worry about courage Worry about cleanliness Worry about...
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“They say that couples who kiss each other goodbye before work in the morning...”
– This is a fact: I was just offered a graduate assistant position editing articles and academic books, and Thom just found $20 in his pocket.
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“Oh, darling, you will be good to me, won’t you? Because we’re going to have a...”
– Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
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Velvet Revolution: Prague cafés retain splendor of... →
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The spirit of Prague’s vibrant early 20th century intellectual world lives on in the Czech capital’s historic cafés.
“When the great actor Norinski entered the National Café, which is located in front of Prague’s Czech Theater, at three o’clock in the afternoon, he started a little – but…
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“Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything that occurs out of...”
– Milan Kundera