• I’m not old, but I’m older than I used to be, and life as a result is more complicated. As far as I can tell, this is a universal axiom. There are, to be sure, physicists and philosophers who have very different ideas about Time and whether it exists on its own or is simply

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  • An experiment I have for you to conduct is this: Instead of trying to impress everyone except the people closest to you, why not impress them first and foremost? Report back your results, but my working hypothesis is that the way you go about impressing those closest to you differs markedly from the methods you use for impressing

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  • It’s not bad, really.

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  • Bear with me. When I was in college my mom worked at JC Penney, and once she copped me a pair of khaki shorts made by a company called “American Living.” They were on sale. I still own the shorts, they’re nice and comfy, they’re khaki, I put them on one leg at a time like any

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  • So many parents complain about “participation trophies” and how spoiled kids are and how this will teach them that no matter what happens they will always be the best. But you know what? It’s the parents who not only pay for those trophies, but would actually make a huge fuss if their kids didn’t get them. The

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  • If I’m watching a basketball game, whether at the local YMCA or on television, I can usually pick out the best couple of players on the court within a few possessions. And no matter what position they play or what size they are, they all share one characteristic: they play with their eyes up. That

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  • A medicine

    Short and sweet.

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  • Feelings feelings and feels

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  • A story.

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  • NO PHONES AT DINNER.

    Pay attention.

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