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Entries from January 14th, 2010

Using Twitter for Friend Advice

January 14th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Twitter

I ask questions on Twitter all the time on a wide variety of topics, and I usually get really useful responses — but never as many as when I ask about interpersonal issues. A little while ago I posed this question: “What do you do when someone you really care about won’t respond to your [...]

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Best of the Last Two Years

January 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Blogging

I’ve published 447 blog posts over the past two years, but there are a few that really stick out in my mind. Some took a lot of research and analysis, some were important announcements, and others captured my wild emotions at pivotal moments in my personal and professional life. Below you’ll find a list of [...]

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Pleasure and Pain turns 2

January 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Blogging

I started this blog two years ago on January 10, 2008 with a post titled, Genesis. I didn’t know at the time just how fitting a word it was. It truly marked the beginning of my re-creation. Since then I’ve published 447 posts (including this one), received 1,491 comments, and had 159,031 unique visitors. The [...]

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Happy New Year to You

January 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Digressions

2010 is here and I can hardly believe it. A new decade. A new period of time to look forward to with high expectations and even higher hopes. At this time…. …ten years ago, I was starting my last semester of high school and looking forward to the freedom of college. …five years ago, I [...]

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