If the smell of a new calendar inspires you to make drastic changes in your life, you’re probably gearing up to make some new year’s resolutions. And since no one plans to fail, you’re probably also seeking out those elusive goals that fall in the narrow crack between “beneficial” and “achievable”.
Then reality sets in, and [...]
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Last week, The Baltimore Sun’s book blogger Dave Rosenthal proclaimed the ’00s “the Stephenie Meyer decade” — a move destined to manufacture heated debates and, naturally, more traffic to the paper’s site. His post predictably stirred the passions of 15-year-old gi… er, 32-year-old women, who finally found a national cause they could rally behind. (Sorry, [...]
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Let’s say you’re at a wedding, and everything has gone smoothly until the pastor says, rhetorically (as always), “if anyone has any objections, speak now or forever hold your peace.” And then one guy, sitting in the last pew on the bride’s side, stands up and regales the audience with a lengthy anecdote about how [...]
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