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July 21, 2008

My Mother Talks Down to People

I love my mother to death but there are a million things about her that drive me crazy. One of the most irritating of those things is the fact that she talks down to people a lot of the time. She doesn’t do it on purpose and she’ll deny it if you call her out [...]

July 12, 2008

Good People to Know in a New Place

You’re about to move to a new city where you aren’t going to know anyone. The most important thing, of course, will be to make friends with a social group once you get there. However, there are also some professional people that you’ll want to get to know as early on as possible after you [...]

May 25, 2008

Google’s Use of Aerial Photography

 
In the past, there have been two major groups of people who have been interested in aerial photography. The first are those people that are interested in the art of taking pictures from the air. The second is those people who rely on the information from aerial photos to assist them in their work.
However, times [...]

April 24, 2008

Convincing your Parents to Approve of your Tattoo

You turned eighteen and did what you had been threatening to do for years; you went and got a tattoo. You absolutely love the design that you’ve chosen to get but you’re a little hesitant about how your parents are going to react.
Here are some of the most common reasons that parents dislike tattoos and [...]

March 18, 2008

The Day Dad Showed Me His Diamond Watches

 
I never thought of my dad as someone who cared about material things. He was a hippie before I was born and maintained a non-consumer attitude throughout my childhood. You can imagine that it came as quite a shock that one day I came across a collection of diamond watches that turned out to belong [...]