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10 Revealing Infographics about the Web

Kramer’s Entrance (via tylercreviston

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So, I ended up doing much better than I expected in my 5k run on Thursday. I was so nervous going into it. I’m not sure why, but I think it was because I haven’t engaged in any competition at all this year, and also because I was convinced that I would embarrass myself in front of my co-workers, who were all expecting fantastic times.

As it turned out, I came in first at my company, and 20th out of 150 some men. It was quite a shock to me, but in the process I learned a lot about myself and my body.

Storm Trooper: Singing in the Rain

(The following is from my 2005 book of poetry, Ordinary Time, which provided the inspiration for the title of this blog. I will be republishing the poems here over the next several weeks in their original order)

Care for the Dead _

To sense the life

My struggle is the beginning, middle, and end. I have a hard time coming up with what I’m going to write about. Once I’ve figured that part out, I have a hard time putting my thoughts into words. And after I have something down on paper, I have a difficult time accepting that what I have written is of any value.

However, this is my only obstacle to becoming a writer. It doesn’t take as much time as I once thought because, it seems, no one is out there trying to write the next Moby Dick. It no longer takes 1,000 pages to tell a story or to make a philosophical point about the human condition. I don’t know that it ever did, but the way most readers consume information now has changed, and writing has had to change to keep up.

Fresh Pics: Free-Falling Art Of Li Wei

Greg Mankiw’s Blog: First-Year Grad Student Wins Nobel Prize in Economics!

The three elements of full employment

Oh Shi- [PIC]

Dropped by rushmaven.

Twitter Talking Separately to Microsoft and Google About Big Data-Mining Deals

Unbelievable: “123456” Most Common Hotmail Password

Motivational Posters: Winston Churchill Edition (Part I), The Art of Manliness

There’s 19 of these and they’re all great!

What’s the Point of Education?

teacup-sized pigs

Procedure List + Monday Refocus Form

Weird Wonders: 15 of the World’s Strangest Animals