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The Curious Urbanite learns about Transportation

No one, on the morning after economic collapse, breaking scandal, …

Protecting TED from the HMS Inspire

When I was a sophomore in high school, I was …

29

My birthday, sadly, comes but once per year on January …

1,380 Miles, some desert running, and a puppy

As I write this, I am sitting on the dog …

How to live a life worthy of teenage cult cable

Hey there, girls! So, you want to live the glamorous …

New Year Holiday in Not-Brazil

I didn’t do a lot of reflecting on the turn …

So this is Christmas…

Christmas came without fanfare this year. Partly because I’ve been …

My Ideal Book Shelf

I’m a fan of questions like, “If you had to …

Good, clean living

Just once, once in my life, I would like to …

Ode to Mass Transit

When I was about four years old, I became obsessed …

“Gift-wrapping my principles”

Years ago, I started giving “ethical gifts.” Calling them that …

The Fertile Cliff

Aside from the copious amounts of shouting and weird, weird, …

Trail Running, and why I keep doing it, even though I sort of hate it.

It’s that time of year again. The lights are twinkling …

GY 4?? Feminism in Current Pop Debate

Occasionally I like to construct an alternate course of events …

Fleet Foxes and Growing Up

A while back, I went to a Fleet Foxes concert …

Why don’t my friends let me yell at them?

A few weeks ago, I was watching an episode of …

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