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Passing the Baton: Introducing Up Your Score‘s New Edition and New Guest Editor
With August in full swing, soon it will be time for the school year, and for high schoolers, that means standardized tests! Workman just published a new edition of Up Your Score: The Underground Guide...
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A Lesson in Procrastination
Let’s re-frame the discussion surrounding procrastination. Yes, it’s a bad habit, but if you’ve gotten this far as a procrastinator, chances are you’re probably not going to change. Instead, let’s...
View ArticleShould You Work For Free? The Freelancer’s Bible Perspective
Last week, reporter Nate Thayer posted an e-mail chain between an editor at The Atlantic and himself, in which The Atlantic asked if he would be willing to adapt a story he’d written for another outlet...
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Peep This
Most cheery sign that spring is in the air? The Washington Post Magazine‘s seventh annual Peeps Show contest has named its winning dioramas. Among the honorees are a recreation of Life of Pi,...
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Happy Mother’s Day From Your Millennial
Mothers of grown kids probably won’t get breakfast in bed or some kind of craft made out of macaroni for Mother’s Day this Sunday, like they did when their kids were little. But mothers of older...
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The Fault in Our Stars and The Trolley Problem
Perhaps you were one of the legions of fans who sobbed into your popcorn at a weekend screening of The Fault in Our Stars, the love story of two teenagers with cancer? Or perhaps you were one of the...
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The Great Selfie Scavenger Hunt
Workman’s shelves are full of healthy books–Thinner This Year, The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick, Real Happiness–and this year, the company has been making a special effort to practice what it...
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Important Moments in Waffle History
Ever heard of obelios? They were savory flat cakes that Ancient Greek bakers cooked between two hot plates, and they are the oldest known ancestors of the modern waffle. Jumping to the colonial period,...
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Really Important Stuff Our Dogs Have Taught Us
“Make it squeak until someone pays attention.” Chew-toy noise is how dogs get you to notice them, but when you think about it, it’s also a useful tip for everyday life: sometimes you gotta keep...
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Picking Next Year’s Calendar, and Getting Philosophical About Another Year
I’ve heard people sing the praises of the Google calendar, and I use an Outlook calendar to make sure I remember work meetings, but when it comes to personal preference, I’m firmly on Team Paper...
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