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much higher education
a plus b no longer equals c
by joe procopio (@jproco)
topic: news
11.2.11 • CLASSIC

Many, many years ago, I made one of those life-altering decisions that seemed like the only option at the time, felt like giving up, and would eventually cause pangs of regret in the years to follow. But now, in full hindsight, it turns out to be the smartest decision I ever made.

After graduating from high school on the positive side of the grading curve but not necessarily smashing that curve in any notable manner, I wound up at a prestigious, private technical school in upstate New York (Go Fractals!), one that I had worked very hard to get into and to which I had even earned a partial scholarship covering a good chunk of the total cost.

But from the moment I attended orientation and got the speech about which two thirds of us nerds would not be there at the end of four years, I got the shakes. Bad.

It wasn't about the courses, or the work, or the looming social scene or complete lack thereof. It was about the money.

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occam's aftershave
when the simplest solution is just to cut it all away
by adam kraemer (@DryWryBred)
topic: humor
10.7.11 • CLASSIC

That's right, boys and girls. This week is my birthday (10/10, for those who can only remember one double-digit number at a time). I'm turning the big 37 (for those of you who are quadri-digited).

Yeah. Not really a landmark birthday. It's not like 25, when people stop saying, "Oh, you're still a baby." Or 30, when people stop saying, "I remember when I turned 25." Or 35, when people stop saying, "Why are you dating that 40-year-old?"

Actually, the truth is, I'm not feeling old, but I find myself doing things that I never pictured myself doing. I'm occasionally making "my father's noise" when I get up from sitting for a while. Last weekend, I opted for taking a nap over staying at a block party. And I've started coloring my beard.

*sigh*


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it’s not easy being green
the honorable task of supporting the environment
by tracey l. kelley (@TraceyLKelley)
topic: humor
7.28.08 • CLASSIC

You’ll be happy to know this column was written on a computer powered by my foot pedal electricity generator, while I drank water from my backyard artesian well. This room, like all in the house, benefits from the soft lighting of thousands of humanly-raised fireflies. I have a poster featuring the shadowed image of Ed Begley, Jr., crafted out of toothpicks salvaged from the finest wastebaskets this side of the Mississippi. Toothpick art is the newly-devised “Parallels in Progress” made work p

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an interview with filmmaker rashaad ernesto green
by jason gilmore (@JasonGilmore77)
topic: film
6.17.09 • CLASSIC

Filmmaker Rashaad Ernesto Green is an up and coming force in the entertainment industry. The New York University grad's 15-minute dramatic short, Premature, has recently played on HBO and been selected to at least a dozen film festivals. It recently screened as a part of the prestigious Haig P. Manoogian Screenings at the Directors' Guild of America in Los Angeles, where it added the Audience Award to its growing tally of awards. I caught up with Rashaad as he was catching his flight back to New

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walk it out
everyone's unique viewpoint, without prejudice
by jeffrey d. walker
topic: writing
6.15.07 • CLASSIC

To remind (or, to notify those who already don't know), and in Cliff Notes form, "... from June 1 to June 30... everyone... encouraged to do things a little differently." This being the mandate from our fearless I.M. leader. This of course assumes that I have a set writing style that I can depart from. In a review of my illustrious sixty-six (not counting this gem) column career, I have written six pieces about television, eleven about things I did that were cool, seventeen theories on life

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you are on your own heroes journey
how does your protagonist find his faith?
by maigen thomas (@Maigen)
topic: pop culture
6.18.12 • CLASSIC

As an avid reader, I tend to develop love for certain genres, certain books, certain characters, certain details. About once a year I read books by my favourite authors, and I don't feel like I've completed a year properly without reading all of my favourites. Fortunately, the urge to reread those books I hold dear tends to wax and wane along with the seasons or my moods. There's always a reason to read something you love.

A lot of the books I read over and over again are, in a way, theological in nature. I would almost venture to say that they speak to me in the way I feel the Bible or Koran might speak to those people with far more specifically defined faiths. The stories I reach for repeatedly have within them the ideals I want to live my life by.

The Prophet, by Khalil Gibran, is almost a meditation for me. Heartbroken or crying, I can feel the words soothing my pain. “When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy. When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.”

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revisiting fatal attraction
understanding alex forrest, 23 years later
by alex b (@Lexistential)
topic: film
11.17.10 • CLASSIC

When I first watched Fatal Attraction, I was twelve or thirteen. While I'm not about to ever let my prospective tween progeny sit down to see it, my mother chose to rent it for my whole family, and even invited my fourteen-year-old brother's friend Tim to join us. Two hours, one hastily departing Tim, and a dead Glenn Close later, I sat petrified. Apart from feeling like my mother had left a bitter, indelible dent in my adolescence (yeah, thanks MOM), I vowed that I would never, ever be Alex F

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