CAPRICORN (Dec 22 – Jan 19)Drinking style: Capricorn is usually described as practical, steadfast, money-hungry and status-thirsty — no wonder they get left off the astrological cocktail-party list. But this is the sign of David Bowie and Annie Lennox, not to mention Elvis. Capricorn is the true rock star: independent, powerful and seriously charismatic, not […]
As of today, I’ve gotten at least four calls for temp jobs that would take place over Wiscon weekend (the one I was called in for today would start… tomorrow. I have a 2:30 flight to Madison tomorrow). Blast. But hey, once I’m back from Wiscon, I’ve got nowhere to be until September. Then maybe
I liked living in Chicago. I liked feeling young and hip and successful. I liked my shiny shoes and my corporate card. I liked having money. And spending it. I didn’t like worrying about how I was holding myself when I was walking home at night, being worried about coming home a little tipsy, hauling
I’ll just need to write a lot on the plane…
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At age 27: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. dropped out from his job at General Electric to become a full-time writer. Henry David Thoreau went off for two years to live alone in a cabin at Walden Pond. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space. Memphis millionaire Frederic W. Smith, whose father built the Greyhound
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Good stuff: “Firstly, being female will always be a relevant detail about a woman in a way that being male is not a relevant detail about a man, leading to lack of attention to their more relevant qualities. This effect might be seen in the way that women’s literature is sidelined, as are women composers
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Select the correct definition for each word and see how many words you can get right in two minutes. Go!