I have no letters after my name. Okay, officially I have a B.A., which in today’s climate stands less for Bachelor of Arts as it does for Buy Additional — credits, tuition, college time — leading to more letters (like M.A. or PhD) if you actually want to get a job in the field. I [...]
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What Does It Take to Be an Expert?
April 5th, 2012
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Learning About Life from Cookies
December 28th, 2011
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Fortune cookies speak to me. In a long standing tradition of some three months, I and members of my tribe enjoy Chinese takeout from the eminently authentic Safeway deli on our weekly foray into the Big Town (population: darn near 50,000). And while the Chinese food of the grocery store is not as genuine as [...]
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