I’m a dinosaur — a cute, small one — because I still use checks as opposed to a debit card. As punishment for this, the check company sent my documents in a flat package that included a box — also flat, unfolded, to be assembled by the addressee (me, unfortunately). Yes, there were (nominal) directions and [...]
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My Beautiful Mind
December 7th, 2011
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The Issue of Choice
October 21st, 2011
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A teacher friend of ours raised his children with the concept of choices, as in, “That was a bad choice, son.” “Do you think that was a good choice?” “What were you thinking when you made that choice?” He always sounded so patient, but I’m sure that, when outsiders weren’t around, the questions may have sounded [...]
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