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The ephemerality of goals
And only recently have I come to the conclusion: I should not simplify charitable actions to “saving a hundred lives is better than saving one.” Each life is priceless and an immeasurable contribution to the human experience.
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Pork belly bánh mì
bánh appétit…
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Mama’s Chiffon Roll Cake
Celebration after celebration, our family always comes back to this recipe.
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Five Minute Margherita Pizza
Adapted from Kenji Lopez Alt’s “Serious Eats” blog.
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Does writing poetry make you sick? Taking on the big topics.
One of my mother’s dance colleagues posted some poetry online about the floaters in his eyes. His wife picked up on this immediately and sent him to the hospital, as it turned out that he had severe corneal damage.
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Fort Greene Grilled Cheese
The process is a little complicated, but well worth it— especially if you have a loved one who can be your sous chef.
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Schizophrenia in a nutshell
As much as I wish I could explain this condition by clinical terms, I just don’t think it accurately depicts what it’s like to live with it. Think of it this way. Each person has a lens with which they get to see the world. Some thinkers are broad, others narrow. For most people, this…
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Wisdom on a wall
On the drive to my grandparents house is Triumph, a modular building company. There is a large wall of text, literally, which I’ve been meaning to check out for weeks. I finally stopped in the lot to figure out what was being expressed. Here’s the quote in full as follows. “Make your workplace into a…
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Schizo-memoirs, for adults
One of my earliest delusions was that hearing train crossings was an invitation for me to kill myself on the tracks. That solving crosswords with violent implements as words to search for was a devilish reckoning. The second big influence on my psychology was strong color associations. Sky and fuchsia for Luke; a black majority…
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1% better every day
The title of this blog post comes from James Altucher, but growth mindset has been a buzzword for as long as I can remember, as popularized by Carol Dweck. In doing some research for careers I might be interested in and invest significant time into, I came across the following quote which compelled me in…
