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The Bee Sting | Worry
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Just the update
There’s a joke about how men can go out and play 18 holes of golf and not learn one new thing about each other. “How could you not have found out if…
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The piece of writing that had the biggest impact on me isn't in the library
When I was 12, I could name just about every player in the National Hockey League. Hockey was life, and my parents supported this mania by shuttling my…
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March 2024

The one job that isn't on my resume
that I think about every day
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Just to find out what's on the other side
Thinking back to the day I got my college acceptance letter puts a smile on my face. It was a day of relief, but it was mostly a thrill, imagining the…
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In defense of having the usual
It’s hard to find time for yourself in a big city. You’re either the person crying on your stoop or the stranger walking by. But if you don’t find time…
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Are we having less sex because of our phones?
Or are we doing less of everything?
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February 2024

2 good books
Wellness | We All Want Impossible Things
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New York Nice
The difference between being kind and nice
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Running the mile you're in
A fisherman, a Harvard MBA, a marathoner, and a Swede walk into a bar..
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There was nowhere to go but in
"We were hungry. We were cold. We lacked. So we went out in search of the things we didn’t have."
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January 2024

Your favorite magazine is going out of business
It's only a matter of time
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