Next weekend (Sunday, to be precise), the honorable gentleman Terence Lee will be running in the 2008 New York City Marathon. The marathon is Terence’s third (he’s previously run in Munich and Philadelphia), and he’s striving to achieve an incredible time of 3:10, which would put him in the 97th percentile of all runners. Yeah, [...]

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After watching the VP debate Thursday night, I found myself completely preoccupied with Sarah Palin. I decided to confront my feelings, and perhaps come closer to unraveling this riddle, via the miracle of Garageband…

The Ballad of Sarah Palin

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One of the mistakes I made in my last post was conflating “enjoyable” work with “meaningful” work. I railed against jobs in the financial sector first for their lack of social benefit, and second for being just plain ol’ no fun. I advocated pursuing work that has value to society, but I also [...]

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As my class (’09) crawls ever closer toward graduation, it seems to me that our nascent career goals have become more pragmatic. And by pragmatic, I mean that we care more about money. Sure, I know people who will spend their summer leading bike trips, or sequestered in writers’ colonies, or performing works of [...]

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There once was a writer named Ben,
Who with insomnia was suff’ring again.
Plagued by ennui,
And with nothing to do, he
Decided to take up the pen.
More to come…

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