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Book Review: How Not To Be Wrong

04.17.2016

How Not To Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenburg is a book describing how math is used (and misused) in everyday life. From the lottery, to elections, to predicting the weather and the existence of God, Ellenburg explains how to develop a better intuition for all the number and percentages swirling …

Book Review: Furiously Happy

04.3.2016

For those who don't know, Furiously Happy is about the life of author Jenny Lawson, and her struggle with a variety of disorders including depression and anxiety. I'm not really sure if it's a memoir or autobiography or neither, but you can think of it as a series of blog …

The Interview

03.20.2016

Interviewing is a lot like dating. You put on your nice clothes. You're kind of nervous at first. "Will they like me?", "Am I smiling too much?", "Was I supposed to tell the story about the frog?", "Oh god, I feel something between my teeth, oh my god, OH MY …

Apps I Love

03.19.2016

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picture of me w/ phone

With so many applications out there, it's difficult to discern which are valuable, usable, and do what you expect them to. So, for the sake of those like me, here are some of the applications I have found particularly useful or entertaining. I should …

Book Review: Harry Potter Series

03.19.2016

I know: you already have some preconceived notions about Harry Potter. We all do. The series has become an empire, with it's own movie series and theme park, and no matter what subset of Harry Potter related media you've experienced you have some thoughts about it. Regardless of what those …

Getting a Tattoo

03.14.2016

I recently decided to get a tattoo for a variety of reasons, some of them better than others. I decided to get one because:

I didn't want to be scared of permanently changing my body. We make decisions that permanently alter the course of our life pretty often, in much …

Healthy + Happy: Inspired by My Mom

03.6.2016

In honor of International Women's Day, or National Nutrition Month, or generally Having a Great Mom, or something, I wanted to give my mom a shoutout for teaching me that happy + healthy > skinny. My mom works hard for her body, doing an hour-long cardio and strength class (Jazzercise) at least …

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