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That’s Yikes…Chillian J. Yikes!

In possibly the funniest thing that’s ever happened to me on the Internet (and please remember that I’ve been called a fattie by the daughter of the Uzbek dictator and crowdfunded my ticket to troll a Thomas Friedman event), the New York Times, that paper of record, has today issued a correction that’s been called […]

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“The Logic of Poor People”

Oh man, this really resonated with me.  After Errol Louis tweeted about not understanding why a poor person would shell out for a $2,500 bag, my Facebook and Twitter feeds went wild – total disagreement over what’s acceptable here. I didn’t grow up poor poor, but I didn’t grow up wealthy either.  And I remember very […]

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The Traveling Writer: A Case for Hotel Beds

A couple of weeks ago, prior to leaving for a trip to New York for work, I was chatting with a coworker who was (thanks, Nicole!) preparing to take care of my cat. She asked me something about how I get work done from afar, and I mentioned the importance of space, prompting a conversation […]