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Improve Your Writing Immediately: Synonym Finder

Fact: if you use a book so much you repair it with duct tape, it’s a winner. There are plenty of books on improving your writing, and here’s one that works immediately. It’s more direct than a...

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What Do You Do When A Song Is Stuck In Your Head?

I experience music looping in my head on a regular basis, and I’m sure you can think of several times this has happened to you. I’m also a self-taught musician, having learned to play guitar by ear...

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A Good Man Is Hard To Find Read by Flannery O’Connor

Flannery O’Connor reading her short story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” My all-time favorite author, Flannery O’Connor, reads here one of my all-time favorite stories, A Good Man Is Hard To Find. It’s...

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This is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin: A Review

Note: The folks from Grammarly graciously offered to sponsor this post. I use Grammarly for proofreading online because it can free up more brain power for enjoying music. Music is everywhere,...

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KISS in M.I.A. Sample

Matangi & KISS’ Heaven’s On Fire on New Album Listen to the first 5 seconds of both of these songs… “Matangi” by M.I.A., 2013 “Heaven’s On Fire” by KISS, 1984 Cool, huh? Share this on Twitter! What...

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Recent Musical Obsessions

Here are some songs I have been obsessed with lately. For one reason or another these tunes have been on repeat in my brain and in my iPod consistently the last several weeks. “Baby Blue” by Badfinger...

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Foursquare: Do or Die Time?

Here’s something interesting: I often look to the media for blog post ideas, but this time it seems to have happened in reverse. Case in point: a few weeks back I heard a broadcast from Marketplace...

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Last Book Read: Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead

The last book I read is Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead by Neil Strauss. It’s a collection of interviews that Strauss feels are particularly revealing about some high-profile personalities. Strauss...

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Single Image Saturdays: Two Feet Ahead

Two Feet Ahead. Shot at Cookies Shabbytiques in Winston-Salem, NC via Hipstamatic.

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