Maintaining Lifelong Friendships in a Disconnected Digital World

I identify as an introvert. The common misconception with this identification is that introverts are not social creatures–I crave the same connections and conversation in which extroverts thrive, but I attack these cravings in an often off-putting and unfamiliar process. At times I feel like my nature ostracizes me from normal work life and social…

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MBombay KeSARA Cigar Review

Tonight I had the chance to try the Mbombay KeSARA Toro courtesy of Bombay Tobak Cigars. Ron Arellano, National Director of Sales and Online Marketing for Bombay Tobak, dropped me a line via Reddit’s /r/cigars and asked if I would be interested in receiving some samples of their new lines in exchange for unbiased reviews….

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My Experience Working at McDonald’s

James Franco recently penned an op-ed in The Washington Post in which he discussed his experiences working at a McDonald’s. He writes that “I was treated fairly well at McDonald’s. If anything, they cut me slack. And, just like their food, the job was more available there than anywhere else.” Aside from my dashing looks,…

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Mistaken Identity

For being Death Row, the hallway didn’t smell all that bad (thanks in part to me and in part to my condemned cohorts who, despite being allies of anarchy in the eyes of the law, kept their final residences in a state of cleanliness that would make any non-cat-lady spinster smile). I say cohorts but…

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