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Motivation Monday: Get on up!

Get up early, you’ll thank yourself for it. Best thing I did to start my week out right was to get out of bed early despite how bad my aching throat and lungs wanted me to continue sleeping. I am

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Second semester plans and projects

Second semester of my LIS program is well under way, and with two weeks to go until midterms, I feel like I’ve finally got a plate full enough to feast off of. For the past month, I’ve only been working

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Motivation Monday: In with the New

Trying something different gives you new respect for the old while opening up possibilities. Today’s application of that was returning to the elliptical after a much-treadmilled absence, with the addition of upper body exercises while on the machine. How will

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Motivation Monday: Almost there…

Finish strong.

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Writing Histories: Raising the (Not) Dead

Today, on this Blizzaster #snOMG day of shoveling and holing up, I was reminded that some of the authors we read for class are still alive and teaching. These first few weeks of the spring semester have covered two French

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Motivation Monday: Doubt

Doubt is the enemy. I took down this note in the middle of a dense reading I was trudging through finishing. I’m sure I was daydreaming about some other stuff, but hey, I think it helped me believe all this

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Workout Review: HIIT and Resistance Bands

Yesterday I finished Fitness Magazine’s “Lose 10 Pounds Workout” and wanted to document some pros and cons here. This was my make-a-goal/New-Year’s-Resolution plan, and I completed each day of cardio and resistance training. The cardio plans were essentially high impact

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Motivation Monday: Well-earned reprieves

Running up a hill lets you jog down a hill. Running 8mph makes 6mph a cakewalk.

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Pandora, potential employer for music librarians?

Just reading this article on the human element of music categorization, it struck me that those studying both music and libraries could be perfect for the work they’re describing. How can I like Katy Perry and Neko Case but not

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