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Thunder and rain and lightning and lakes

Rain was too irresistible tonight. (Or far more fun to explore than work on this lingering paper.) Here is the file: MayStorm

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What’s keeping me busy these days

I have had a full and gratifying month this October and haven’t been as free to contribute thoughtfully to my own blog. I have posted a couple of essays to my HASTAC blog, and thought it’d be worth noting here

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Silencing Jillian Michaels

Jillian Michaels has had a lot of appearances lately in the magazines I read, and when I saw her new book, Unlimited, displayed on a shelf at the Iowa City Public Library as I was browsing, I decided why the

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Summer Freelancing Work

I’m dedicating part of my time this summer to freelance projects, something I might not get to do after completing my MLIS degree and getting a FT job (*crosses fingers*).

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My Life with 5 Fingers: Review and progress update

Five weeks ago I purchased a pair of Vibram FiveFingers shoes, in the Bikila style. The company promotes these running shoes as being designed to support “a more natural, healthier and more efficient forefoot strike.” As in, you could also

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Motivation Monday: Almost there…

Finish strong.

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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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Motivation Monday: On Procrastination

You know you want what comes at the end, so you must also want what comes at the beginning.

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