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Happy old, new year
Colombian donkey watching a fútbol game.
“The time to enjoy a European tour is about three weeks after you unpack,” wrote playwright George Ade. He was obviously speaking of non-European trips, as well.
I will return soon…
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A nice little letter
I got an email today from a guy named Sean, who was responding to an article I wrote last year. It struck me as oddly beautiful, as though carved from a short story.
Hi, after a wonderful day getting in an argument with my boss about wearing an apron equip with a feather duster so I [...]
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Tags: correspondence, email, journalism, letters, Media, writing
An excerpt of an article I wrote for Psychology Today appeared in an article in the New York Times. I discovered that while I enjoy being referred to as Ms. Starr in print, I prefer my name in the byline. Next time, I’ll just write my own article on vacation for them.
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Tags: advice, article, Media, New York Times, Psychology Today, travel, vacation
Over the weekend, I went to arteBA, Buenos Aires’ contemporary art fair, to enjoy it and write about it for the Guardian (UK). Later Friday night, I saw a few bands at a club named “CBGB,” including this one:
Please note that while this wasn’t a part of arteBA it damn well could have been, [...]
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Tags: Buenos Aires, Buffalo, Buffalo Bills, football, globalization, sports, t-shirts
Shameless self-promotion
An article I wrote for Seattle Weekly was just named the best Science and Health story of 2007 in an alt-weekly by the Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
(Warning, you have to scroll down quite a bit.) Woo-hoo!
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Tags: Awards, News
Screw it, I’m blogging
I just started writing an article on how to get your own column, and after interviewing a few of those lucky writers, I came to one consensus: get a blog. Not a silly blog, but a real blog. Some place where I can showcase what I’m working on, off-handed tidbits that currently don’t have a [...]
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Photo credit: Fran Lebowitz.I like to write about behavior, culture, and technology.
