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The Examined Life

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:16:42 PDT

From The UnComfort ZoneBy Robert Evans Wilson Jr.“Hola!”“Hola. ¿Qué tal?”“Bien. ¿Y tu?”“Bien.”Paul and I were 16 years old and had taken high school Spanish for a year. We called each other every night on the phone and spoke to each other in our new language. More than anything, we wanted to test our skills with a real Spanish-speaking person, but ...

Reward is in the Eye of the Beholder

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:29:24 PDT

From The UnComfort ZoneBy Robert Evans Wilson Jr.In the early 1970s I was a young teenager who was completely caught up in the Zeitgeist. I admired the long-haired rebels and radicals who were engaged in protesting the establishment and developing the counter-culture. I didn’t really know what any of that meant, but to me it was all about empowering youth ...

SuperSat to the Rescue

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:49:31 PDT

By Shenille MeltonWhat would you do if your carwash was bringing in an exceptional amount of business, but during a three-week period the actual cash counted was noticeably lower than the numbers reported by your sales records? A natural reaction would be to recalculate your earnings to account for all transactions and receipts, but if you discovered your original math ...