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New semester resolutions

Ask any educator. August is a month full of intense ambivalence. The last vestiges of summer feel tinged with anxiety over to-dos …

Cupcakes

When workhorses say stop

A few years ago, one of my mentors described me as a Clydesdale–a creature that is capable of accomplishing a tremendous amount …

Shoulding all over myself

“Do you need to be smashed and tickled?” Mr. T asked. “Yes!” I replied without thinking, although I tried to amend with, …

The Daily Pixel: Spring and things

It’s Spring in Sacramento and I’m digging the 75-degree weather lately. So much so that I’ve found myself outside puttering in the …

Surviving the work shower

You know how some companies use the metaphor of family to explain their corporate culture? Where I work, it’s partly literal. We’ve …