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Poking People

by Megan M. on March 3, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) | email me

I get a kick out of the way people look at me when I say I’m waking up at 5 the next morning. Willingly. Excitedly! Or when I show them my (very) green vegetable juice for the day. Or when I announce that I’m embarking on a polyphasic sleep trial—22 waking hours for every 24. [...]

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Assumptions

by Megan M. on January 23, 2009 · View Comments (Blog) | email me

Sometimes even the most reasonable people make some pretty unfair assumptions. Assumptions about motive, background, pastimes, lifestyle, character. I guess it’s the usual error (isn’t it always?), but in this case it’s particularly unfortunate. Assumptions can put others into difficult positions, weaken diversity, and tend to shut down communication. Once you make that assumption out [...]

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