The worse the idea, the more you’ll hear it has potential.
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The person who tells others not to be crabby is usually the crabbiest one in the room.
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The more fascinating I find a topic, the more I assume the person I’m discussing it with could care less.
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Bureaucracy is the most practical cure for irreconcilable differences.
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Having last tasted root beers in 1995, we recently did an abbreviated update. The best: Chicago’s own Berghoff. The biggest surprise: Improved performance by A&W.
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A new treasury of oddball store names from around the world.
Continue readingMy Weekly Credo: Ruin vs. replacement
For buildings and cities, poverty and neglect can be better preservatives than loving care.
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But the surest way to make something disappear is to start looking for it.
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If you actually want to make use of an object, you have to keep it visible.
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