Articles Tagged with #selfhelp
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Personal Essays
Singing It Over Again
When you’re used to regular doses of applause, giving up the stage for a 9-to-5 gig can produce acute withdrawal. Reclaiming past glories by singing backup.
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Personal Essays
A Simple Flying Phobia
The air conditioner puckers as the door closes. The landing gear creaks as the plane departs the jetway. Above your head, the call button dings.
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Profiles
By Any Other Name
Writer seeks pen name: something simple, nothing dippy, and preferably one that avoids implying a lawyer who savors puns.
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Personal Essays
Lacoste of Living
After three-quarters of a century, a quintessential shirt picks up a lot of baggage—some good, some ironically so, all obsession-worthy.
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Spoofs & Satire
You’re Just Not That Into You
Looking for love in all the wrong places? Maybe you should try closer to home. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a new book helps you ladies purge your self-loathing.
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Personal Essays
Hard Times Dog
From the financial crisis to the election and even the weather, unhappiness abounds.
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Personal Essays
It’ll End in Tears
Everyone has a talent, something they do better than most anyone else. For some, that may be solving complex problems. For others, it may be performing an athletic feat. For me, it’s crying.
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Personal Essays
Mr. Can’t Fix It
To the unhandy, a broken appliance offers an opportunity to prove one’s mettle—and finally break the plastic wrap on that toolbox. A stay-at-home dad calls in reinforcements.
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Personal Essays
A Writer by Any Other Name
Describing a character over 300 pages is one thing—reducing yourself to three lines is another. One man struggles with a writer’s greatest challenge: the byline.
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Spoofs & Satire
Being Christopher Hitchens
Living as a once-Trotskyist megaforce, now war-toting superstar can take its toll. Particularly when your personality subdivides into pro wrestlers.
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Spoofs & Satire
What’s Your Resolution?
The confetti’s been tossed, the funny hats are crumpled in the corner, and at least three of us had a little too much champagne.
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Spoofs & Satire
Golf Is a Highly Mental Game
A guide to the major techniques, strokes, and hazards you will encounter during an average day on the links. First: You should never forget that golf is a highly mental game.