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Working Away From the Office

This morning I came across a 2005 conversation with Malcolm Gladwell (author of The Tipping Point and Blink) about his work habits -- how he writes from various locations around the world, eschewing the traditional home office. I came across this while t

Chris Higgins

Quittin' Time!: People Who Punched Out of Work In Their Prime

HARPER LEE Most one-book authors are one-book authors for a reason: They die before they can crank out a second. (Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind comes to mind.) It seems Harper Lee, however, just plain doesn't want to write anymore. In the 1950s,

Maggie Koerth-Baker

Using a credit card to buy one Atomic Fireball? Priceless.

The night before any holiday where greeting cards are involved, I wind up at the stationery store. My goal is always to spend $1.99 (plus tax). But since I don't carry that kind of cash, I have to whip out the plastic. And whipping out the plastic mean

Jason English



Starbucks Giveth...

I don't particularly like iced coffee. More of a 44-ounce, 600-calorie smoothie kind of guy. But when this coupon found its way into my Gmail, I was willing to expand my beverage horizons. With an expiration date of 9/30, I could hit all fifty-three St

Jason English
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