Happy Chinese New Year 2014 ~ Chinese Customs and Beliefs
The Zodiac – The Chinese Zodiac cycles through 12 years, each one associated with an animal. Your year of birth determines your zodiac sign and personality. (Be careful to line up your birth year with...
View ArticleMy College Application Prank And What I Learned
Background story to one the funniest college applications you’ll ever read: In my senior year of high school, I wondered what would happen if I applied to a college as a joke. My friends couldn’t wait...
View Article18 Things My Mom Taught Me
My mommy likes free things, so I wrote her this free article last year. I’m still working on new ones for this year. Here’s what I’ve learned from the most amazing person: 1. Cheap things are good....
View ArticleHow to Be More Social and Happy: My Story of Turning My Life Around
Dear Everyone In My Life, I think it’s time to reveal a part of my past that none of my college friends could guess about me. This is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside-down: I...
View ArticleThe Tale of the American Businessman and Mexican Fisherman
One of my top 10 favorite folk stories about happiness comes from Heinrich Böll, a Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature: An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican...
View Article13 Things My Dad Taught Me
1. Real strength is inner strength, compassion, and calmness. That kind of strength makes your own life better, lasts forever, and makes a positive difference in the world. The typical definition of...
View ArticleThings I Learned From Melvin Ramos, the Homeless Man in Kenmore
Melvin Ramos, the iconic man who was homeless in Kenmore Square, passed away. Dozens who knew him paid tribute to him last night, telling stories about him, signing a big card, lighting candles, and...
View ArticlePeace and harmony at the 118th Boston Marathon
It’s the only sport–really, the only game or activity in the world–in which: Dozens of countries and people of all shapes, sizes, and colors are represented. Athletes vying for a world record share the...
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