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...calls the 100 Thing Challenge. (Apparently, Bruno is so averse to excess he can't refer to 100 things in the plural.) In a country where clutter has given rise not only to professional organizers but also to professional organizers with their own reality series (TLC's Clean Sweep), Bruno's online musings about his slow and steady purge have developed something of a cult following online, inspiring others to launch their own countdown to clutter-free living...
When Walsh helped homeowners purge their belongings on Clean Sweep, the weekend-long project would end with a huge garage sale. Off camera, good riddance is usually a good bit slower. Simmons has given herself a six-month deadline to winnow her stuff to 100 things--or at least 100 categories of things. (Hey, I'm not knocking her. I've got more than 100 things in my purse...
...Obama won over younger women. But women in the middle split almost evenly between the two. And while both Senators boasted historic candidacies, Obama's seemed to resonate more deeply, translating into 70%, 80% and even 90% of the black vote in primary contests. No one expected Clinton to sweep 90% of Democratic women voters, but 60% wouldn't have been an unreasonable accomplishment for the first woman to have a serious chance of winning the presidency. Instead, Clinton won just over a majority of women's votes...
Your brain is going to sweep and swell into all sorts of new directions and dimensions. It will encounter Ambiguity. Ambivalence. Algebra. Your body is about to be taken over by aliens, behave in ways you can't control, grow in ways you can't contain. At times your feet will seem nowhere near the ground. I fell down the stairs a lot in middle school. Basic coordination was often beyond me. Confusion is part of the curriculum...
...Harvard team defeated his old Michigan team in Harvard men’s basketball’s greatest win this past December, as well as the unfortunate task of interviewing him after his team had lost seven in a row—twice.That means I watched Harvard sweep Penn and Princeton in the same weekend for the first time since 1987, as well as got literally trampled as the Big Red crowd stormed the court at Cornell after a victory over the Crimson sealed its Ivy League Championship.There were ups and downs—but mostly ups. What was there...