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At-Home Try Ons: Warby Parker vs. Classic Specs

I was incorrect in guessing that my glasses frames from Warby Parker hadn't yet shipped, because they arrived yesterday! Once again, I apologize for my sucky selfies. My favorites are the ones on the top two rows.  :-) As mentioned in yesterday's post, I also ordered at-home try on frames from Classic Specs: The frames from both companies seem to be of comparable quality. (Although I've worn glasses since my early teens, I've only owned one pair of designer frames — Giorgio Armani — and I personally don't believe the markup of a high-brand name is worth the extra $$$ in the case of glasses frames.) All the frames I received were of high-quality acetate with reinforced hinges, made in China. As of this writing,...

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How Fast Can You Read?

And how do you compare to the national average? Office supplies retailer Staples has created an online test that measures how many words you read per minute and how you rank up to the masses. The directions are simple: after reading a selection of text, you answer 3 simple questions to verify that you did, in fact, read the passage, and voilà! I'm sure that the test is not without faults, but I was still pleasantly surprised — with a smidge of nerdy pride — to score 1,068 words per minute. :-)  I guess my love of reading and my desire to consume every last written word in my path, starting from a young age, has made me an efficient reader over the years? I...

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So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

In the past 6 weeks, my family has had 4 hospital stays. J is actually still in the hospital and has been admitted for over a week. Additionally, the virus I had caught a few weeks back migrated to my left eye. I am still being treated — it hurts to look at screens, to do anything that requires concentration with my eyes open (even driving, which sucks because J's hospital is over an hour drive each way), and I'm constantly getting headaches. And this is just the medical stuff. NYE 2013 at the hospital. At least I was able to bring some smiles to thedoctors and nurses who were working that evening by gifting thembottles of sparkling grape juice and cookies. When your...

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Delusion Angel*

1995. I remember it was my last year in junior high. I remember being awkward and unsure, desperately wanting to fit in, longing to be just like everyone else yet still wanting to leave a unique imprint as a burgeoning adult. I remember sneaking peeks at issues of YM and Seventeen at the school library. And I remember reading about Before Sunrise, a movie about two strangers (Céline and Jesse, played by Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke) who meet on a train and spend an unforgettable night in Vienna together. I remember all the girly magazines raving about it, and I remember renting the flick from my local Blockbuster later that year. And I remember I fell asleep watching the movie. My favorite scene from "Before Sunrise"...

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