I will be experimenting with different writing styles in the coming weeks, ranging from the meticulous precision of Paul Graham, to the colloquial "speech-style" of Saul Alinsky, and any additional influences that I think worthy of imitating.
The goal is to continue honing a skillset that will both benefit myself and anyone who encounters my writing in the future.Suggestions of favorite written "voices" are welcome.-Yifei
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Henna Hands For henna painting on your hands, world-class artists are sitting on the main street that runs through Delhi's Paharganj district. Here's a sample . . . This is done every year at this time for the festival of Karwa Chauth. (http://www.karwachauth.com/the-legend-of-karwa-chauth.html) Two artists, no waiting. This work took about 20...
Working Together - A Green New Deal My background is in the struggles for racial justice and criminal justice reform. As such, I've always felt an affinity for Cinque, the hero of the slave-revolt movie Amistad. In that film, based on a true story, the righteous, enslaved Africans fight back and take over the slave ship....
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linklings, from a week like (and unlike) any other It was a week just like any week. I got up, ate breakfast, showered, went to work, came home, ate dinner, slept. I played with the kids, watched a couple of movies, got a cold and took out the trash. I read a lot of blogs, but didn't "star"...
Early Morning Spin Class Yikes, this week has been crazy so far. I tried something new on Monday and ate breakfast at home (instead of at the office). It made for a very relaxed morning, but I’m usually too rushed to do this. I started off with the usual 1/2 cup of coffee and...
the first links of the year, 2009 edition Cabin fever has set in with a vengeance in the brip blap household. This time of year I start mumbling and grumbling about moving to Florida, a long-standing whinge I drag out annually. I feel the winters more now than ever with two kids. The two cheerful little munchkins...
Brown agrees to bin the Tobin tax UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown was observed to be rapidly retreating from his proposal that a financial transactions tax be imposed to aid the global economy. Brown, made the speech on Saturday at a meeting of global finance ministers, suffered a backlash on his proposal to implement a miniscule...
Is a Subscription to The New Yorker Worth It? I've had a subscription to The New Yorker for over a year now, and so far it's been a mixed bag. For every really good article, there is typically a pretentious, boring short story mixed in and a whole lot of one-sided politics going on. The cartoons and the...
Celebrity Guest Visitor Quite a while back now when I was looking through my comments I happened to notice a comment by someone called weight loss guru, now at the time I wasn’t too sure who this was so what I decided to do was have a look and followed a link back...
Angel Tattoos /caption] The angel is one of the most commonly use elements of tattoos today. It is not unusual to see angel tattoos rendered in many different ways, from classic designs to elaborate masterpieces. However it is used, an angel can be the centerpiece of a tattoo that turns heads and...
A New Alternative to Weight Loss Surgery – But is it Safe? The push for instant weight loss has lead to the popularization of surgeries that can dramatically alter the human body and its digestive functions. Complications are numerous, but the demand for weight loss surgery is high and it doesn’t look as though it will be waning any time soon. For...
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