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By Erik Rasmussen

The 60th percentile

Photo credit: Smalltowngirl, Taiwan 2007

Bon Iver creeps out of my stereo and cars pass quietly down the street outside my open window. I’m in pajamas and glasses, thinking back over the past week, and thinking forward to a future that’s looking better than it was a few days ago.

Doubt covers me some days, suffocating me until [...]

Sticktoitiveness

Photo Credit: Smalltowngirl, June 3, 2008

Sticktuitiveness an unsophisticated term that country people like myself use to describe what New Yorkers would call perseverence, determination, or dedication.

I’m beginning to see how that good’ole core Midwestern value of sticktuitiveness is valuable, especially in a city like New York where perseverence, especially at first, is vital to long term [...]