Intheday-to-daytrenchesofadultlife,thereisactuallynosuch
thingasatheism.Thereisnosuchthingasnotworshipping.Everybody
worships.Theonlychoicewegetis_what_toworship.Andan
outstandingreasonforchoosingsomesortofGodorspiritual-typething
toworship----beitJ.C.orAllah,beitYahwehortheWiccan
mother-goddessortheFourNobleTruthsorsomeinfrangiblesetof
ethicalprinciples----isthatprettymuch...[
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Fornearlythreeyears,Billhasworkedforthisfirm.Inthefirst,hewas
luckyandwroteatime-tested(inventedintheearly90's)centralpieceof
systemsoftware.Under3000lines,itwasprobablythebestcodehehadever
writtenand,evenamazingtohimself,sofarbug-free.Theexperienceseemedto
validateandgranthimthementalpoisethatheusedtolack.Nomatterwhat
otherssay,hecouldtellhimselfthathewasOKatwhathedid.
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Billwasthenamehegavehimselfathisfirstjob.
Itwasearly1998andhejustgraduatedwithaMaster'sdegreeincomputer
software.Thefirmwasprivately-ownedandajoint-venturewithaUScompany,
makingthehottestcomputerchipsandcommunicationtechnologies.Justafew
blocksawayfromhiscollegedorm,ittooktwofloorsofthenewfive-starJade
PalaceHotelintheburgeoningHaidianhigh-techdistrictinBeijing.
Mostofhis...[
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Visitingdadtookamonthoffrunning.JetlagafteroneweekinBeijing
neededthreeweeksinFremonttofix.Ididkeepthemorningroutines
andstrengthtraining,goingthroughkettlebelldrillsregularly.
AfterachievingtheSimpleGoalinJan2018,ItriedtogettoSinister.
Butthisprovedtobehard.Thesamemoveswiththe40kgdemandedan
upgradeonallthemusclesinvolved,includingthestablizers.Ihaven'tdonetheTurkishGetup阅读全文]
Myrightheelstartedtohurtafterthe2015SFM.Ithurtforthefirst
fewstepseachtimeIgotupfromsittingorlyingdown.Bathroomtrips
atnightorgettingoutofthecarafterashortridealwaysbeganwith
sharpthrobs.RunningfeltmuchlessfunjustbecauseIhadtogo
throughthepainfulfirstmileineveryruninthepastfouryears.
Discussingwithfriendsdidn'thelp.Somedidhavesimilarissuesbut
thedetailsvaried.Mostwouldre...[
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PostsonhowandwhytheIndianshavedominatedtheITfirmsandthus
"defeated"theChineseintheValleyhaverecentlyragedonWXC.
Scathingcriticismsunderscoredtheurgencyofthematter.Incisive
analysisfromexpertsyieldedamyriadofcontributingfactorsranging
fromlanguagetoculture,historicaltopsychological,etc.,etc.The
sheernumberofpossiblecausesofthecalamitybefallingusfeltparalyzing.
I...[
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ItfirstappearedontheradarayearagoandthisweekIfinallyread
theacclaimedmemoir.Itwasinspiringhowtheauthorwovesomuchof
thefirst26yearsofherlifeintothreemonthsofsolo-hikingonthe
PacificCrestTrail(PCT).Imyselfhavebeenwritingwiththeideaof
thepastreachingouttoshapethecurrentandthefuture.ButStrayed
hasdeliveredwithhumorandstyle.ThereadingwassmoothandIfeltI
wouldreaditagain.
Irana...[
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1.Mr.ChenvsMs.Miller
https://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2019/09/23/8698755.html
https://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2019/09/27/8711547.html
38-year-oldQinChen,aFacebookemployeeatthetime,jumpedtohis
deathfromafour-storybuildingatthecompany'sMenloParkcampus
whichIcommutebydaily.
Chinesesuicidesatworkwerenotaccidental,bytheway.Thepatternhasallbeentooclear
sinceIstartedtopayatte...[
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Thursday5:15am.FivestopsafterithittheroadandwhenIboarded,there
leftstandingroomonlyonthefirstbustoBeijing.Anotherthreestops
later,Ihadtosqueezemywaytotheendoftheaisleforenoughroom
formyfeetandknapsack.Thisspothadnorailsorstraps.Thebus
designermusthaveexpectednooneinhisrightmindneedtostandhere.
Iheldontotheseattotheleftwhereabigguyinhis30sconstantly
switchedbetweensittingstra...[
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Thewaytodealwithjetlagwassimplytoignorethehourandliedown
whensleepyandgetupwhenawake.Easiersaidthandone,ofcourse,but
nobettersleepafterdeprivationand,forme,itwaspleasanttohead
outofthedoorbefore5:00amtohavethestreets,throngedwithpeople
duringtheday,tomyselfforacoupleofhours.
Theroadswerenewlypavedandwell-swept.Theairwasslightlymusty
forthetimeoftheyearbutfeltclean.(Itmusthav...[
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