Today’s article is posted on Josh Hanagarne’s excellent blog, World’s Strongest Librarian.
The title is not a euphemism, my first job really was in a traveling reptile show, and this is my ridiculous story.
Raptitude Experiment No. 4 will debut on Thursday, see you then.
Read about David getting wrangled by a boa constrictor.
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I'm David and Raptitude is a street-level look at the human experience -- what makes human beings do what they do, and what that means in real life.
I write about how to make sense of the earth's most ridiculous animal, how to get better at being one of them, and how only those two things can save the world. 
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Let's see if I can clearly articulate what I want to get across. I agree that with uncomfortable silences, something probably can and should be said. But silence can be a great test for relationships. When you find that person that you can have silence with and not...
Hi Julie, good to hear from you. I'm still determined to take a road trip across the south, then out to LA, but I don't know where it is in my always-growing sequence of upcoming trips. :)
You may be different than me, but I often rationalized saying nothing by telling myself it's not important to fill silences, and that it's not "me." I say if a silence conspicuous or tense to both parties, it's creating a barrier. There's nothing wrong with changing yourself or your behavior,...
Sage advice! This reminds me of a video my husband just showed me from the TedxBlommington session. Shawn Achor did a very interesting talk on "The Science of Happiness and Potential" based on positive psychology. (http://www.tedxbloomington.com/2011/03/shawn-achor/) Some it sound similar to what you wrote about here. Awesome stuff!
A short but very powerful and enjoyable piece David. It's a gift to be able to capture such thoughts and express them so concisely. It's so easy to get lost in the multitude of advice out there about how we can find a more balanced existence. I found this...