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October 2, 2016

i'm thankful that though i didn't get my parents' wifi password, i can write this in a text editor offline and send it to you later. i'm thankful for sublime...

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October 1, 2016

i'm thankful to be writing these notes from the gate of our flight to atlanta, where we'll get on a flight to fort lauderdale and will then get picked up my...

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September 30, 2016

i'm thankful for hillary's great burn of gary johnson, which brought me great joy this morning. i'm thankful to posit that maybe the reason that gary johnson...

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September 29, 2016

i'm thankful that d is a boss and got a raise after her excellent annual review. i'm thankful my mom got an interview for a new job and that d and i shared...

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September 28, 2016

i'm thankful i slept well last night. i'm thankful that yesterday evening, i was pretty sure i had an ear infection, probably because of swimming in the lake...

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September 27, 2016

i'm thankful that we're trying a new strategy at work this week in the hope of reducing everyone's stress levels. i'm thankful to be trying the new strategy,...

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September 26, 2016

i'm thankful that even though it's monday, i'm happy because i know that next monday, i'll be on vacation. i'm thankful that it rained overnight and that...

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September 25, 2016

i'm thankful to have slept past 8 yesterday morning and then again this morning. i'm thankful, though i usually wake up earlier and like waking up earlier,...

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September 24, 2016

i'm thankful that after several long days of disrupted routines, of late nights and early mornings and labor physical, intellectual, and emotional, d and i...

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September 23, 2016

I'm grateful for the Great British Bake Off. I don't even watch the show. But I love how so many people around the world can get so madly excited and...

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September 22, 2016

i'm thankful we stayed out late, first at a bar and then, after a trip to the big liquor store, in one of my coworkers' hotel rooms. i'm thankful that d and...

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September 21, 2016

i'm thankful for maureen dowd's hilarious assertion that donald trump would use the word "frisson" or even a coarser word that could be translated to...

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September 20, 2016

i'm thankful that i forgot to set my alarm last night and so we woke up twenty five minutes after it should have gone off. i'm thankful that's okay because...

thank you notes 9/19

September 19, 2016

i'm thankful for the salads i made for our dinners over the weekend. i'm thankful that though d gave up on her tomato plants, they continued to fruit all own...

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September 18, 2016

i'm thankful that yesterday, while looking for an old email, i got distracted by looking at other old emails. i'm thankful that in this spell of distraction,...

thank you notes 9/17

September 17, 2016

i'm thankful for the concept of the decisive moment in photography. i'm thankful that the other day, i came upon d who was sitting in her underwear on the...

thank you notes 9/16

September 16, 2016

i'm thankful for the challenge of finding new ways to describe how much i am struggling with work right now, even though i know that's probably not that...

thank you notes 9/15

September 15, 2016

i'm thankful that work continues to be very hard but that i continue to do it. i'm thankful for the way that hard work bonds the members of my team, that i...

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September 14, 2016

trigger warning: contains descriptions of self harm and suicidei’m thankful I re-read a little life on the plane back from lagos. i’m thankful I cried so...

thank you notes 9/13

September 13, 2016

i'm thankful that i realized quickly that i had included an API key for our knowledge base in a publicly accessible website where, i realized quickly, i...