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“How wonderful it is to be able to write someone a letter! To feel like conveying your thoughts to a person, to sit at your desk and pick up a pen, to put your thoughts into words like this is truly marvelous.”

This weekend I decided to attend ISFLC, one of the biggest libertarian conferences in the world. This was not my first time attending this conference but after skipping the past few years, I felt it would be interesting to see what had changed. I was not disappointed.

When I was in high school, each student was given a school calendar at the beginning of the year which laid out every sporting event, school play, teacher in-service day, and major festivity for that year. Some calendars made it home, while others were introduced to the trash bin.

I remember the first time I played a video game. I was five years old, playing with my next door neighbor until he invited me inside to play Super Mario Brothers on his Super Nintendo. Until then I had never heard of “Nintendo,” let alone of a “game console.” As soon as I picked up the grey and purple controller, I began a lifelong journey into my virtual life, dominated by multiple consoles and multitudes of games.

Study after study hammers the United States on our science and math scores when compared to the rest of the world, which has lead to many educational reforms over the years. Sadly, it is common knowledge that our education system lags behind much of the developed world.

In my opinion, the most awkward part of interviewing for a job is salary negotiation. I get self-conscious when it comes to money, let alone telling someone how much I want them to pay me.

Sometimes free and simple are exactly what we need. When I began my foray into graphic design and image manipulation, I wasn’t loaded and I didn’t need an overly complicated software option. I began with GIMP, a free and open-source image manipulation program that may not have been as pretty as Adobe Photoshop or InDesign, but it got the job done.

While I was in college, I used to spend my breaks working on oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico as a night cook and supervisor for a specialized catering company.

While writing lists for the best association management software options offered online, I noticed questions regarding the differences between association and membership management software. The truth is, these terms describe the exact same type of software and can be used interchangeably, but they shouldn’t.