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Stay in your lane

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I was roller skating on my local rail trail recently and coming up to an intersection, so I was slaloming slightly (barely more than C-cuts) to slow down. Someone on a bike came up behind me and said, "On your left!" Alerting people that you're passing is customary and courteous, though I don't know if there are signs suggesting we do that on this trail, like there are on the trails where I skate in Florida. There are also no alligators or exotic birds on my local trail. I was startled and swerved back towards the far right. "Thank you," I answered with a little wave. As the guy passed, he tossed over his shoulder, "Stay in your lane!" My initial reaction was WTF, dude!? You @$$ 4073! However, I said nothing. First of all, are there lanes on the trail? No. The picture above is the actual trail, and that person on the bike is the actual guy. Is he in a lane? No, he's right in the middle of the trail. ( Hypocrite! ) Furthermore, a g...
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The thank you note: a guide for grateful teens

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I’ll start this post with the most pressing question: why? Then I’ll cover how, and somewhere in between I’ll address who, what, where, and when. Why do I haffta write a thank you note? First of all, the big why: why do you haffta write a thank you note? The reason is that you need to express gratitude to the person who has done something for you (this is the “who”). This means someone who gave you a gift or money for your birthday or graduation. Or it could mean the person you interviewed with for the job or school. There are some people that are okay with your thanks in person or via text or SnapChat. Those aren’t the people we’re talking about here. So, to the relatives who have sent you a check, for example, you haffta write a thank you note. I don’t even know how to write a thank you note! It’s easy. If you don’t have any cards handy and can’t fathom the idea of going to Rite-Aid to buy one, you can take a simple piece of computer paper and a #10 envelope and write a heartfelt not...
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