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This Fast Print sign advertises a printing services business near my apartment, though the sign itself doesn’t inspire much confidence. It looks as though it might date back to the introduction of the Xerox (which was 1959). With a Sir Speedy branch literally across the street (and its speedy looking logo), I often wonder how “Fast Print” can possibly run a swift business of customers.

At least no one uses the Ditto machine anymore. I actually remember getting those bluish-purple copies in elementary school, fresh from the machine. Anyone else?

the business across the street

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To be most exitoso (successful) in your work, I believe one needs to periodically step away from it, to refresh and recharge the neurons. My vacation feels perfectly timed in the middle of the paid holiday drought, those many calendar days between New Year’s and Memorial Day. It’s been six months since my last visit to Chicago, and I’ve made it through my “freshman semester” in Minneapolis, reestablishing myself in a city I know quite well. (Incidentally, I may have also nearly gained a “freshman 15” in the process, but progress is being made on that!)

Now it’s time for “spring break,” and I can’t wait to reconnect with close Chicago friends and colleagues, as well as the charms and mild annoyances of a city that for 4+ years, I called home.

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My current reading list:  learn how to snap & polish better photos, learn new web development software to overhaul my website (which had its last facelift in 2003–zikes!), study how to be a witty writer, and takes notes for a potential 2013 vacation.