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My new role at Edvisors

Apologies for the radio silence – a lot has been going on in my life lately: Settling in to the new place, taking a much-needed vacation to Maine, and starting a new job. Yep! As of today I’ve begun a new role at Edvisors in Quincy (MA) as their Content Strategy Manager. Today was actually [...]
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Coda for Satoshi Kon

His obituary in the New York Times, which has a great interactive feature on some of his more popular movies. Highly recommended reading if you haven’t heard of him before. Blogger Makiko Itoh has very kindly translated Satoshi Kon’s last words — a long blog post that he wrote just before he died as a [...]
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We lost 2 good people this week: Jack Horkheimer and Satoshi Kon

Two people I greatly admired died this week and I’d like to pay them some tribute in my own limited way… Jack Horkheimer If you grew up watching PBS in the 80s or 90s, no doubt you know this man. Jack Horkheimer was the host of the always educational and shamelessly enthusiastic Star Gazer TV [...]
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Such a thrilling life I lead

I took a look around my apartment this evening and realized that a lot of my personal effects really don’t make sense when dashed together: I am also probably one of the only people under 40 who actually owns a 5-cd changer stereo in addition to an iPod. Oh, and a best of David Bowie [...]
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Everyone’s watching mommy!

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Blueberry jam on buttermilk pancakes

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Koulourakia cookies for an appendix out

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mvarmazis.com 2.0

Just two quick notes—I updated the site, and I'm moving.
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Flash mobs and press releases?

Too much publicity for flash mobs is something of a buzz-kill, isn't it?
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You win this time, Mountain.

Common wisdom dictates there’s almost no powder snow anywhere on New England mountains. And this is why they say that anyone who can conquer New England’s icy slopes will be a skilled skiier or snowboarder indeed. That’s at least what I’m hoping since I started snowboarding this season. In most of my posts I like [...]
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