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Naomi K
Aug 27, 2013
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This man is wearing a pith helmet.

When I first started getting serious about this blog (maybe four and a half years ago), I read some online advice that most blog posts should be under 500 words, because people have short attention spans. And I scoffed at this advice. I was like, "Under 500 words?! How can I possibly make my deep and interesting points…

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