Daily Archives: August 1, 2012

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F’n Early NFL Preview: NFC South Edition

TrophyThe NFC South may be the most interesting division in football this year. I saved this one for last for a reason. I went over rosters and stats from last year. I checked draft reports. I consulted a Magic Eight Ball and made sacrifices to the Dark Lord Cthulhu in a vain attempt to get a handle on what is going on and pretty much came up empty. I’m just going to throw some shit at the wall and see what sticks.

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Super Squats Challenge

Welcome to week two of our jump lunges challenge. We are still on however many you can do in 30 seconds. As you may have noticed as you performed this exercise, it is 1) difficult to keep your balance, and 2) your knees may not like you very much. That’s why keeping your form is much more important than anything else so you can continue on the challenge. Continue reading

What Are the Differences Between Traditional Book Publishing and Self-Publishing?

In the old days (from about the early-mid-1800s until the past 2 or 3 years) book publishing usually worked like this: the author wrote a book, and sent the manuscript to a commercial publisher, Random House, Faber and Faber, Akashic, there are thousands of them world-wide. The publisher employs professional editors to read the manuscripts and select (‘acquire’ is the usual verb used) ones with commercial possibilities. The author is then assigned an editor to work with to prepare the manuscript for publication. Continue reading