More than a living

We, as a species, are big fans of veneer.
No, not Vermeer. Although Girl with a Pearl Earring is a beautiful piece, I must admit. The enigmatic nature of her countenance, at times, rivals even that of the Mona Lisa. Don’t you think?
Wait a second. Where was I going with this? Oh yes. Veneer.
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Why, why, why is it so much easier to be bad than good?
I think one of the primary reasons is that there are a wide variety of excuses for being bad (”I didn’t have time,” “I’ve been meaning to do that,” “Someday…,” “I didn’t realize…”). When was the last time you used an excuse for […]

A bit of an editorial note on a not-so-happy milestone.
We officially launched More than a living roughly 8 months ago. Today, we have received our 10,000th spam comment.
To put that in context, that’s:

Roughly 27 to 1 for spam to actual comments
Just shy of 50 spam comments for every post
About 40 spam comments per day

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