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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>Last year, I entered my thirties. Yet, I feel no more an adult than I did when I was 16. Sometimes I need some reminders on how to be a grown-up. I keep them here. As Steinbeck wrote, “I set this matter down not to instruct others but to inform myself.”

I’m on Twitter, too, at @dmorrissey.</description><title>How to be an adult</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @beanadult)</generator><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>"The world is full of phonies."</title><description>“The world is full of phonies.”</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14376120231</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14376120231</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:41:32 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwdgg15oo71qi82eso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14376091008</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14376091008</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:40:49 -0700</pubDate><category>phonies</category><category>JD Salinger</category></item><item><title>The world is full of phonies. You don&amp;#8217;t need to avoid &amp;#8216;em, per se. Just learn to...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;The world is full of &lt;a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/bunch-of-phonies-mourn-jd-salinger,2901/" target="_blank"&gt;phonies&lt;/a&gt;. You don&amp;#8217;t need to avoid &amp;#8216;em, per se. Just learn to identify &amp;#8216;em.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14376071598</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14376071598</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:40:22 -0700</pubDate><category>phonies</category></item><item><title>"The best thesis is a finished thesis."</title><description>“The best thesis is a finished thesis.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Dr. Michael Hazel, Gonzaga University&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14375936688</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14375936688</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:37:11 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwdg96VIbu1qi82eso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14375917107</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14375917107</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:36:42 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>&amp;#8220;The best thesis is a finished thesis.&amp;#8221; Dr. Michael Hazel of Gonzaga University&amp;#8217;s...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The best thesis is a finished thesis.&amp;#8221; &lt;a href="http://www.gonzaga.edu/Academics/Colleges-and-Schools/School-of-Professional-Studies/degrees-programs/Communication-Leadership-Studies/staff-faculty.asp" target="_blank"&gt;Dr. Michael Hazel&lt;/a&gt; of Gonzaga University&amp;#8217;s School of Professional Studies to me months ago.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;He was right.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14375902600</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/14375902600</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:36:23 -0700</pubDate><category>thesis</category></item><item><title>"Find your happy place."</title><description>“Find your happy place.”</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/13181152718</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/13181152718</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:46:52 -0700</pubDate><category>happy place</category></item><item><title>Video</title><description>&lt;iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32397612?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/13181141121</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/13181141121</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:46:37 -0700</pubDate><category>happy place</category></item><item><title>Find your happy place. Go to it.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Find your happy place. Go to it.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/13181074740</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/13181074740</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:45:16 -0700</pubDate><category>happy place</category></item><item><title>"Say yes more than no."</title><description>“Say yes more than no.”</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11492517216</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11492517216</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:49:22 -0600</pubDate><category>yes</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4khxDg8g1qi82eso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11492509244</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11492509244</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:49:09 -0600</pubDate><category>Yes</category></item><item><title>Say yes more than no. Simple advice that really does change the makeup of a day&amp;#8217;s...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Say yes more than no. Simple advice that really does change the makeup of a day&amp;#8217;s adventures.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[She&amp;#8217;ll decide what she wants. / I&amp;#8217;ll probably be the last to know. / No one says until it shows. / See how it is / they want you or they don&amp;#8217;t / say yes. &amp;#8212;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcalJSO6jDY"&gt;Elliot Smith&amp;#8217;s &amp;#8220;Say Yes.&amp;#8221;&lt;/a&gt; Listen to it &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcalJSO6jDY"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[Print available &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://shop.thedolectures.co.uk/product/say-yes-more-than-no"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11492493929</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11492493929</guid><pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:48:00 -0600</pubDate><category>Yes</category><category>Elliot Smith</category></item><item><title>"Surround yourself with those who proudly display their eccentricities."</title><description>“Surround yourself with those who proudly display their eccentricities.”</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11355576285</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11355576285</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:26:10 -0600</pubDate><category>eccentrics</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lsylixHlF91qi82eso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11355566240</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11355566240</guid><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:25:45 -0600</pubDate><category>kerouac</category><category>eccentrics</category></item><item><title>Surround yourself with those who proudly display their eccentricities. If nothing else, the days...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Surround yourself with those who proudly display their eccentricities. If nothing else, the days will be more interesting.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Or, as &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.beatmuseum.org/kerouac/jackkerouac.html"&gt;Jack&lt;/a&gt; said, &amp;#8220;The only ones for me are the mad ones.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11344248251</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/11344248251</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:11:00 -0600</pubDate><category>kerouac</category><category>eccentrics</category></item><item><title>"Know the trouble of a beautiful woman."</title><description>“Know the trouble of a beautiful woman.”</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855639460</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855639460</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:19:55 -0600</pubDate><category>pretty girls</category><category>women</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lscocjLNLO1qi82eso1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855626846</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855626846</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:19:31 -0600</pubDate><category>sofia loren</category><category>pretty girls</category><category>women</category></item><item><title>Know the trouble of a beautiful woman.
The trouble is, you&amp;#8217;re never the first fool to find her...</title><description>&lt;p&gt;Know the trouble of a beautiful woman.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The trouble is, you&amp;#8217;re never the first fool to find her beautiful.&lt;/p&gt;



&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;[Image of &lt;a target="_blank" href="http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/post/106729541/loren"&gt;Sofia Loren&lt;/a&gt; from what may be my new-to-me favorite Tumblr, &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/page/2"&gt;The Impossible Cool.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;]&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855612808</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855612808</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:19:00 -0600</pubDate><category>pretty girls</category><category>women</category></item><item><title>"Play with your food."</title><description>“Play with your food.”</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855181736</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855181736</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:05:30 -0600</pubDate><category>halloween</category><category>food</category><category>martha stewart</category><category>ghosts</category></item><item><title>Photo</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lscno0Q6qZ1qi82eso1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><link>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855160185</link><guid>http://beanadult.tumblr.com/post/10855160185</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:04:48 -0600</pubDate><category>halloween</category><category>ghosts</category><category>food</category><category>martha stewart</category></item></channel></rss>
