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Irrational Behavior

I realized the other day that I’m nuts.  This revelation hit me just after I pulled the fifth dead pen from the cup on my desk, scratched futilely at the page with it, and then returned it to the cup.  … Continue reading

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Reformed Eater

I see fat people.  They’re everywhere.  They don’t even know they’re fat.  And the worst part is…I used to be one of them. A year ago I was surprised to discover I was fat. Middle-age spread had widened me so … Continue reading

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Can’t Cook, Won’t Cook

When my dinner arrived at the table it looked less like food and more like evidence in an arson investigation. “I can’t eat this,” I said. “The pork chop is completely burned.” “Not all of it,” my wife said. “Just … Continue reading

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Resistant to Change

  People don’t like to change. They don’t want to change their religion, political party, or (in the case of adolescent males) their T-shirts. They’ll cling to their beliefs (or their ratty, stained eighties-vintage T-shirts) until their dying day. Much … Continue reading

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You Can Be A Coffee Achiever

Americans have a lot to worry about right now. There’s the mortgage industry which must have switched to an all alcohol diet and decided that it made perfect sense to loan people more money than they would actually earn in … Continue reading

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