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Sharing Food

One of the biggest social mistakes people make is not sharing food, specifically with me. This is America not Somalia, there is plenty more rice where that came from. People have been sharing food as a means of social bonding … Continue reading

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Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places

As someone who has spent long hours cursing the internet’s back allies and bath houses I can safely say that looking for love online is a bad idea. It can often results in virus (computer and bodily), crushed dreams, and … Continue reading

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Political Hard Wiring?

A slew of studies have come out recently suggesting an innate, genetic predisposition to certain forms of political thinking. John Haidt’s book The Righteous Mind is a collection of such experiments and observations but it is by no means the … Continue reading

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Stop Replying All

If you are anything like me you get a lot of chain emails; invites to diners or summer homes, chain mail letters, and other pressing matters. The problem is other people hit “reply all” and all of sudden my one … Continue reading

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Stop Giving People Books

Books are just about the lamest gift you can give someone. Nothing quite describes the look on a child’s face when they open a present only to find it’s a book. The sentiment is shared by most adults they just … Continue reading

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Sex in Public Places

The world if full of public spaces like parks, airport restrooms, burnt out buildings, and elevators. The conventional wisdom, that is to say the squares, will tell you that it is not appropriate to have sex in any of them. … Continue reading

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The Office Fridge

I am currently in the midst of an investigation into who stole my lunch Thursday, March 1st. This heartless glutton decided not only to steal my lunch, but to perpetrate the crime on Thursday, knowing full well that I would … Continue reading

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Leap Babies Have Long Awaited Birthdays

This Wednesday, February 29th, marks a long awaited birthday for many people born on Leap Day. February 29th happens every four years (leap years) as a way to compensate for the fact that it takes the earth 365.25 days to … Continue reading

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Dealing with Ex-Lovers

If you are anything like me, you keep up with your exs. I always say if you liked someone enough to date them then you certainly like them enough to be friends. Even if things don’t end well, time heals … Continue reading

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Catholic Church to the Obama Administration “Pull Out!”

The Obama administration and the Catholic Church are publicly squaring off over a mandate in the healthcare reform that required catholic schools, hospitals, and organizations to make birth control pills available with the insurance they offer. The Catholic Church says … Continue reading

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