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Day 282: fadchasing

When talking with some co-workers the other day, I made a statement about myself that I found revealing.  I said that I really like fads.
This isn’t to say that I indulge in every fad that I find.  I didn’t go to the midnight showing of New Moon last night due to its immense popularity.  I [...]

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Day 59: spoiler

I don’t know when the word “spoiler” entered my vernacular (and I’m actually not sure when it started to become popularly used as either a warning or condemnation), but I’m glad it has.
Although I myself don’t particularly like spoilers (I turn up my headphones a bit if people near me at work discuss an episode [...]

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Day 47: fear of the uncommon yet mundane

Today, I read the following headline on my news feed:
Oregon police say man’s sneezing fit caused him to lose control of car, crash into home

This is scary.  This is scary because it can happen to any of us.  We all sneeze.  Most of us drive.  By simple statistics, we will sneeze while driving probably at [...]

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