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What’s up scary ladies?
My wife and I were grocery shopping. We decided to get a sandwich. I sat at one of the few available tables while she ordered. A woman in her early forties sat at the table next to me with her back to me and her table. When my wife sat down she told me how…
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Fun with bad girls
I was walking home. I was sixteen. It was after midnight. I heard someone call my name. I turned around. Five fourteen year old girls were on their way from one party to another. They wanted me to come with them. They’d been drinking. I had not. A police car passed us before we got…
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Stretch your mind muscle
Everyone knows the benefits of physical activity. In order to grow bigger, faster, stronger muscles you need to stretch them, pushing them further and harder than usual. It’s the stretching, the tearing of the muscle fabric, that causes the increase and improvement of muscle. Muscles that aren’t exercised atrophy. The cells degenerate, they lose the…
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Rule your destiny
All things are possible when we’re young. The possibilities diminish as we grow older. Or so it appears. What if, no matter your age or inclination, you could become the ruler of the greatest nation on Earth? You can. That land is your imagination. There is nothing in the world that did not first reside…
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The first time I saw boobs
My sixth grade teacher hated boys. Humiliation was her weapon of choice. We marched single file to the bathrooms, boys in one line, girls in another. The bathrooms were next to each other. Boys stopped a dozen feet back from the doors. Girls marched past the doors, then did an about-face so the end of…
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You’re not an assassin. Are You?
Have you ever found yourself excusing your behavior by saying, “I’m just doing my job.” You probably disagreed, in principle, with your own action. But you were paid to do it. You accepted the position, assumed responsibility for the outcome, and compromised your integrity. Perhaps your job is to ensure customer satisfaction. Every asshole, regardless…
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An uncertain future
Children enter the public school system full of enthusiasm, looking forward to each new days adventure. By the time they leave high school the simple act of getting out of bed has become a challenge for many. Yes, public schooling has successfully prepared the majority for the mind-numbing bleakness of work in the modern age.…