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Why is my job like the second job that somebody who's a genius at something else can do, and actually still be really good at? It's not fair!

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Nobody hearing my words right now is thinking, Oh man, remember that show, back when it used to be good?

Progress' constant companion is nostalgia for the way things used to be.

Chickens may be capable of affection or loyalty or maybe even pride, but if so, they feel these feelings in an ancient and birdlike way, like glassy-eyed visitors from another world.

Music is like basil. Put it on. Don't think twice.

Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.

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