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It's bad to wake up and see a large cat in mid-leap from the rough vicinity of the ceiling.

— James Nicoll

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Latrines are not romantic, but nobody wants a battle called off because the men all have dysentery and are too busy shitting blood to fight.

It's very difficult to convey how alien and horrifying accounts of how American health care works sound to a Canadian.

It's a sad thing that the march of time and evolution of mores can rob one of the ability to laugh at simple domestic abuse.

Alas, time and head injuries are stealing all my memories.

There are no diplomatic efforts that cannot be successfully undermined by a few bigots in the field.

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