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“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
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One of my buddies confided that he can't stand it when his other single friends goad him into going "tom-catting around" on ...
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There has been some talk in recent weeks about blogging--whether it's still relevant, who is doing it, and what is the best platform. We... -
Jaws is my favorite movie, but to be frank, I hated the book. I don't like Peter Benchley's writing at all, may he rest in peace. Th... -
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Self-Portrait The first time I went into the mental hospital was in early 2014. I'd been fired from my job at the end of Nove... -
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A Short Primer for the Spiritually Conflicted If your thousands-of-years-old religion's definition of "dec... -
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When I typed "Acosta..." into Google, the auto-fill came up with "...family." That means I'm not the only one who we... -
You guys. I accidentally found a really cool radio station. Google "Big 103 Boston" to stream it (or click the link at the bottom)... -
Google, why hast thou forsaken us? So it's pretty well known that Google has not been devoting that much dev time to Blogger in recent y...
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