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“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
#ThrowbackThursday: 2015 (Joe Gets a New Tattoo)
“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” —Oscar Wilde
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A Short Album About Love might be baroque pop band Divine Comedy at their finest, Casanova notwithstanding. Actually, founding member Neil... -
That woman in Jaws who yells “Twenty-four hours is like three weeks!” has irked me since I was 7 years old. Or by her math, 45 years old. -
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I wandered into the TV room where my little brother was splayed out on the rug watching Miami Vice. I had just turned fourteen and my room... -
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... -
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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