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FRIDAY, 23 MAY 1980
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— Zack, unqualified
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- Age is just a number. So is your cholesterol, and it's climbing faster than…
- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
- Your Duolingo owl has stopped threatening you. It's not proud. It's given up. Even…
- Nobody notices when you do your job well. Everyone notices when you leave at…
- The weekend is two days long. Monday is nine emotional days long, and you're…
- You've been "circling back" since March. At this point you're space debris.
- You call yourself "a bit of a foodie". You've ordered the same chicken 64…
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