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WEDNESDAY, 17 MARCH 2010
Parenting is ten percent love
and ninety percent asking where the other shoe is. Then they leave and take both.
— Zack, unqualified
VERIFIEDUNHELPFUL
PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
- Life is short. A measurable chunk of it will be spent in the post…
- Passive income takes a surprising amount of active effort. Mostly explaining it at parties…
- "Let's take this offline" means "let's never speak of this again." That's also the…
- You "don't do small talk". You also don't do big talk, phone calls, emails…
- Think outside the box. The box had the budget. You're out here with a…
- Your therapist said set boundaries. You set one. Then texted them at 2 a.m.…
- Your back now goes out when you sneeze. It goes out more than you…
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