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"I have great teeth that I routinely get compliments about, and my parents were hyper vigilant about our dental care. I was adopted from a country without a fluoridated water supply when I was 18 months old; I had parasites, low birth weight, and..." [
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favorited 6 times, recently by chalbe, woebot, elisynn, infinityjinx, DevilsAdvocate, dowcrag
3 weeks ago
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"And if I could favorite pseudostrabismus' comment a thousand times, I would. Nothing has been a bigger slap in the face to me growing up than realizing what he's talking about. I worked so hard in school I could barely see straight. I never slept..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
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"-Get enough sleep and learn how to manage stress.
-Don't smoke. Someone above mentioned those lines around the mouth smokers get. Indeedy. They will stay even after you quit.
-Drink enough water.
-Eat well balanced meals and get enough exercise...." [
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"When I was in my late teens, this regimen made all the difference. Sounds fanatical, but really, once you have the stuff in place, it's simpler than using 3 step toner-washer-moisturizer regimens and actually costs quite a bit less.
-Wash face..." [
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"I made Ina Garten a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa's Orzo with Roasted Vegetables a while back and it was fantastic. You can add way more eggplant than just 1 too; I think I did 3. This is what I wrote about it in my recipe notebook afterwards:
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favorited 1 time, recently by Jaltcoh
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"Before you go, and when you're sketching our your meal plan for the week, read the ads in the paper. Coupon clipping is a pain in the ass, but making note of what's on sale and working around that for meals is easier. My mom did both this and..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by thebrokedown
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"meerkatty's right. i know a lot of people wrinkle their nose at doing eggs in the microwave, but if you pam spray a glass measuring cup or other glass bowl, crack 2 eggs, whisk lightly, and season, it's pretty decent and insanely quick. i usually..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by theDrizzle, chicainthecity
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"This place is probably for smaller-chested women than you, but I love lulalu. It is really hard to find pretty, sexy bras in non-matronly colors if you're small chested. So this place was a godsend for me.
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favorited 1 time, recently by scody
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"First of all--the fact you worry about this means you're not some jerk. Don't beat yourself up over this.
I'm Korean, but only physically (was adopted by age 2, grew up in the States). I've wrestled a lot with this "Asian chicks are..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by sardonicsmile, lia
2 months ago
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"Pretty much everything Stan Chin has ever said (someone cited his response to scarabic's "how to destroy evidence of a dead body" comment, and it's a pitch perfect example), plus Pastabagel's reaction to the nerdy boob grabbing convention..." [
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favorited 4 times, recently by divabat, JHarris, nickyskye, UbuRoivas
2 months ago
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"I never thought I'd side with the other guys on this one, mathowie! I think your confusion over people considering the worst case scenario would make sense if we were talking about, you know, buying an appliance or going on a road trip. But with..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by danOstuporStar, fishfucker, onlyconnect
3 months ago
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".Boris Vian's Foam of the Daze and Heartsnatcher.
.Zoran Zivkovic. Hidden Camera deals with a guy who realizes someone is secretly filming him. It reminds me of Murakami, particularly A Wild Sheep Chase.
.Raymond Queneau or Georges Perec, maybe
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3 months ago
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"Grant Morrison is (my) king for darker, more psychologically and sociologically complicated action comics--best example off hand is The Filth. Plus, he's more openly unusual (at least in my girly opinion) than some of the other obvious answers...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by citron
3 months ago
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"This might not work for most people, but when I hit a wall with my boyfriend after about a year (we've always had great chemistry though, from the beginning....it was so great though that it was starting to seem boring "on paper" so I was..." [
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4 months ago
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"oldtimey, a couple of times i've actually been called out for my active-listening, ask-a-lot-of-questions, keep-the-focus-away-from-me tactic (a very cool guy who i eventually befriended, the night we met, actually said straight up to me at one point..." [
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4 months ago
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""So, do you, uh...like...stuff?" -Ralph Wiggum
Word on the whole barrage-of-interrogative-back-and-forth-about-where-you-make-your-money thing being tiresome and irritating. And yet listening and responding as if what's been said has..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Korou
4 months ago
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"Don't promise things you know immediately you cannot deliver. On the other side of that, be tactful and have some finesse when you explain you can't--explain briefly but solidly why it isn't feasible, and then either offer compromises or suggestions..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by elisynn
4 months ago
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"Deathalicious is correct. If you're interested in the economic theory behind this stuff, this article from The New Yorker on microfinancing is excellent. And I can't believe no one has mentioned Amartya Sen yet; he's the go-to guy when it comes to..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by soviet sleepover, surenoproblem, hadjiboy
7 months ago
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"SO true about the "love your body and mind now" thing. When you're 55, you will regret that you didn't cherish how amazing and "new" you are right now. Seriously, wake up every morning thinking something like, "damn, it..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by chicainthecity
8 months ago
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"i dunno. i won't be surprised if there's a pile on (even though people have implied you need work, or it's you or something), and i'm seriously not a generally gleeful "size matters!" sort of queen girl, but for uh...at a certain point,..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by tomboko
8 months ago
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"Hamlet, Swann's Way, Tristessa, everything I've read by Faulkner James Forster Wharton McCullers O'Connor. Truth and Method by Hans Georg Gadamer. Kant's writings on morals/ethics. Toni Morrison. Gerald Stern. Kafka's letters and notebooks and..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by paduasoy, salvia
9 months ago
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"-A hamper. Dirty clothes/towels on the floor, yick.
-Nthing a decent bedding set up. You don't need to get frou frou (I wouldn't want you to!), but have a comfortable standard (ie non inflated) bed with clean sheets and a comforter that doesn't..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by melorama
10 months ago
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"like grumblebee. discovering adults could be and were wrong sometimes--and on various levels; wrong factually as well as capable of behaving improperly/having prejudices/being deceitful--was like being punched in the stomach. i'm not certain i've..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by every_one_needs_a_hug_sometimes, nuclear_soup
10 months ago
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"A mentor told me when I graduated from high school that one of the things he wished he had done more at my age was to hold on to the people he cared about. Very understandable sentiment but still hard to actually follow through on, with..." [
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Last year
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"whenever i try to live with a small handbag, it doesn't work, regardless of how organized i am about it. i think this is 'cause i have to have a book with me at all times, as well as my ipod, and whenever i haven't been using a bag that accommodates..." [
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