December 2011
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Talking cellphones with senior citizens
Him (strong British accent): I've got one of those blue things in my car for driving.
Me: Bluetooth?
Him: That's it. Bluetooth. By the way, people in this area are crazy. I try to tell them what numbers to call but they never understand me. They're deaf or crazy.
Me: It's actually just a computer. Voice recognition is just a computer program on your phone.
Him: Oh. Well, where do these Bluetooth fellows broadcast from anyway?
Me: Hm? What do you mean?
Him: They come in through my car speakers. Where do they broadcast from? Ontario? Montreal?
Me: ...
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everyone else: i'm getting an ipad and a laptop and $300 worth of clothes and...
me: MASTER HAS GIVEN DOBBY A SOCK
The Avett Brothers - Head Full of Doubt/Road Full...
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Bright Eyes - First Day of My Life
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“I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker,
And I have seen the eternal...”
– T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
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The Dos and Don'ts of Anxiety
We’ve all suffered anxiety at some point. Sometimes anxiety has an easily identifiable cause, like a big, overwhelmingly important project at school or work. Other times, for those of us with anxiety disorders, the cause is a little more clouded and difficult to express. It’s especially hard to talk about because people who don’t suffer from this sort of anxiety cannot understand...