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    Those particular objects you "can't live without"

    There's a particular brand of soap I use, and since the scent it has is very mild, I defend it zealously- I doubt I have to explain the importance of that here, but I use my hands for pretty much everything, so I will keep them neutrally scented, even if it means spending 90 minutes in the...
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    street begging

    There was a time when I was surviving off plasma donations. It sucked. In many respects, I was lucky- difficult circumstances in my extended family meant that I had a roof over my head, but it was far from unusual for me to spend time harvesting dandelions to have something to supplement the...
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    Looking for tips on improving my writing skills.

    I'd (and in fact, I do, which would be what, I'o?) second the suggestion of having some else read and critique it. I don't know about you, but I, for one, am singularly vulnerable to cryptomnesia. Even if you just want to share your thoughts among other hobbyists, it can really turn people...
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    Is anyone really dirty

    Cool. It is pretty odd, but the general rule is that the earlier you came along, the better the odds of venerated outside the one branch of the faith you're in (sensible, but still kind of sad; given that the core messages and virtues of every form of Christianity are pretty much the same, and...
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    Is anyone really dirty

    Martin of Tours. A lot of histories of him leave the hair part out, along with the part about how he didn't want to be a bishop, so he hid, but was betrayed by the honking of a goose. Ever since, on Saint Martin's day, they eat goose- I'm not sure which of them it's a jab at. Maybe both...
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    Bye all.

    So long. Go in peace.
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    Is anyone really dirty

    When it was time for my Confirmation, I opted to take the name of a saint renowned for his courage, generosity, and stubborn, steadfast refusal to comb his hair. They seemed like virtues I was good at. My spaces tend to be wildly cluttered, but I actually like knowing where everything is and...
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    Post an animal trait you'd like to have

    You can actually do this, albeit to a far more limited degree. If you practice going about an area you know with your eyes closed and making a sucking or clicking noise focused straight ahead of you, you can learn to recognize the different echoes it makes bouncing off surfaces at different...
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    HAPPY BIRTHDAY...EVERYBODY

    Thank you! I'm doing my best to make it a good one.
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    If you watch UK news

    Maybe he was bragging. Have you been starting fights with newscasters, A_A?
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    What adjustments would have helped you to do a degree?

    My problem was that the college I went to was, in essence, grad school prep. I actually did fairly well there, but I realized I wanted to be done with school and move on with my life. I figured a more traditional school would be able to get me a more immediately useful degree. It might've-...
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    Am I the only one who doesn't care either way?

    It depends on how it's done. Compare the two Half-Life games: Gordon never speaks in either, but in the first, it feels much more natural and flowing, and in the second, stilted and forced. It's partly due to the shift in atmosphere, but mostly just due to writing.
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    Do you mind being asked how you feel?

    For years, people would ask how I felt, and my go-to response was to run my fingers over my cheeks and answer "smooth". I think I understood even then that they weren't actually asking, but it still annoyed me; if all you want to say is "Hi", then just use that- or hello, or yo, or some other...
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    Most intense corporate rivalry

    How are we measuring this? Given the root cause, I'm tempted to put forth Adidas vs Puma, but that's long in the past.
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    Questions About Non-verbal

    As Ezra noted above, non-verbal does NOT necessarily mean non-oral; some of them can be quite loud (I learned that the hard way at a previous job; even I didn't think I could jump like that!). Also, for the record, non-oral doesn't necessarily mean non-verbal; sometimes they can write or type...
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