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Insomnia
Note: Post updated on Sept. 21, 8:10 p.m.. This is a true story: 09/17/2007: I wake up, check the clock. 2:00 a.m. I hear noises coming from the darkness outside of the bedroom. Tapping noises. I wait a minute, heart thumping deep, hoping it was my imagination. Willow begins to bark as it starts up…
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Food Logic Volume 5: Coffee + Maple Syrup
Premise 1: Pancakes go good with maple syrup.Premise 2: Pancakes are a breakfast food.Premise 3: Coffee is a breakfast food. Conclusion: Coffee goes good with maple syrup. OK I’m serious about this one. Sure, Starbucks and Second Cup have offered Maple Lattes before, but those use sugary fake syrup. Similarly, Aunt Jemima’s maple-tinted racist-stereotype-recommended corn…
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Your Brain Will Betray You
People are dumb. If they hear something that is unclear or ambiguous, they will hear whatever they want to hear, or whatever they are told to hear. And I don’t mean they’ll interpret “nice shoes” as a genuine comment when it was meant sarcastically; I mean people will actually hear completely different words depending on…
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