There is a test to see how many words a person can type while using only their thumbs. (The world record is 101 words per minute.) Two. Two words per minute. That’s how many I can type. About as fast as carving words in a stone slab in the catacombs. Does hyperbole grace every sentence …
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Categorical Love
A woman whose husband has sports equipment he’s never used. And she doesn’t mention it. A woman who thinks her husband is hot. A man who thinks his wife is hot. A man who picks up the cracker off the kitchen floor, instead of complaining that his wife didn’t pick it up. Dogs who love …
Gentle Spin Cycle
Some days you don’t feel so much human, but more like a piece of laundry. The message here, I guess one of them anyway, is that you are not alone. I mean, I don’t know everyone, though I know a few thousand, and of those I do know, they all have days when they say …
Balance
Balance, it has been said, requires at least three points of contact. They say, “Take the stool, for example. The lowly stool is a short, backless seat; a platform with legs.” How many legs? They claim there must be at least three. Two is not enough to keep the stool from tipping. One is ridiculous. …
What Do You See?
You see heights. I see rollercoasters. You see rocks. I see playgrounds. Every rock is a challenge, but in different ways to each of us. Maybe we see the scene differently. It doesn’t mean either perception is wrong. It only means we come from different places; we see what our own environment encourages us to …
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