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Writing is so much easier when you actually have something to say.

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I find myself at 1:48 a.m. suddenly needing to know the Danish word for "fortuitous."

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If I'm going to work at home, I need a more comfortable chair.

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What amazes me is how 10 days pass in the time it used to take for one day.

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I am who I claim to be. But that's all.

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Brought to you today by one of the wisest men of the 20th century, George Orwell:
"Language becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish. But the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts."

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I'm often accused of oversimplifying things. I only do so because most things are really very simple.

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Different things keep me awake at night. All of them are keeping me awake tonight. I hate that.

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If I wasn't so bothered by how absurd things seem to be, I could laugh at the absurdity of it all.

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I thought that by the time I was 35, I would be immune to a lot of the insecurities that plagued me when I was younger. I was wrong.

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Stolen from the wonderful Emily Dickinson
I'm nobody! Who are you?

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I find myself saying "monkeypox" a lot today. I don't know why.

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If I was blissfully ignorant, that'd be OK. Instead, I'm just smart enough to know that I'm not as smart as I need to be.

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I am often amazed at how incredibly smart one has to be just to function in the real world.

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Man, I'm glad I didn't have access to the Internet when I was 19.

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Sometimes I'm astonished at how little I know about anything. Other times, I'm comforted by how little I really need to know.