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Social Engineering

Posted on August 20, 2014 by

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I want them to be friends when they are 30. That’s my goal. But I’ve tried to engineer a lot of relationships in the past and have usually failed. There’s a science of trying that says if you try to hard, you will queer… Continue Reading “Social Engineering”

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Peggy

Posted on August 30, 2013 by

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There she was, plain as day. I found my cousin, Peggy, on Facebook. No picture but the stats worked. Same home town, graduated a year ahead of me, living now in Flint, a fact I’d known from an internet search I’d done years ago.… Continue Reading “Peggy”

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Six Words

Posted on August 16, 2013 by

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It was inevitable that sometime during my 100 Essays in 100 Days project, I would get weak and either skip a day, pledging to make up the lost essay by doing two essays tomorrow, re-posting something that only six people read, betting that everyone… Continue Reading “Six Words”

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