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I keep many secrets. Earlier this year a friend of mine sent me an article that was published in the New York Times titled “The Secret Lives of Just About Everybody.” I found it most interesting, for a variety of reasons, though right now one paraphrased quote sticks out in my mind. [...]

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Cigarettes fascinate me.
This may seem a strange thing to say, and don’t misinterpret it for me being a fan of smoking. I think it a pretty unpleasant habit, mostly on account of the way it colors and odorizes things. But still many facets of the idea of smoking fascinate me.
One thing [...]

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As if I needed some silly internet quiz to tell me this:
trait snapshot:does not make friends easily, secretive, introverted, reclusive, observer, dislikes leadership, somewhat socially awkward, does not like to stand out, dislikes large parties, values solitude, solitary, avoidant, ambivalent about fitting in, not dominant, unassertive, suspicious, prudent, unadventurous, worrying, weird, intellectual, frequently second guesses [...]

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This much is true: This is the last of my notes that were saved as drafts for things I wanted to respond to having read a bit of somebody else’s blog. In particular, this recent entry’s first paragraph.
This got me thinking a bit about how I don’t really feel any particular thrill about lying. [...]

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Internet strangers know more about me than some of my very good friends.
Now does this suggest that I am not particularly close to my friends, or that I’m extremely open with internet strangers? Really it’s a bit of both.
When I say internet stranger, I mean just that, an anonymous, totally disconnected person [...]

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