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Medicated

I should punch you for looking at this

This is my second follow up appointment to see the doctor. He gives me threats and ultimatums, and I try to walk a little more and cut down on the chicken wings. Today he heralds a new stage in my life.

Medication.
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Witches of Fleet Street

my hair is cut

I imagine new reasons to stay inside the Hermit Cave all the time. Today I get my hair cut, which is always an endeavor to get me to do. It’s really easy to call I–, but something inside stops me, or I find something to stop me. I used to think that the feeling was laziness, but hermit vision strikes again.

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That’s nobody’s business but the Turks

My co-worker D– was organizing a departmental social at a Turkish food and music extravaganza, and she sent out an email to all members of our department and members of our ancillary department (ie, people we like).

When I saw her, she stopped me and said “Felix, YOU haven’t responded.”

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Ear worms must be burned out

You understand that, right? When a song is in your ear, and it burrows deep inside then you can’t use a scalpel to extract it. You need fire.

The best kind of fire is repetition: burn, listen, sing.

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Laundry day

It’s not a metaphor for anything. Today I took laundry to the laundromat (the laundry-o-matic, except it’s anything but automatic) and tried to decide whether Tuesday night was a good night to be there.

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