Snippets from Real Life

It's the style now--pregnant women wear clothes so tight that their belly buttons show, and non-pregos wear what look like old-fashioned hatching jackets.

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Logically, there is no such thing as an absolute vacuum. By definition, it would collapse in on itself.

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I think I have an oral fixation. I am happiest when I am singing or eating--or kissing.

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Even the best nursing homes are places where residents lose their belts, wallets, hearing aids, glasses, teeth, mobility, dignity, and minds. Old age is a relentless thief.

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