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She’d taken a picture of me in my carefully chosen clothes and a tremulous smile, holding a sign she’d painted in watercolors: First Day at the Lathrop School! The shot was probably already on her Facebook page, getting oohs and ahhs and
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If she is 25 in modern day, then this instance from when she was in 6th grade took place in approximately August 2006. TheFacebook didn’t launch until 2004, dropped the “the” around 2005, and didn’t stop requiring school/.edu email addresses until September 2006. There’s no way in 2006 (or even 2007 if she was an older 6th grader) her mom, aunts, uncles, and grandparents were all using Facebook. Just saying..
“Goldilocks and the Three Bears: No one ever questions why the Papa Bear and Mama Bear slept in separate beds. What was going on in that marriage? More backstory needed.”
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“My daughter breaks both her wrists jumping off of a swing. Her friend, who is five, told her to jump off of it. I promise nothing will happen, she said. But why did she promise that? she wails later at the hospital.”
― Dept. of Speculation
― Dept. of Speculation
“She says Ariel is going to interview me after she's done and he's going to ask me how many golf balls can fit into a stretch limo, and the right answer is to make reasonable estimates on the spot, maybe say, "It's probably like 100 golf balls high by 60 golf balls wide by 1,000 golf balls long," and to look like I'm thinking really hard, and then just do the math in my head and give him the answer. I ask, "Out of curiosity, what would a wrong answer be?" She says, "Freaking out about the question.”
― You're Not Much Use to Anyone
― You're Not Much Use to Anyone
“When you have cat stealers over for tea, you clean the house, buy bagels and cream cheese, and try to figure out how to trap your guests in a lie.”
― Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology
― Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology
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