I'm not sure. But that bless-his/her-heart kind of melancholic humor is among my favorite things in the world. I guess it exposes a kind of humanity - or that's the hope, at least - a kind of grudging respect for human frailty. Unless it's actually kicking human frailty while it's down - I'm not sure. David Rakoff
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  1. I had a tumor. But it was great.
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  3. For most of my life, I would have automatically said that I would opt for conscientious objector status, and in general, I still would. But the spirit of the question is would I ever, and there are instances where I might. If immediate intervention would...
  4. Lying flat against the tile of the kitchen floor listening to someone else have sex is essentially my early twenties in a nutshell.
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