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Judgmental Dogs

"I realized that driving stick wasn't for me when I was driving in a cul-de-sac with no other traffic around me," Agnes says, "and I was saying, 'Look at that dog!  That dog is thinking, "That girl can't drive a stick-shift!"'" "You make a good point," says Evira, "People who are a little crazy shouldn't drive stick-shifts," she pauses, "Not to mention, dogs are so judgmental!  I always hated that about dogs." 
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Creative People and Pain

What's more, says Csikszentmihalyi, the openness and sensitivity of creative people can expose them to suffering and pain. As electrical engineer Jacob Rabinow told him, "Inventors have a low threshold of pain. Things bother them." And yet, few things in life bring more satisfaction and fulfillment than the process of creation. -From an article by Hara Estroff Marano 
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Perfect Quote(s) for Valentine's Day

"Lovers in the first stages of attraction speak in harmonic dissonance-echoing and remarking on things that make no sense to anyone but their intended." -George Hagen, Tom Bedlam ********************************************************** Evira: "Yup, the lyrics really are 'Your sex is on fire.'" Agnes: "If my sex was on fire, I would hope that you would call 911." 
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Close Enclownters

As some of you may already well know, I am not afraid of climbing 50' ladders, catching spiders, or holding snakes. What freaks me out is clowns. I have a very mild form of coulrophobia that doesn't really cause me any problems outside of all my skin trying to crawl off my body.  That, and I scare my boyfriend by screaming everytime I see a giant clown billboard (there's one up north on 99, and one lurking around Fremont). Anyway, I was doing a training last week and one of my "students" asked me point blank, "Were you ever a clown?" I was  horrified .  I have always been afraid of clowns.  Some times that fear extends to all mimes (even ones without face paint), giant stuffed animals, and weird things like cowboy santas (one attacked me with a platic knife once).  Whenever I see someone climbing an imaginary rope, it just freaks me out. A few month's ago, I met Saru's grandfather.  He put his arm around me and said, "You...
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