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Confinement in an iron lung makes it difficult to get to the movies, so I often watch films months or even years after their release via services like Netflix and Hulu, where I can enjoy the comforts of home as well as a grounded 120v outlet to maintain basic life functions. Star Gabourey Sidibe gained more [...] At my last birthday, one of the comforting thoughts that crossed my mind was the knowledge that I had successfully passed the future date of my death 40 times. “There has got to be a word for that,” I thought. Today, a month and 30 days after my fortieth birthday, I realize that, when I go, it is getting more unlikely that people will say, “He was too young.” Instead, they will say, “I guess it was about goddamn [...] Standing in line with a thousand other people this morning for my Swine Flu (It’s Not Just for Pigs AnymoreTM) shot, I was struck by how, if only the public health system had been as advanced during the time of “The Stand,” Las Vegas would not have been destroyed by the Trashcan Man’s atom bomb, [...] This leads me to believe that I have come in to my birthright as of yesterday, and can now kill people just by thinking about them. With great power comes great [...] |
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