Stop Caring About What Everyone Else Thinks
Someone out there despises your personality, and that’s completely okay. There are people out there who will search for specific reasons to dislike you, because of hearsay, gossip or even based off of nothing at all.
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12 Tips For Being The +1 At A Wedding
Don’t go catching the bouquet or the garter — the bride and groom would probably prefer that their wedding memories consist of people that they’ve known for longer than 45 minutes.
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Ted Pillow's entirety can be revealed in a single sentence, but he accidentally sent us this one instead. His writing ... 
Our Futures, Up In Smoke
At the end of the tour, the guide asked for a show of hands to see who would consider a job at the factory, devoted now to making tractors rather than planes. Not a single hand was raised.
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Ryan Frawley is a Vancouver-based writer whose short stories have appeared in subTerrain, WordWorks and The ... 
The Food Network’s Best Foods For A Food Fight
In food fights, just as in life, the best offense is a good defense, which is why I always wear Oakleys on my neck to protect the eyes I had installed in the back of my head.
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Laura Jayne Martin is a writer living in New York City. Her work has been featured on McSweeney's Internet Tendency, ... 
19 Pieces Of Advice You’ll Need To Make It Through Your 20s
The only good reason to go into debt is for traveling. Not Isabel Marant boots or expensive groceries.
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