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Consider how many bells and whistles you truly need.

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I’d like to find a new lover, but I believe you can’t go looking for love. At least in my life, it’s always developed naturally out of friendship. I don’t need to try promiscuity, which can be deadly these days, what with AIDS running rampant.

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Don’t attempt to “wing it” or “improvise” or “pull rabbits out of your hat.”

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We drank a liter of Tab and became nostalgic. At one point Ronna said to me something like, “But you don’t have any scars,” and I said, “Only –” and I stopped and then we both laughed because she knew what I was going to say and I knew that she knew and she knew that I knew that she knew.

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Everyone knows what you should do in a job interview. Dress professionally, show up ahead of schedule, talk about how interested you are in their corporate sustainability initiatives. Those go without saying. But what about the things you should not do?

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If you’re anything like me, you know how intimidating it can be to go into a room of experts and tell them why you’re better than anyone else they’ll speak with. Here are 10 tips that can help you be prepared for that interview!

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“I make it a point to introduce myself very clearly and say my name at least a couple of times. And at the end I ask them if they remember my name. Almost every person forgets. It’s not a deal breaker because I understand that they’re nervous, but when someone does remember it, I have to resist hiring them on the spot.”

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Here’s something no one tells you after you graduate college and begin the job hunt: The term “entry level job” is a misnomer.

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Josh and I went to Kenny’s Castaways, and by chance they seated us near the tables where Wes, Marla and their friends were sitting. Marla brought out a copy of my book and I autographed it for Jack, that guy I met last fall that Saturday when Wes and I were editing the stories.

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“In all honesty, those catty high school girls that used to exclude you, make fun of you, or just ignore you all together, they were the ones actually preparing you for the real world; because they are the real world.”