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The Public Shame Of Handwashing Avoidance

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Has this ever happened to you?

You have just evacuated your bladder and/or bowels in a bathroom at work, and, after flushing (you’re not an animal, after all), you make way for the door, just as another person walks in and sees you exiting the stall.

Spotted, you halt in mid-step, pivot, and walk back to the sink for a quick soap, rinse and dry, after which you sheepishly head out the door.

Never happened to you? Hey, me neither.

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Accio What?

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Okay, I finished the new Harry Potter book. It was good.

One thing I noticed in this book more than any other book in the series was the frequent use of the magic word Accio.

If you were to visit Becca’s first installment of her glossary of “Wizarding Words”, you would see the definition of Accio as follows:

Accio – Used to summon objects from a distance. Accio is Latin for “I receive.”

I’m curious, if you were able to summon one (and only one — let’s face it, we’re all Muggles here) kind of object through simply speaking Accio plus the object, what would you like to be able to summon?

I’m tempted to say, “Accio toilet paper!” but there have been only a couple occasions when I have realized too late I had none. So, what would you say?

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How Not To Start A Research Paper

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19841, in this case not an album2 by the rock group Van Halen3, nor an album4 by keyboardist Rick Wakeman5, is a dystopian novel6 (an example of which can be found in George Orwell’s 19841) by George Orwell7, an English author most noted for penning the dystopian novel6, 19841, in this case not an album2 by the rock group Van Halen3, nor an album4 by keyboardist Rick Wakeman5…

1http://wikipedia.org, “Nineteen Eighty-Four”
2Ibid. “1984 (Van Halen album)”
3Ibid. “Van Halen”
4Ibid. “1984 (Rick Wakeman album)”
5Ibid. “Rick Wakeman”
6Ibid. “dystopian novel”
7Ibid. “George Orwell”

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What Cartoon Characters Am I Hating Lately?

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Dora

Oh, this goody-goody who repeats things over and over and over again. I hate her!

Boots

If I hate Dora, there’s a pretty good chance I’m going to hate her annoying monkey sidekick as well.

Swiper

You’d think I would like Swiper, seeing as his main purpose is stealing things from Dora, Boots and the assorted other characters on the show. Well, you’d be wrong. Wrong, as in it’s wrong to steal.

Swiper, no swiping!
Swiper, no swiping!
Swiper, no swiping!

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