Liquid Language

All symbolic gestures are an attempt to deny reality.

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The worst thing about having a hernia operation was how it compromised my chiseled physique. Not that I have one, but I confess to wanting one, and even striving for one in my own way.

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I asked her: You can't even remember your mother's phone number?

It was written on whiteboard, in red. (Lipstick?)

She said she did remember it, but leaves it up there in case something happens to her and someone needs to be contacted, which should evidently be her mother.

I said I'd erase it before anybody got to it.