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Many Americans encounter ghosts in their homes, but so do many people around the world. With this issue being as common worldwide as it is in the United States, here is some sage advice to help you deal with your ghost. Keep Your Ghost Humble    It's widely understood that the average ghost is totally full of his/herself. That's primarily the reason they feel the right to not only trespass into your home, but harass you and your family without explanation. So, here are the things of which you need to remind your ghost:     Tell your ghost that you're not alone. While you may be the only one seeing him or her, you're far from being the only one in the room. There is a countless number of microorganisms in you, on you, and around you at any given time. Not only that, there are macro -organisms around you, as well, and some of them might even be on you or, if you're not careful, in you. It's no secret that people with tapeworms are never haunted, ...

The average person is so mean. ― Once, I saw a movie about a graph. There were gaps in the story, though--I think it was missing a few plot points. ―  "Hello? Yes, I have a problem: I can't see it, but I should have a spot on the upcoming graph, because, when you were still selling tickets, I ordered a pair." ― A hypotenuse wanted to get a loan, but its adjecent was stuck on a tangent and wouldn't cosine. ― My "Toilet Paper +" wasn't strong enough, so I got "Toilet Paper X" because it was multiply. ― I was about to pay extra for my credit card, but I suddenly lost interest. ― It was hard to keep track of how many forks and knives to use, per plate, because nobody had set the table. ― He went two feet an hour, but it was too late to meter. ― She tried to give her friend a broken abacus as a birthday present, but her friend yelled, "That doesn't count!" ― After being told they...

The great irony of America's twenty-somethings is they despise being told what to do, but they'll go out of their way to be told who they are. If they were to excavate the ancient ruins of sites like Greece or Mexico, they wouldn't listen to the counsel and direction of those who know how to excavate, but they would seek out someone who's willing to tell them what the ruins look like based on popular culture. Identity is like the ruins, though, in that you have to work and remove what's loose and unnecessary to reveal what is structure and what is sediment. And, like the erosion of nature, the erosion of life will either further bury your identity or will slowly destroy what little has been crudely exposed. I was once told by a close friend that, "Identity is the fluid result of what you want and what you'll do to get [what you want]." If that is true, then the aforementioned youth are surrendering their actual identity by failing to want and...

It is so urgent I have to pee right away My spirit, broken If I can't pee soon O, my bladder, most dreadful Will respite yet flow? My patience is strained My stomach is contracting I cannot stand straight If I cannot pee What more am I than a slave Urinary slave The fluid teeters The edge is my greatest fear Unable to flush

Hartford, CONN--“It's a case of 'you don't know what you've got till it's gone,' you know?” says Sam Chenoweth, as he continues to stand in his den while I comfortably sit on the abandoned sofa in the corner. Sam often stands while others sit, these days. “You know,” he continues, “when I look back at it, I think, ‘Why couldn’t I have just L’d my F O?’ You know?” I asked him what the ‘F’ stands for, and with minor confusion he said ‘flab’. Chenoweth is one of many who have LMAO’d--where a person laughs so hard their posterior falls off, a phenomenon that emerged over a decade ago. The first known LMAO case is Kristine Hasboro of Spokane, WA. Back in 2004, Hasboro was IM-ing a friend. They were sending each other URL links of things they'd found online, until a particular link was sent to Hasboro that would change the internet landscape, forever: an animation involving dancing badgers. “It's something that I still regret,” says Hasboro’s close ...