We had a handheld label maker when I was a kid that stressed me out a ton.
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You know when you can feel yourself grinning like an idiot?
I saw myself in someone at a coffee shop today and I hated it.
Today, I crashed a zoom call by accident.
The price of existing is going up and I don't know what to do about it.
When I was 16, I fired my driving instructor before testing for my license.
Years ago, I gave an unorthodox talk to an auditorium full of high school students.
Photo of Derek MacDonald by Steve Gregory
Whatever I was expecting, it wasn't that.
"Ready, set, GO!"
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