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That we may play the fool nowhere but in our own house

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We are narwhals and we are friends with people that have kick-ass facial horns. So if you have no facial horn you won't know what it is that is happening here, and may just as well get the hell outta here. We're talking to you, Mr Jones.
French doors close off an office area from the master bedroom. The solution can offer the most private place to put a home office; in this instance, it allows a writer an escape from a young, active family.

The Not So Big House - A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live, 1998

i hope the anonymous person who sent the "i used to live in your house. i'm drunk in boston and it's the only address i know. happy holidays" postcard is aware that they wrote my favourite poem

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Assuming degree would bring white-collar future was reasonable through early-2000s. Many from older generation especially had that conviction for their kid. Only 5% who took gaokao made it to college in 1977. It was 34% by 1998, but leapt to 56% after 1999 decision. Now it's ~80%