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Posts tagged "small talk"

November 4, 2011 12 Comments

The chattiest gas station in America

Super heavyI always marvel at people who make spontaneous conversation with strangers. A woman in the soup aisle of the grocery store once started talking to me about the price of minestrone or something. I went along with the conversation, nodding and responding when appropriate, but inside all I could think was, "Wow, how weird is... [Read More]

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February 26, 2009 Leave a Comment

In defense of quiet people

I am a quiet person. You would not know this by reading my blog. Here I'm all, "Blah, blah, blah, chocolate, blah, blah, blah, headache," but when I'm not typing on my laptop, I tend to keep my mouth shut. I tend to keep my mouth shut when I'm typing on my laptop too because... [Read More]

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