1. Love the hello, hate the good-bye.
2. Love the chocolate, hate the guilt.
3. Love the dog, hate the shedding.
4. Love the beach, hate the stickiness.
5. Love the rain, hate the mud.
6. Love the snow, hate the plow.
7. Love the holiday, hate the letdown.
8. Love the Band-aid, hate the ...
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13 Things I Wish I’d Known (and Believed) When I Was 13
I’m not saying people didn’t try telling me these things when I was thirteen, but I wish I had believed them. (Sorry, Mom and Dad. I know you tried.)
1. Those kids who look at you funny in the hallway are probably not thinking about you or mentally mocking your outfit. They’re probably worrying ...
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13 Myths About the Writing Life
1. If you write mysteries, especially whodunits involving murder, then you will somehow become embroiled in all kinds of scintillating local mysteries, and will become an expert police consultant. I blame Hollywood for this myth—Castle, anyone? (Love that show, by the way.) Or cast back a little ...
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13 Issues with Modern Public Restrooms
This might seem like the most random List of 13 yet, but it’s not. (Okay, it kind of is, but hang with me.) Like Rage and Crystal, I’ve been traveling a lot this summer—alas, I was not on a rock-and-roll tour of the nation, as they were—but I have traveled the entire Eastern seaboard, from Miami to ...
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