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May 10, 2007 KR Blog Uncategorized

Short Takes: The Single-Minded Edition

Oral sex causes cancer. Yes, really.

“It is our belief that bookworms are born, not made. You know who we mean. The kid who sneaks in a paragraph when Mom’s back is turned. The child who devises an elaborate under-the-covers flashlight system because when it comes to sleep versus finishing a chapter, well, sleep isn’t all that important.”

Laugh all you want, but Hemingway wore dresses as a child (his mom made him).

“Here we meet, on the page, naked and unadorned.”

First comes love, then comes marriage

The straight talk from a sex educator.

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