Kosability: Navigating Normal

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Sunday May 13, 2012 · 2:14 PM PDT

2012/05/13 · 14:14

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From my perspective, most people seem to just swim in Normal their whole lives. They figure out how to move around there with ease as they grow up and by their late teens/early twenties the compass, map and most efficient swimming stroke are thoroughly imbedded, to the point that they don't notice them any more. Others of us are dumped in blindfolded, in a darkened, half-flooded maze, where well into adulthood you can only tell that you've gone the wrong way after bumping into something. Bumped hard, while the more acclimated people laugh at you or are embarrassed on your behalf. There are a lot of ways to react to this predicament, this is just about how I dealt with it. Read More

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