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I took a quick nap this afternoon and it happened again. I don’t know when it started but over the years since childhood there have been perhaps hundreds of times in those hazy moments when I’m floating between consciousness and unconsciousness that sometimes a girl comes to me. She’s fully clothed; she wears a loose fitting peach colored sleeveless shirt. It’s a warm and sunny afternoon and the yellow sun is streaming through her hair from somewhere over her right shoulder. Her hair is sometimes light brown and sometimes blond but she’s always the same girl. Read the rest of this entry »

In act five of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet’s in the tomb. Romeo approaches her body, gives a speech ending with, “Here’s to my love…” He then drinks the poison… and says, “Thus with a kiss I die.” And he does just that.

Why does Romeo die?
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Plaxo and Linkedin should merge. They both have cool functions but together they’d be awesome. By the way, you can read my Linkedin Profile.