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HJK
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Newly Chicagoan
Good at details; bad at hobbies
Pessimist, Introvert, Traveler
Religion major w/career in IT
Enthusiastic spectator of sports
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I shall attempt something positive later but for now…look how you can add “no” before “reason” and still sing it for the end of 2024.

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Image of partial lyrics from A Long December by the The Counting Crows with the word “no” inserted before the word “reason” in the first line.
January 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:
Images of Jessica Walter from Play Misty for Me and Arrested Development, and still of animated character Mallory Archer.
December 25, 2024 at 1:13 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 16/20
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Cover of The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors by James D. Hornfischer
December 14, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 15/20
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Cover of The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe
December 13, 2024 at 2:49 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 14/20
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I missed a few days but must post this one. Inspired so much other valuable reading and thought.
Cover of How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith
December 11, 2024 at 1:02 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 13/20
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Cover of Dispatches by Michael Herr
December 5, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 12/20
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Cover of The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward E Baptist
December 3, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 11/20
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Cover of A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
December 2, 2024 at 1:53 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 10/20
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Cover of In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides
December 1, 2024 at 1:19 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 9/20
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Cover of The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
November 29, 2024 at 11:34 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 8/20
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Cover of I’m Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come by Jessica Pan
November 28, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 7/20
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Cover of the The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
November 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 6/20
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Cover of King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
November 27, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 5/20
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Cover of The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
November 25, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 4/20
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Cover of The Plague by Albert Camus
November 24, 2024 at 10:33 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 3/20
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Cover of the book A Perfect Spy by John LeCarré
November 23, 2024 at 10:04 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 2/20
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cover art for the Penguin Modern Classics edition of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad depicting a boat on a river
November 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM
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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 1/20
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November 22, 2024 at 2:42 AM