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I WAS ATTACKED BY A BEAR!
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I WAS ATTACKED BY A BEAR!

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Jim Dalling
Mar 23, 2023
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I’m sure you’ve met these people. Stubborn, sometimes rigid, a bit gruff and somewhat inflexible.

I’m one of those people.

That’s not entirely true. I’m ‘one of those people’ in some very specific ways.

When it comes to fashion, when I hear the words ‘Harry Styles’, I think about dogs in sweaters. Given that I do not spend any time in grocery stores, I neither know about nor care about celebrities. In my wold, if they’re not a comedian making me laugh, I’m not really interested.

This is especially true when it comes to fashion.

For some, dressing up and adornments is a means of self expression. Me? I like the Steve Jobs approach. I buy a bunch of the same stuff that feels decent, covers my ass and doesn’t show dirt easily. With the amount I write, I don’t need a costume to express myself.

I tend to wear things long beyond their due date.

I wear things so frequently that my clothes are downright arrogant. They are by their very physical nature, holier than thou.

  1. All of my clothes fall into t…

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