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How to be 26
6. Go to weddings
7. Be okay with the increasing number of babies
8. Realize how old you parents are beginning to get
jcv:
How to be 26 years old:
1. Act responsibly sometimes.
2. Act irresponsibly sometimes.
3. Feel very anxious about things you did when you were acting irresponsibly.
4. Notice your eyesight getting worse and your achilles tendons aching.
5. Keep playing video games.
Princeton University Clapper Caper
This story was told for the umpteenth time at Christmas dinner and I felt the need to record it somewhere.
One of our guests for Christmas dinner was a 60-something man named Jamie who my father has known since boarding school (this is all very New England prep, they were both wearing bow-ties, though he was in tweed and my Father was not). Jamie’s grandfather attended Princeton. In those...
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jamesnord:
I have never called myself a nerd. I don’t think this stems from any inherent coolness that I may (or likely don’t) possess, but instead I lack the basic skills needed to be a nerd. Sure, I suppose I have always been smart, even bookish at times but I lack that obsessive thirst for knowledge that…