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What to do when you feel like you’re going insane

April 10, 2009
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If you’ve got a decent brain in your noggin and are prone to bouts of overanalysis, there are going to be times when you feel like you’re driving yourself mad. It’s certainly one of my favourite hobbies, along with 3am mortality-related angstfests and the agony of deciding what to have for Sunday brunch.
A particularly [...]

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How to be socially adept: a guide for tech-head hermits

April 5, 2009
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I lived alone for several years. I also spend freakishly long hours bathed in the comforting glow of my laptop monitor. These two factors — combined with a few other behavioural quirks — turned me into what you might call “a socially awkward hermit”. Observe a journal entry from early 2008:
I need [...]

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