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Your friend is not your friend!
mugofcoffee
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11-25-2007 5:00 AM
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friend
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mugofcoffee
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interesting article...take a minute to read this through...
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11-26-2007
3:31 PM
Perkalicious11
I liked the clip so much I went and read the whole article. Awesome stuff! Here's the follow-up:
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/three-more-reasons-why-your-brain-is-not-your-friend.html
Also awesome!
11-30-2007
9:38 AM
gingembre
Great article! I'll have to try the scent experiment described in the article to see if it works for me at home.
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