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Monday, December 12, 2005 12:00 AM

'Tis the season to obsess about food

Thanksgiving yams, Chanukah latkes, Christmas cookies ... for me, they all add up to a holiday-size serving of self-hatred.
By Ayelet Waldman

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  • Monday, December 12, 2005 06:11 PM

    I Agreeeeeeeeeee, Laureeeeeeeee.....

    ..especially with this:

    Sometimes I think that about five years of mild material deprivation would pull us-as-a-society back into balance and help us spare ourselves a wealth of bad behavior and bad conscience.

    I shall get to work on this riiiiiiight awaaaaaaaaay.

    >>:-)

    —Satan

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