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• One-third of an oreo and two ounces of cold milk.
• Clean, dry socks.
• Guessing Wheel Of Fortune phrase before any of the contestants.
• Happy Birthday wishes (via Facebook) from high school aquaintance.
• On crowded subway, next to man listening to his iPod, you can kind of hear the guitar solo from “Sweet Child of Mine.”
• Finding three dollars wadded up in the pocket of your jeans.
• An isolated room where you can fart vigorously without fear of censure or reprisal.
• Being told “I’m just not ready to be in a relationship with anyone right now.”
• Tivo records House rerun that you have not already seen.
• That cute barrista is working today, the one with the tattoo.  Jenny–her name tag says Jenny.  She smiles as she hands you your order, and says “Thanks, have a nice day!”
• “Thank you, Jenny,” you whisper–to yourself–as you walk out of the Starbucks and back into the sad, cruel everyday of our solitary lives.