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Today, she makes as much money on California’s unemployment benefits as I do working ten hour days as a janitor for a Fortune 500 company based out of Arizona. MMT

#8452 (3) - Jul 3, 2010 by Bubb - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (654) - No, that made me sleepy. (40)

Today, a rather scary looking guy with spiked green hair, tattoos and piercings knocked out a guy in a business suit who pulled a gun on me in the subway station. MMT

#8403 (0) - Jul 1, 2010 by Kalee - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (1448) - No, that made me sleepy. (36)

Today, when I told her that my mother smothers me, she told me she wishes she had a chance to meet hers. But her mother’s life ended the moment hers began. MMT

#8391 (0) - Jul 1, 2010 by Das - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (665) - No, that made me sleepy. (18)

Today, I asked a Middle Eastern man sitting in the waiting room, “What’s your ethnic background?” He said, “American.” I said, “Yeah, but where are you from?” and he replied, “I’ve lived right down the street since I was three years old. I’m from here.” MMT

#8379 (14) - Jun 30, 2010 by Amber - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (693) - No, that made me sleepy. (241)

Today, at my best friend’s wedding, as I watched her kiss her husband I couldn’t help but wonder how our lives would have turned out if I had chose her over my career three years ago after we kissed for the first and last time right before I moved to New York for work. I do miss her and I know I missed out. MMT

#8367 (0) - Jun 30, 2010 by meep - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (684) - No, that made me sleepy. (54)

Today, the pretty girl from the gym with the perfect figure, whom I’ve aspired to be for the last two years, told me she’s been struggling with anorexia and other eating disorders for the last ten years. MMT

#8343 (1) - Jun 29, 2010 by kimmy - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (603) - No, that made me sleepy. (46)

Today, my son said, “Mommy, I know you’re upset about losing your job, but I get to see you now as soon as I get home from school. And I really like that.” MMT

#8319 (3) - Jun 28, 2010 by mom - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (882) - No, that made me sleepy. (31)

Today, my parents are two of the biggest homophobes I know. And I’m 16 and I’m gay. But they don’t know it yet. MMT

#8223 (7) - Jun 24, 2010 by anon16 - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (538) - No, that made me sleepy. (172)

Today, nearly a full month after my husband died in a car accident, I started working again. I went into my home office, opened my work laptop and found a sticky note from my husband stuck to the screen. It was dated the day he died, and it read, “You look beautiful today, honey. Let’s make today a good one!” MMT

#8211 (0) - Jun 23, 2010 by taylor - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (1377) - No, that made me sleepy. (23)

Today, as a young ‘up and coming’ lawyer, everyone in the firm was congratulating me for winning my first big case this morning. And all day long all I could think about is how I used a technicality in the law to help a murderer walk away a free man. MMT

#8103 (18) - Jun 19, 2010 by loser - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (1250) - No, that made me sleepy. (29)

Today, my two best friends got married. The three of us grew up together from the time we were infants. We’ve pretty much been inseparable our entire lives. So although I’m happy for my friends, I can’t help but feel left out and lost… like I will never find the romantic love they found in each other. MMT

#8079 (3) - Jun 18, 2010 by mimi - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (728) - No, that made me sleepy. (74)

Today, as my colleague and I installed a new home theater system in a mansion in the Hamptons, the maid skipped around the house, smiling and singing as she cleaned and the owner of the mansion stormed around from one room to the next with a phone to his ear, screaming and frowning about some business deal. MMT

#8067 (0) - Jun 17, 2010 by oms - Miscellaneous - Yes, that made me think too! (994) - No, that made me sleepy. (61)

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