Let's talk about some good and some bad, as they seemed to have ganged up recently.

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<th>Le Bien</th><th>Le Mal</th>
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Going back to VT to see my step-brother, Tom, get married to Amy, a girl I've known since I was a toddler.
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Reading Emily Dickinson on the flight back (poems from 1861-1862) after getting the "so ... when are you getting married?" treatment.
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They had the cool idea of getting married on a boat.
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The ceremony was on the deck, where the wind swept away the minister's words. 
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Building couch-forts with my step-niece and step-nephew.
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Not getting to work on things I had planned (Don't plan on sleeping during vacations).
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Watching a college girl speak clearly about several ideas, without any filler words ('umm', 'well', 'ok', etc.). Such diction 
slices easily through a crowd's garble. 
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Only watching her, and not asking what/where she studies.
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