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...much lower Non-Sketchy ratio. Do this if you’ve woken up someplace where you don’t remember falling asleep more than once in the past month. Even if you won’t remember, tomorrow, someone else will. On the other hand, you can err on the side of fun and multiply anonymity by how many drinks you’ve had. Do this if you’re 20 years old and still a wallflower.Remember, this ratio is just a rule of thumb designed to keep you grounded when you can?...
...err on the side of kindness, we might guess that the strategy of Sommers and his screenwriters was to ignore the prototype stage of a franchise launch - a vigorous introduction of the characters and motifs - and go directly to self-parody. We are told the main story takes place "In the not too distant future ..." If that recalls the first line of the old Mystery Science Theater 3000 theme song, you will have brought the proper attitude to the movie: it hardly needs wisecracking robots, for it not only carries the seeds of its own destruction but hands them...
...Doctors use physical exams and CT scans to identify appendicitis, the infection and inflammation of the small, thin pouch attached to a segment of the large intestine in the lower right abdomen, but often, when the diagnosis is less than clear, they err on the side of caution, recommending surgery - the alternative is to risk a burst appendix, which in fact happens frequently enough while patients wait for test results. According to past studies, somewhere between 3% and 30% of all appendectomies may be in patients who do not actually have appendicitis - conditions often mistaken for appendicitis include constipation, gastroenteritis...
...While Republicans today could learn an enormous deal from Reagan’s style of thinking and communicating, they would err tragically by emulating all his positions. Much has happened in the 20 years since he vacated the White House. The GOP urgently needs to recruit experts who understand how and why global economic and political trends have shifted. With most politicians spouting prepackaged boilerplate, such thoughtful analysis by Republicans is hard to find these days...
...write of some of the stories in the book, "A skeptic would dismiss them and a believer would feel a shiver of recognition." Did you err on the side of skepticism or believing the people you interviewed...