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When I was five, I learned poker. At seven, blackjack. But one of the most useful skills that I learned in my youth, which happened during school trips into the city, was how to tell the fake watches from the stolen real ones in a suitcase on the sidewalk. Maybe it’s a New York thing. You look. You lift. You [...]
Years ago, I coined the term “White Socks Moment” to describe that instant when you are suddenly and jarringly turned off by a romantic interest because of something distasteful and unusual happening. The kids today refer to this phenomenon as “the ick”. Once I was turned off by a guy – who had seemed so intellectual – when he started [...]
