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	<title>Concepts in the Paradox &#187; laundry</title>
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		<title>The Tao of Laundry</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh Laundry, how you taunt me so. I watch as you slowly pile up in my basket, reaching for the top until finally you spill over the sides. I dig around for all the quarters I can find, take you down the dangerous and twisty stairs behind my apartment, all three flights. I feed you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh Laundry, how you taunt me so. I watch as you slowly pile up in my basket, reaching for the top until finally you spill over the sides. I dig around for all the quarters I can find, take you down the dangerous and twisty stairs behind my apartment, all three flights. I feed you my quarters, my soap, my hopes, my dreams, all in the name of being clean.</p>
<p>This isn&#8217;t a perfect existence, no. In a perfect world you&#8217;d wash, dry, and fold, all on your own. Alas, the dryer is half broken, so you always come out damp. You can&#8217;t be folded the same day you are so damp, so every door, chair, and table becomes a resting place so you can dry. Why must you be so difficult laundry?</p>
<p>Your cousin, the soap and wash just down the street, does a much better job. Alas, she is a far walk and doesn&#8217;t share the same interest in the Internet as I do. She goes to bed early, and keeps some questionable company. In many ways I wish she was a lot more like you, but at the end of the day I spend my night with you.</p>
<p>Laundry, if only you could dry for me, or just do yourself, my life would be a lot better. Life isn&#8217;t like that these days, and so I&#8217;ll keep you for yet another night, and get another roll of quarters next week in expectation of your ultimate arrival next week.</p>
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