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Dave Eggers' The Wild Things is available for preorder, in regular hardcover and
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I'M A LITTLE UNNERVED BY MY EHARMONY PROFILE. BY JIM STALLARD - - - - You are not typically a "wallflower." In social settings, you often make valuable contributions to discussions. Others appreciate how your inappropriate comments give them a feeling of solidarity with one another. People who do not know you well sometimes consider you "aloof" until they realize you are simply boring. Your conduct and achievements are instructive to others. Parents tend to point to you as an example when cautioning their children. You move through life confidently, seldom allowing errors or slip-ups to cramp your style. But when you broke the lid of that ceramic thing at Pottery Barn last week and just walked away, the guy working there totally saw you. You have an optimistic "glass-half-filled" outlook on life. This often causes you moments of humiliation before attractive barmaids merely seeking a good tip. You don't like leaving things half finished, preferring instead to see Full House episodes through to completion before taking on something else. You prefer to handle disagreements with others by breaking down into sobs until they edge away, embarrassed that a grown male would act like that. You tend to be drawn to women who look vaguely like Anita Halloran from junior high. Unfortunately, unlike Anita, none of them are going to go out with you as part of a dare from their friends. Your ideal mate will be someone who appreciates your youthful salary and relaxed, easygoing approach to hygiene. People secretly mock the pretentious way you pronounce "penchant." You sometimes run like a girl when you're jogging. You're going to die on August 7, 2038. - - - - Jim Stallard's Other Features. - - - - OTHER McSWEENEY'S FEATURES: - - - - I'm a Little Unnerved by My eHarmony Profile By Jim Stallard Six Inspirational Sayings I've Yet to Find on the Side of a Box of Tea By Dan Kennedy When You Are the Fourth Consecutive Person to Ask for Money on the Subway, You Have to Bring It By Michael Patrick Signorelli Public Service Announcement Paid for by the People for Electing Criss Angel, Mindfreak, in 2008's Presidential Election By Matt Christoph My Helpful Tips for Fighting and Winning the War on Easter By J. Chris Rock

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