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It’s called compartmentalization, and even though it is an unsuitably long word, the idea seems to work pretty well.



In basic form, compartmentalization means sectioning off areas of your brain for certain functions – your artistic inclinations in one area, your rational attributes in another. In life, you could think of it as separating work from home. Extend things a little, and you get a separate compartment for how you deal with, say, people you knew when you were 10 and people… Continue

“Can't even get decent food. Right after I got here, I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce, and I got egg noodles and ketchup.”--Henry Hill, “Goodfellas” (1990)



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Hometown: Cincinnati. Chili: Skyline. Surprise: Cincinnati chili served in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Danger: Cross-pollination of foodstuffs.



I went well prepared for my date with “4-Way Cincinnati Style Chili.” I memorized the legend of the Lambrinides Family, who started… Continue