"Nobody ever CLAIMS to be 'ORDINARY'."

…
(--'Best Buy'-store)

'Tis NOT something brag-WORTHY!
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"When (someone/ANYONE) told me I couldN'T do something, it REALLY BOTHERED me … MORE than I realized."
(--'Scorpion')

(… My subconscious is VERY "STRONG"-willed!)
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…
"The difference between 'ordinary' & 'extraordinary' …
is that little 'EXTRA'."
(--'Waiting')

(… My INTELLIGENCE, WIT, HUMOR, ATHLETIC-SKILL/-PROWESS, TRIVIA-KNOWLEDGE, DETERMINATION & "ZEST for FUN" are "EXTRAordinary"!)

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…
I must "stand PROUD" (METAPHORICALLY) of who/what I once WAS!
(… And, in a SELECT "cases", still "AM"!)

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I saw a GREAT book by author Steve Jurich --
'SMART is the New RICH'.
(… The fact that I'm very much BOTH … is a MNOR detail.)

… In order to MAINTAIN my ECONOMIC-"SUPERIORITY", I MUST stay FINANCIALLY-"RESPONSIBLE".

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I am certainly NOT "run-of-the-mill" in ANY AREA!
I do NOT ENJOY "bragging"!  I PREFER to let my "WORK" "speak for itself".
(… Y'ALL: Then, what are you doing on this blog?"
My RETORT: "Shut up!  If I doN'T speak of my LAUDABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, then who WILL/WOULD?!"

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It's QUITE RARE that … SEVEN … "doctors" ALL suh-stuh-stam-stammered:
"He (I) shouldN'T even be ALIVE."
Furthermore, one of those "DUNCES" stated: "He'll (I'll) NEVER be more than an UN-responsive 'VEGETABLE'."
Thus, ALL I do is MY--METAPHORICAL--"BITCH-SLAP" across his face!

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I JUST/ONLY viewed a KIDS' Karate-class, and I LIKED what I saw!
(I witnessed EVIDENCE that "CHILDREN are our FUTURE."
(… They couldN'T/"didn't NEED TO" brag, so I'll "sing their PRAISES" for 'em.)

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"ASK, & you SHALL RECEIVE."
(… I ASKED my "Professor" if I may OCCASIONALLY "CO-teach" on SATURDAYS, and just VIEW, OBSERVE & "VOICE my COMMENTS/OPINIONS/MINOR-TEACHINGS" on THURSDAYS.  He replied "in the AFFIRMATIVE".)



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"It's the PRINCIPLE!"

…
(--ME, after I--UNDESERVEDLY--received a "B+" on a grad-school-assignment)

Be "PASSIONATE" about SOMETHING, and STRIVE to really EXCEL at it.
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You haven't really lived until you've done something for 

someone who can never repay you.

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MATERIAL-"thank you"s are very much APPRECIATED!  

But, they're certainly NOT REQUIRED/NECESSARY!

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"Real beauty is the emanation of love from the heart of your 

being."

(--Harold W. Becker)

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An EX-doctor of mine AUDIBLY chuckled & snickered, "THAT 

means NOTHING", when I mentioned:

"I majored in 'Biomedical Engineering' at the University of 

Pennsylvania.  So, I MIGHT understand A LITTLE BIT of 

what you're saying."

((… Granted, I was using REVERSE-

"HYPERBOLE"/EXAGGERATION to describe my VAST 

medical-UNDERSTANDING.  STILL, it was VERY UN-

professional to (HARSHLY) CHORTLE at the HONEST 

decree of a PATIENT (ME) of his medical SEMI-

comprehension!))


… To quote "Michelle Tanner" from 'Full House':

"How RUDE!"


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I GREATLY DIS-approve of the "GROSSLY"-FALSE 

assumption that a HIGH IQ correlates to / means a GREAT 

memory!

(… Said MISTAKE was highlighted on the show, 'Scorpion'.)

MY IQ is pretty frickin' HIGH.  (I forgot the EXACT value.)

But, my memory OBVIOUSLY "sucks ASS"!

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…
"With 'GENIUS' comes 'WEAKNESS' in some areas of life."

"SOCIALLY!"

(--'Scorpion' CAST-interview) 


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"The MOST IMPORTANT things in life aren't 'THINGS'.

They're PEOPLE."

(--Toyota Camry-commercial)




...

NEVER "give up"!

…

Even though my RECOVERY has been ONGOING since July 6, 2008
(That's 2,325 DAYS.), I MUST "PUSH-THROUGH" the "SUB-par", "LESS-than-IDEAL" days--like TODAY.

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Since I am SO DETERMINED, STEADFAST & "HUNGRY for IMPROVEMENT", I HAFTA continue to TRY, until I am CONTENT/SATISFIED with the result.

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…
"For ME, uh, 'the SIXTH time's a charm'."

However, regarding my MATH-problems, my FIRST answer is
"DEAD-ON. BALLZ-ACCURATE.  …
It's an INDUSTRY-term."
(--'My Cousin Vinny')

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…
Although MANY (DAILY-)tasks take ME longER to complete than they would for a "NORMEE",
"the END justifies the MEANS".

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…
I VEHEMENTLY apologize, "Master Yoda"(--'Star Wars') for DIS-obeying your LEGENDARY, Jedi-MASTER words:
"DO, or do NOT.  There is no 'TRY'."

Ya see, I--NOW--LIVE by the SCIENTIFIC-process:
"TRIAL & Error".

Thus, I LEARN from my MISTAKES.

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This afternoon 'benim and' ('beh-NEEM AH-neh') (TURKISH for 'my mom') told me that I "SHOULD try to AVOID visiting 'TURKIYE' ('TOOR-kee-YEH') … for ASSORTED reasons.

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…
"Ya know, being DIFFERENT isn't always a BAD thing."
(--'Fantastic Four')

I've LONG been QUITE "ODD"/"STRANGE" … but "TIPPED to the 'REALLY GOOD'-side".
(… I'm an AB-normally ASTOUNDING combination of EXTRAORDINARY INTELLIGENCE, AMAZING ATHLETICISM & KIND-HEARTED EMPATHY!)


…
Since my "Traumatic BRAIN-Injury", I am DETERMINED to AGAIN prove/display my ACADEMIC/MENTAL, "SPORTY" & EMOTIONAL/PSYCHOLOGICAL/COMPASSIONATE APTITUDE!



...

"(METAPHORICAL) 'WARS' are fought with 'WEAPONS'."

… "But, they are WON by MEN!"
(--'Captain America')

((… I am in a "WAR" AGAINST the REFUSAL of my LEG-nerves, LEFT-sided (&
VOCAL-)muscles to get them to FULLY "respond" to "stimuli".))

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…
I have NEVER been a FAN of "firearms".
I feel that GUNS are "the EASY/WUSSY way" to settle a SERIOUS dispute!.
I DRAMATICALLY/FERVENTLY/ADAMANTLY prefer WORDS and/or--EVENTUAL--"HAND-to-HAND COMBAT".

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…
Am I--Altan Kaynatma--a Turkish-American "DUAL-citizen"--"CAPTAIN AMERICA"?!



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"People doN'T 'bring me DOWN' (EMOTIONALLY/PSYCHOLOGICALLY)."

… "On the CONTRARY, I prefer to think of it as 'I bring THEM UP'."
(--Sheldon Cooper, 'The Big Bang Theory')

…
What can I SAY?!
I'm an OPTIMIST!

(… Also, I'm VERY PRO-"SOCIAL-interaction" … and FRIENDLY!)

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… I REALLY have BETTER workouts (upper AND lower body), when I'm SURROUNDED by a POSITIVE, COMICAL "atmosphere"!

LUCKILY/THANKFULLY, my trainers are ALL VERY "LIGHT-HEARTED"!

Thus, I am DEFINITELY/NOTICEABLY/SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVING my PHYSICAL-/MUSCULAR-health!

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…
(LITERALLY) How could I be MORE "DOWN" than ALREADY am … IN a WHEELCHAIR?!
(… Ha ha HA!)

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… I'm ACTUALLY in a VERY GOOD mood today!
My--CURRENT--JOVIAL LIFE-outlook/opinion is PRIMARILY due to the SUCCESS of MANY of my FAVORITE athletic-teams--'cuz I'm a GUY.

(… Was THAT sexist?!
I JUST meant that MALES--GENERALLY--more CLOSELY associate & relate to "the SPORTS-world" than their FEMALE-cohorts.)


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SOMETIMES, "the PARTS are GREATER than the WHOLE".

…

Today I had a FANTASTIC LEG-workout at "NeuroFit 360"!
I did 15 DEEP "leg-lunges"--while HOLDING a horizontal-bar--on/with EACH leg.
Also, I did 20 DEEP SQUATS--with the goal of touching my butt on/to a mat that was ~18 inches … "from the FLOOR"/"off the GROUND"!

NO OFFENSE to the OWNER, but HE instructed me to squat LOWER.
"The SHOULDER-pain is JUST the muscle's STRETCHING.  It'll DE-crease with more reps."

Uuummm, NO.  It didn't.
A STAFF-member/"underling" CORRECTLY told me to WIDEN my stance, LEAN more to MY LEFT & maintain STRAIGHT BACK-posture.

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In lieu of a RECENT "work schedule"-change for ONE of my "caregivers", I HAFTA decide between "LETTING one employee GO" and/or just "DE-creasing said employee's work-hours.
(… BEFORE I make a decision, I HAFTA inspect ALL #s:

schedules, work-histories, instruction-listening skills, etc.)

(… There's ONE PARTICULAR employee of whom I'm not ESPECIALLY fond.  But--SURE ENOUGH, said employee's having a VERY REDEEMABLE night!)

(… I'll just lowER his amount of work-HOURS.)

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In regards to MY BODY:
-- My LEFT--"METALLICALLY-fused"--arm is weakER than its RIGHT-"counterpart".
-- My LEFT--"METALLICALLY-fused"
-- My LEFT--PREVIOUSLY "METALLICALLY-fused"--hip SOMETIMES struggles to THRUST to either side.

Although, my ENTIRE RIGHT-side has (OVERLY-)compensated.
((… 'I THANK My Lucky STARS'(--Webb Pierce) that I was ALREADY RIGHT-handed!
Nonetheless, I WOULD'VE adjusted and MADE MYSELF "AMBIDEXTROUS"!
(… YES, my MENTAL-strength is THAT POWERFUL!)



...

… MORE #s:

…
I FOUND it!
THIS was my EXACT warm-up MATH-problem from my TUTORING-"student" yesterday:

"You drive a CONSTANT speed due EAST 40 miles/hour for 12 minutes.

THEN, you turn onto the highway, and drive straight NORTH at 60 mph for 6 minutes.

You STOP.

How FAR are you from your STARTING-point?

BONUS:

How far are you from your STARTING-point … in FEET?

(HINT: There are 5,280 FEET in a MILE.)"

((… ANSWER:

12 minutes = 1/5 of an hour

1/5 of 40 miles = 

8 MILES

6 minutes = 1/10 of an hour

1/10 of 60 miles =

6 MILES

(THIS is the HINT I gave her:)

STANDARD "right triangle" = (measurement of "side X")^2 + (measurement of "side Y")^2 = (measurement of "HYPOTENUSE")^2

Ergo, 

8 squared (64) + 6 squared (36) = X squared 

64 + 36 = 100 = x squared

x^2 = 100

Thus, x = + or - 10

(… Since we're dealing with DISTANCE, the answer is POSITIVE.)

"BONUS"-ANSWER: 

There are 5,280 feet in a mile.  

So, 

10 MILES = 

5,280 FEET x 10 = 

50,280 feet))

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So, upon my awakening this morning, I--as usual-- HAD TO "DRAIN the MAIN VEIN".  

(… HEY!  That ALL rhymes!)

So, I "WALKED" 62 steps TO my toilet and 64 steps RETURNING from my toilet.

Alas, I HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DE-creased my "glancing DOWN" as I "WALK".

(YAY!)

I STILL--OCCASIONALLY--swing my LEFT LEG/FOOT out to MY left, and KICK my walker as I STEP forward.

(DAMN electric "pulsing" of my "Walkaid"!)

(… 2 "KICKS"/62 INITIAL steps = ~3.23%

3 "KICKS"/64 RETURN-steps = ~4.69%)

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So, THIS evening's been … A BIT … hectic!
THUS, tomorrow I'll be more EXTENSIVE/VERBOSE/CHATTY.


...

Even though LIFE sometimes/frequently can be rather/VERY "SHITTY" (METAPHORICALLY),

…
you/I/we must ALWAYS attempt to IMPROVE your/my/our "bodily-STATUS".

…
"You gotta keep on livin' … L-I-V-I-N,"


“I’d like to stop thinking of the PRESENT as some minor, insignificant preamble to something else.”

(--'Dazed & Confused')

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… 
Yes, 'tis VERY IMPORTANT to focus on the "NOW".  
But, I've ALWAYS felt that if I were a school-supply, I'd be a "schedule-PLANNER".
I enjoy PLANNING my FUTURE-activities.

(… Although, based upon my mathematical-EASE & -QUICKNESS, I COULD BE a "calculator".)

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(WARNING)
"Evidence" seems to REVEAL/INDICATE that my LIFE--lately/recently--is A BIT "CRAPPY" (BOTH literally AND metaphorically).  This morning I "dropped--ANOTHER--VERY SOLID deuce". 
YAY!
"EAT IT", EX-G.I.-"Doctor"!

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I had a FANTASTIC second day of MATH-tutoring!

1) I greeted my "student" with a HARDCORE-math problem that combines ALGEBRA, TRIGONOMETRY & MULTI-variable "SUBSTITUTION".
(… I was LOW on things-to-DO, so I just MADE-UP/DEVISED/DESIGNED it MYSELF.)
(… AWKWARD silence … My brother--in Turkey: "NERD!")
2) My "pupil" THANKED me for my "VERY HELPFUL ideas, shortcuts & practice".
3) My tutEE is Hispanic, so she HELPED DISTRACT ME from my "LESS than great" Columbian caregiver.  
(… Said Hispanic "caregiver" ACTUALLY had a VERY NICE evening/night!
WHEW!)
4) … No, I am very much NOT a cultural-ELITIST!
(… I, MYSELF, am ALSO BI-cultural.  But, I ACTUALLY TRIED TO--SUCCESSFULLY--learn a SECOND language.)
((… I know--at least--"PIECES" of SIX languages (English, Turkish, Spanish, Latin, Japanese & German).))
5) Finally, my tutEE complimented me on my very UN-orthodox but "GENIUS"(--her) "tricks" to save test-taking TIME.

(… ONE example of my "TRICKS":
"Whenever you see '60 miles per hour', THINK 'a mile a minute'.  There are 60 minutes in an hour.  So, you don't NEED TO be a 'GENIUS' to compute/calculate that THAT's 60 MILES in 60 MINUTES.")


...

Today's "WALKING"-stats:

…
(THAT's just what I … DO!)
(… The PRACTICING to "WALK" … AND the statistic-calculating)

Upon MY waking up … at ~6:10 am, I "summoned" my "caregiver" to "SET ME UP" for MY MORNING-"GALAVANTING".

My INITIAL "urinary-ODYSSEY" consisted of
61 "STEPS"
TO my "porcelain-THRONE"
and
65 "STEPS"
RETURNING to bed.

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…
HOWEVER, my morning "toilet-TREKS" were NOT "flawless", as I've realized my NEXT (… Yet ANOTHER) "PROJECT".
TWO of my INITIAL "STEPS" involved my LEFT-leg swinging-out WIDE LEFT & "KICKING" the outside-rail of my walker.
During my RETURN-"WALK", I "KICKED" it FOUR more times.

(… 2/61 = ~3.28 %
… 4/65 = ~6.16%)

Consequently:
YES, my REQUIRED "steps" in my "WALKS" are SLIGHTLY DE-creasing.
(… Ergo, my STRIDE/GAIT is IN-creasing.  Thus, my CONFIDENCE/TRUST in my LEG-strength is also IN-creasing.
YAY!
"BOO-YA-KA-SHA!"--'Ali G')

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UUUGGGHHH!
AAARRRGGGHHH!
My SECOND & FAR-LESS RELIABLE/PROFESSIONAL/COMPETENT nurse decided to NOT show-up this morning!
(… On the morning I actually have ALOTA plans, I think I'm ENTITLED to be REALLY F---IN' PISSED!)
I have tutoring, workout & neuropsychology.
"W.T.F."?!

(… I'd LIKE TO "WALK" ALL OVER her FACE, … since she "TRAMPLED on my ORDERS"!)

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After ALL of my "toilet-trips"--regardless of whether it was a SUCCESSFUL or UN-successful "urinary-secretion" OR "fecal-excretion"--I "WALK" the ~66 "STEPS" TO & FROM my toilet.

I made FIVE different such "TREKS" today.

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I--SUCCESSFULLY--had my FIRST tutoring-session this morning.
YAY!
She--my "student" ACTUALLY SAID, "WOW, you're REALLY helpful!  … I ACTUALLY 'get it' now.  THANKS!"
My response: "I just DO what I do."
(I didn't SAY this to HER, 'cuz I didN'T want to SEEM like an arrogant "… PLICK!"(--Jackie Chan, 'Rush Hour')
She & I REALLY ENJOYED/BENEFITTED from our little "MEETING".


P.S. Said "tutor-session" lasted ~100 minutes = ~an hour and 40 minutes = ~1.67 hours = ~6,000 seconds.


P.P.S. I could "SLEEPWALK", and do MATH.
(… I WAS.  SSSHHH!)


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"I'm not 'SOME KIND of NERD'."

…
"I am the KING of NERDS."
(--Leonard, 'The Big Bang Theory')

To review:
-- I did NOT receive/earn a "B"--on a report-card--'til my BOLD "venture" into the "Bioengineering"-major freshman year of undergraduate-COLLEGE at "Ivy League"-University of Pennsylvania.
-- I was VALEDICTORIAN of my graduating class of 2003 from the PRESTIGIOUS high school of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
-- I was ~six months IN on an "Accelerated Master's Degree", when my UNFORTUNATE car-accident occurred.
-- I earned a PERFECT "800" on my "MATH-S.A.T."
-- (I COULD go on and on and on … & ON about my "LAUNDRY-LIST" of academic-accolades, but I'll spare thee.
((… Y'ALL: (Sigh of RELIEF) "WHEW!"))

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…
Why do I CONSTANTLY feel 'tis NECESSARY to name my PLENTITUDE/PLETHORA/MYRIAD of "ILLUSTRIOUS" (Go ahead: paint a PICTURE … of my scholastic-SUPERLATIVES.  I DARE ya!) recognitions of my REMARKABLE INTELLIGENCE?!

… I'll tell you:
Since I--SUPPOSEDLY--have an INTENSE/SERIOUS brain-injury, NO ONE--upon FIRST meeting me--takes my ASTOUNDING MENTAL-"strength" seriously!  It's TERRIBLY UNFORTUNATE to note … that through MY (PHYSICALLY-)disabled observations over the last ~6.33+ YEARS, I've noticed that FAR TOO MANY people are FAR TOO QUICK to make FALSE,
(EMOTIONALLY-)"HURTFUL", DISMISSIVE assumptions about my MENTAL-fortitude!
((… It's like EVERYONE bought "Milton"'s ''JUMP to Conclusions'-Mat''(--'Office Space'))

Ergo, I CONSTANTLY feel the NEED to CORRECT these INCORRECT "judgments".


P.S. I "telekinetically" made a tumor "APPEAR" on the X-ray of MY brain.
(… For Halloween I dressed as a PRE-balding, wheelchair-bound, mentally-ASTONISHING Professor X from 'X Men'.)

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"I very rarely think in words at all. A thought comes, and I 

may try to express it in words afterwards." -Albert Einstein

(… I think in NUMBERS.

I encounter a "PREDICAMENT", and I attempt to "SOLVE" 

said "PROBLEM" by QUICKLY determining the 

PROBABILITY of SUCCESS.

… Over a NUMBER of "TRIALS"--IF this action is a 

REPEATED exercise, then I'd then analyze the resulting 

STATISTICS.)


… The DIFFICULT aspect is ACCURATELY DESCRIBING 

said "NUMBERS" to OTHERS.


(… I'd IMAGINE/HOPE that MY way of "PROBLEM-

SOLVING"/"QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS" may/will be 

EASIER with/in my MATH-tutoring.)


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...…
"If you think about it, it's a GREAT word:

'MA'--which is good … and 'NEWER'--which is GREAT.

Break it down: 'MA', 'NEWER'.

Where's the PROBLEM?"

(--George, 'Seinfeld')

(… Said "GREAT word" is "MANURE"--a NOT-SO 
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Tomorrow morning, I SHALL begin my MATH-tutoring 

service.  

(… HOPEFULLY--Actually, I'm CONFIDENT, I can CONVEY 

my MATHEMATICAL "picture-making"/"problem-

solving"/"IMAGERY" to my "tutEE".)  


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As my "neuropsychologist" BRILLIANTLY concluded, 

"NUMBERS RELAX (me)."

ALAS:

"How many times do I have to get SCREWED, before I learn

my lesson?!"

(--'Scorpion', an episode about a MATHEMATICAL-algorithm 

used to generate award-winning music)










MORAL

CONTRARY to MY CONSTANT quantitative-analysis, 

numbers/math caN'T solve/predict EVERYTHING … just A 

LOT!




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