Is it just me or does anyone else have a constant narration running in their head? Mine isn't even interesting. It's running commentary on what I'm doing and why, but delivered in a tone of total confidence and sometimes more enthusiasm than should be normal. I open the refrigerator for the fourth time in an hour, and the voice narrates… "we are gathering information." No. I'm standing in front of the cheese again. And this voice? It sounds so self-aware and wise. But the mor

A few weeks ago I was helping my son get new tires for his car. When we went to pick it up, he said, Mom, I want to show you something. He opened the center console and pulled out a stack of CDs. Tool. Perfect Circle. Bands that were big in the '90s and early 2000s. Music from before he was born. I asked him why. Why that music? Why those bands? He said, "I don't know why. It's just my preference." He genuinely couldn't explain it. He just knew it felt like his. That fascinat

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