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By Shawn Hamilton Lately I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve encountered a surprising number of people in public who seemed to be talking to themselves. Often when this happens, I assume these folks are talking to me, so I respond in some way as polite custom dictates, only to be ignored\u00e2\u20ac\u201cor to receive a disapproving glance for having invaded\u00c2\u00a0[\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

via Danger in Cell Phone La La\u00c2\u00a0Land \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Swill Bucket Delicacies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Shawn Hamilton Lately I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve encountered a surprising number of people in public who seemed to be talking to themselves. Often when this happens, I assume these folks are talking to me, so I respond in some way as polite custom dictates, only to be ignored\u00e2\u20ac\u201cor to receive a disapproving glance for having invaded\u00c2\u00a0[\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6] via […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[182,1,331,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tQeJ-1oY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":547,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=547","url_meta":{"origin":5392,"position":0},"title":"Musical Interlude from The Swill Bucket featuring Bob Marley","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"December 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00c2\u00a0 (dedicated to all agencies like the TSA)","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?cat=1"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7196,"url":"http:\/\/theswillbucket.com\/?p=7196","url_meta":{"origin":5392,"position":1},"title":"Feeding pigs ice cream cones","author":"Shawn Hamilton","date":"May 14, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b3uR1JMWRgw These pigs are the live-in guests of illustrious attorney, John Flannery, and his partner, Holly. 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