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Toronto, 2003.07.09

I got a note from the building management today stating 'On a recent visit to the building, the Toronto Fire Inspector has advised us that anyone caught tossing cigarettes off their balcony causing a fire ... will be charged with arson.' I suppose the operative word is 'caught'.

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It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give up because by that time I was too famous

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