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Nerd Vision, or, How I Learned to Love Not Having Glasses

Posted by Autumn

I always wanted glasses. Glasses made people look smart. It’s like kids who think smoking is cool (which it’s NOT). I thought kids who wore glasses were smarter than kids who didn’t. All the smart kids on television wore glasses. I mean, Velma solved 99.9% of the mysteries on Scooby Doo. And what was her accessory of choice?It sure as heck wasn’t a wimpy ascot.Last year, in an attempt to have a more total-body approach to health, I saw the optometrist for the first time. Memories of eye exams in [Read More...]

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