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Waiting outside of a movie theater’s empty, single-exit auditorium feels safer than being the first to wait (and wait alone) inside that auditorium.

Posted on July 29, 2012 by zfthrimej

Because I actually had this (paranoid?) concern that if a shooter was the second person to enter the auditorium, then what if he or she notices that I am the only target in that room? If that happened, I think … Continue reading →

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A single item on the middle of the floor in a grocery store aisle sometimes looks like a trap.

Posted on July 26, 2012 by zfthrimej

And/or all the items on the shelves are witnesses or suspects of that item’s fall.

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For secret agents, making eye contact includes peripheral vision.

Posted on May 5, 2012 by zfthrimej

While they may be in the line of fire, they can deflect the potential accusation of not paying attention by claiming to see other areas away from the center of their stare.

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A sign on the top of a store said “SAVE MAX”; so I stepped inside that store but there was no one who needed to be rescued.

Posted on April 26, 2012 by zfthrimej

Plus, there was no one in that store named Max. weird.

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Waiting outside of a movie theater’s empty, single-exit auditorium feels safer than being the first to wait (and wait alone) inside that auditorium.

A single item on the middle of the floor in a grocery store aisle sometimes looks like a trap.

For secret agents, making eye contact includes peripheral vision.

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