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February 25, 2011
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Lower the Bar.

I only saw it once, and I can’t find it now online, alas, but I’ve never forgotten an old Saturday Night Live skit from many years ago. One of the characters, playing a frustrated swinger, says “Ladies, ladies, ladies! You’ve got to lower your standards.” I’ve often invoked that mantra — “Lower your standards” — when I find that there’s … →