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Wisdom of the ages and why I don't wear fake eyelashes

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In 47 years at the San Francisco Chronicle, I wrote a daily column, sorted letters in the mailroom, unjammed the printer, delivered the paper door to door ... and relished playing a daily game of catch with the printed word.