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Dan slid into the soft, smooth water of the pool. He immediately
noticed that a fellow swimmer was regarding him.
He swam over to strike up a conversation. When she asked what he did,
he noticeably puffed up as he said in a tone much deeper than his usual
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"A technical writer? Like, you write manuals?" she inquired.
"Not only do I write them, but I also provide all the screen captures,"
he began to explain.
"And those are?"
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As they left to go get ice cream, she noticed that he donned a SnagIt
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commitment."
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