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In Praise of the Human Body

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Ben Sixsmith
Sep 28, 2023
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I recently had two lumps of flesh carved from my chest and back. That’s an overdramatic means of writing that I had two moles removed. Every couple of years — and it should be every year — I go to a dermatologist to check that none of my extensive collection have been mutating into melanomas.

They remind me to use sun cream. Well, of course. Every day. F…

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