Meet the Only Professional Pick-up Artist That (Almost) Doesn’t Gross Us Out
"This is all about having fun and being playful, and leaving our mind and our mental patterns, and being present. That's when attraction is built, because we both feel good like children." —John Keegan, who is profiled this week in the Times' "One in Eight Million" series. If you watch their slideshow and try not to listen to the words, it's pretty cute. [NYT]

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