On the ride home she fell asleep with her head against my shoulder.

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"I feel like hitting my head against a brick wall, " he says.

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"I was hitting my head against a wall, " she recalls.

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Sleeping in the headphones on an airplane is a challenge, though they produce odd noises, including a whistling sound, when I leaned my head against certain surfaces, and sleeping on my side was out of the question.

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The next day we were sitting on the deck and I was trying to get him to tell me stories or talk to me about ingredients, and it was like banging my head against a wall all day long, in the hot sun, with a hangover.

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From the day we met, he was Mr. Sets My Brain on Fire, then he evolved for a long, lovely spell into Mr. Makes Me Sing REO Speedwagon in the Shower, but there was always an undercurrent of Mr. You Are Seriously Pushing Your Luck Here, and I eventually found myself doing the ol' step-ball-change with Mr. Why Am I Banging My Head Against This Wall?

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