Yes, you probably will get something out of Social Security, but the idea that it will be enough to support your lifestyle is plainly an illusion.

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Learn to work around sleeveless dresses: Your tailor can easily attach an illusion silk chiffon sleeve in a matching shade (the fabric might have to be special-ordered).

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It protected the illusion of having control over your passions and technology.

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Then you will see your sagging gut or the pimples on your face and, in an instant, the illusion explodes and you stop playing.

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It's certainly a unique approach to browsing from your couch -- and no less awkward then sluggishly dragging a virtual mouse across your TV -- but the view centric navigation can break the illusion of a well designed website, showing blank space on a page's borders if the user isn't looking at it dead-center.

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"We're trying to create the illusion that you are flying over the city, almost as if you were in your own personal helicopter, " said Peter Birch, another product manager.

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Strategic Furniture: Besides purchasing furniture that will create the illusion of more space (think glass tables and couches with small legs), you can position your furniture to create mini-rooms within your apartment to organize the flow of your space.

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