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21 reasons why picking the Derby winner is so hard

By Jay Cronley
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Hurry, quick, call home on your cell phone from the grocery because you don't know what kind of cereal to buy; come on, let's go, you can update your MySpace site on your cell while walking; listen, take one ear off the iPod, can I get my email off your BlackBerry? Guess what, we've become obsessed by non-essentials. Nobody knows how to sit quietly with his or her thoughts; or is afraid to. Read? You mean, something besides books on tape? You actually want me to take the time to turn off the ...

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