The provided text consists of excerpts from Augusten Burroughs's memoir, Magical Thinking: True Stories, which offers a collection of personal anecdotes and reflections. The source details the author's experiences, ranging from his childhood involvement in a Tang commercial and his obsessions with fame and television to his adult life in advertising and various personal relationships. Burroughs discusses his romantic encounters, including dating an undertaker and a spiritual man with micropenis, as well as his relationship with Mark the Shrink and later, his partner Dennis. The narrative also covers his peculiar experiences with a demanding cleaning lady named Debby and his "magical thinking" beliefs that influence external events, alongside themes of family dysfunction, professional life, and personal anxieties like his fear of baldness and paranoia about a mouth cyst.

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