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% you've got to start somewhere
\documentclass[oneside, 12pt]{article}
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\usepackage[letterpaper, margin=1in]{geometry}

\begin{document}

"What a story, Mark!" I laughed, my friend having just told me
a story, harrowing but short, and strangely lacking in detail,
of a woman who, her indiscretions having been discovered by one
of her many illicit lovers, was savagely beaten by said lover.
Anyway, I didn't have to worry about anything like that. I knew
Lisa was loyal, even though she had falsely claimed that I
assaulted her. But I did not hit her, it's not true. It's bullshit.
I did not hit her. I did not.

Thoughts and doubts swirling, I sat on my steel patio chair on the
roof in the smog and started thinking about my favorite rice and beans
recipe. Boy do I love rice and beans, and I'm sure you do too.

Here's my favorite rice and beans recipe, for those days when you
just don't know what's going on.

\section*{Ingredients}
\begin{itemize}
  \item Beans
  \item Rice
\end{itemize}

\section*{Method}
\begin{enumerate}
  \item Cook beans
  \item Cook rice
  \item Add beans to rice
\end{enumerate}

\end{document}
