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I certainly might not, since I have not posted anything in over a month, and my absences have never inspired anyone&#8217;s heart to grow fonder &#8212; quite the opposite, in fact. Take my college boyfriend. He spent junior year abroad in Japan while [...]<br/>
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This weapon of moist destruction is a $100 battery-operated [...]<br/>
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Sessions referred to the Taliban when talking about the GOP&#8217;s resistance to the stimulus, as [...]<br/>
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Bonus note: If you&#8217;re interested in the subject of transgender kids, make sure to listen to the second segment in the Valentine’s Day episode of This American Life. It&#8217;s about [...]<br/>
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Then I read the rest of the article, in which Gotham&#8217;s female guardian is described by writer Greg Rucka as &#8220;the kind of sexy that makes you think of a [...]<br/>
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Just to complete the picture here I&#8217;m currently wearing a black tee-shirt with the words &#8220;geeks rule&#8221; in courier.<br/>
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