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My deluxe and low-cal so-called microwave “Philly Pannini” was getting unsettlingly cold to the touch. Meanwhile, the receiver between my ear and shoulder was getting warmer. My temper was mysteriously in-check.
All I could do was smile and think of this as an inevitable conclusion — one last legendary University of Florida phone loop of logic. [...]


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“OK, Murray, here’s the gag. Reality show, OK? We get this nut job to put together four of the world’s favorite pop musicians, under the pretense he’s putting together a super-group. Then, when everything looks like it’s going great, POW! ZOK!”
The sudden burst of ebullience and wild gesticulation made the bespectacled Murray [...]


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Just in time for your holiday revelry…
The preposterously monstrous Christmas tree lounged in the corner, moored by guy wires to keep it from spilling joy all over the maple-planked floor. The band of renown (or of disrepute, depending on your view) was set up haphazardly among the lower branches. They were just getting [...]


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Nance Mustly sat contentedly in front of the pale glow of her flatscreen monitor. Her lips curled up with tremendous excitement: an email. Queen of the morning listserv, she ruled with an iron fist.
The 14th of June in the Year of Our Dearest Lord, 2007:
Please note that all employees as of June 16th must receive [...]


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