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Acronymia

Observations Candide - August 28, 2009 6

Now I like hot breakfast cereals and drugged kids as much as anyone but there's one thing I don't need and that's more acronyms! There are way too many and they're just not funny.

The Case of the Abandoned Shopping Carts

Observations Candide - August 27, 2009 22

I've been invited to blah, blah, blah ... blog. I don't know where to begin but I do know I don't have much time...

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