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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    10:23 am
    @@@@@Then, slowly, it changes back againIt's
    @@@@@Then, slowly, it changes
    back againIt's been that kind of dayAnd
    haven't they known this kind of day was coming?
    Haven't they seen it in Libbit's haunted eyes? Nan
    Melda knows; even Daddy knows, and he's not here
    all the timeToday he's in Tampa, and when they
    look at the greenish-white horror that's almost
    upon them, they know that Tampa might as well be
    the far side of the moonThey are on their own
    Tessie grips Lo-Lo's shoulder with cold fingers
    What about the rip?
    But Lo-Lo shakes her headThe rip is good! The
    rip will take us to the boat!
    There's no more time to talkThe frog-thing is
    getting ready to leap againAnd they understand
    that, while it cannot be real, somehow it isBetter to chance the waterThey
    turn, still holding hands, and throw themselves
    into the caldoThey fix their eyes on the slim
    white swallow swinging at anchor close to them
    683
    Surely they will be hauled aboard, and someone
    will use the ship-to-shore to call the Roost
    "Netted us a pair of mermaids," they'll say"You
    know anyone who wants em?"
    The rip parts their handsIt is ruthless, and Lo-
    Lo actually drowns first because she fights harder
    Tessie hears her cry out twice
    Then, giving up, her sister's name
    Meanwhile, a vagary of the rip is sweeping Tessie
    straight for the ship, and holding her up at the
    same timeFor a few magical moments it's as
    though she's on a surfboard, and her weak
    dogpaddle seems to be propelling her like an
    outboard motorThen, just before a colder current
    reaches up and coils around her ankles, she sees
    the ship change into -
    Here's a picture I did paint, not once but again
    and again and again:
    The whiteness of the hull doesn't exactly
    disappear; it is sucked inward like blood fleeing
    the cheek of a terrified manThe
    brightwork dullsThe glass in the windows of the
    aft cabin bursts outwardA junkheap clutter
    appears on the decking, rolling into existence
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    from fore to
    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    10:23 am
    @@@@@ "What business am I in?" Ray asked, once
    @@@@@
    "What business am I in?" Ray asked, once the group had all their beers in hand
    "Everyone laughed," said Keith"Most of the MBA students thought Ray was just fooling around
    No one answered, so Ray asked the question again"What business do you think I'm in?"
    The students laughed again, and finally one brave soul yelled out, "Ray, who in the world does not know that you're in the hamburger business"That is what I thought you would say He paused and then quickly said, 'ladies and gentlemen, I'm not in the hamburger businessMy business is real estate
    Keith said that Ray spent a good amount of time explaining his viewpoint In their business plan, Ray knew that the primary business focus was to sell hamburger franchises, but what he never lost sight of was the location of each franchiseHe knew that the real estate and its location was the most significant factor in the success of each franchiseBasically, the person that bought the franchise was also paying for, buying, the land under the franchise for Ray Kroc's organization
    McDonald's today is the largest single owner of real estate in the world, owning even more than the Catholic ChurchToday, McDonald's owns some of the most valuable intersections and street corners in America, as well as in other parts of the world
    Keith said it was one of the most important lessons in his lifeToday, Keith owns car washes, but his business is the real estate under those car washes
    The previous chapter ended with the diagrams illustrating that most people work for everyone else but themselvesThey work first for the owners of the company, then for the government through taxes, and finally for the bank that owns their mortgage
    As a young boy, we did not have a McDonald's nearbyYet, my rich dad was responsible for teaching Mike and me the same lesson that Ray Kroc talked about at the University of Texas
    The secret is: "Mind your own business/' Financial struggle is often directly the result of people working all their life for someone elseMany people will have nothing at the end of their working days
    Again, a picture is worth a thousand words Here is a diagram of the income statement and balance sheet that best describes Ray Kroc's advice:

    Most people

    Your Profession -> Your Income

    The Rich


    Your Assets -> Your Income

    Our current educational system focuses on preparing today's youth to get good jobs by developing scholastic skillsTheir lives will revolve around their wages, or as described earlier, their income col
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    10:31 am
    @@@@@ Yeah, he exclaims with disgustBut he feels
    @@@@@
    Yeah, he exclaims with disgustBut he feels her small pert breasts against his chestHe is almost as tall as herWho's gonna date?
    You are
    They shuffle along the smooth red stone of the floorHey, Patty, when Tom Elkins comes around to see you, lemme talk to himI wanna know if he thinks I'll be big enough to get on the football team in a coupla years
    Tom Elkins, that ol' fool He looks at her in disgustWhat's the matter with Tom Elkins?
    It's all right, Willie, you'll make the team

    He never does get quite big enough, but by his junior year he is the head of the cheer leaders, and he has talked his father into buying him a used car
    You don't understand, Pop, I really need the carA guy's gotta get aroundLike last Friday when I had to get all the crew together to practice for the Wadsworth game, I wasted all the afternoon just running around
    Are you sure, Son, it won't be a wanton extravagance?
    I really need it, PopI'll even work summers to pay you back
    It's not a question of that, although I think you oughter to keep you from getting spoiledI tell you what, I'll just talk it over with Mother
    The victory is his and he grinsFar back in his head, quite beneath the surface of his sincerity in this conversation, is the memory of many others(The youths talking in the locker room after gym period, the profound discussions in the cellars converted to club-rooms)
    Folklore: If you want to make a girl, you got to have a car
    His senior year is funHe is a member of SG (Student Government) and he manages the School DanceThere are all the dates on Saturday night at the Crown Theatre and once or twice in the road-house out of
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    10:31 am
    @@@@@"I figured you'd be there listening, Jerome
    @@@@@"I figured you'd be there
    listening, Jerome Don't be a cry-baby, Pansy, nothing's
    going to happen to you
    The train goes straight through to Atlanta, then it stopsJust don't
    get off it before it gets thereI've pinned some money in a
    handkerchief and pinned the handkerchief in your coat pocketThe
    conductor already has your ticket, and he's promised to look out for
    youGreat balls of fire! You've been snivelling about how much you
    wanted to go home, and now you're going, so stop carrying on like
    that
    "But Miss Scarlett, I never been on a train by myself
    "Fiddle-dee-dee! You're not by yourself at allThere are plenty of
    folks on the trainYou just look out the window and eat that basket
    full of food MrsO'Hara fixed you and you'll be home before you know
    itI've sent a telegram to tell them to come meet you at the
    depot
    "But Miss Scarlett, what am I to do without you to do for? I'm a
    lady's maidWhen are you going to be home?"
    "When I get thereNow climb up in that car, the
    train's ready to leave It all depends on Rhett, Scarlett thought,
    and Rhett better come pretty soonI don't know if I'm going to
    manage
    with my cousins or notShe turned and smiled at Jamie's wife"I
    don't know how I'm ever going to thank you for taking me in,
    Maureen
    I'm thrilled to death at the idea, but it's caused you so much
    trouble It was her bright, girlish, social voiceMaureen took
    Scarlett's arm and walked her away from the train and Pansy's forlorn
    face in the dust-streaked window of the coach[I "Everything is
    grand, Scarlett," she said"Daniel is delighted to give you his room
    because he gets to move to Patricia's with Brian
    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    10:23 am
    @@@@@Whatever she expected, she handled
    @@@@@Whatever she expected, she handled this
    “Why should she have to?” the man muttered, but he didn't seem to expect an answer
    The woman answered anyway“If we're to get the information we need –”
    “Needbeing your wordI would choose the termwant”
    “Then someone must take on the unpleasantness,” she continued as if he had not interrupted
    “And I think, from all I know of this one, she would accept the challenge if there had been any
    way to ask herWhat do you call her?”
    The man didn't speak for a long moment
    “Wanderer,” he finally and unwillingly answered“I don't have any official statistics, but she has to be one of the very few, if
    not the only one, who has wandered so farYes,Wanderer will suit her well until she chooses a
    new name for herself
    “Of course, she may assume the host's name We found no matches on record for the
    fingerprints or retinal scanI can't tell you what that name was
    “She won't take the human name,” the man muttered
    Her response was conciliatory“Everyone finds comfort their own way
    “This Wanderer will need more comfort than most, thanks to your style of Seeking
    There were sharp sounds–footsteps, staccato against a hard floorWhen she spoke again, the
    woman's voice was across the room from the man
    “You would have reacted poorly to the early days of this occupation,” she said
    “Perhaps you react poorly to peace
    The woman laughed, but the sound was false–there was no real amusementMy mind seemed
    well adapted to inferring the true meanings from tones and inflections
    “You do not have a clear perception of what my Calling entai
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    10:23 am
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    I want to be with you when you look in that basket
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    But I already had a pretty good idea about what
    was in the basket, and I doubted if Wireman had
    been surprised, either
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    stood up, I realized they had been doing more than
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    "We're going back," Pam said"That is, most of us
    areThe Slobotniks had plans to visit Disney
    World when they came down, the Jamiesons are going
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    "And we're going with them, Daddy," Melinda said
    She was holding Ric's arm"We can get a flight
    back to Orly from there that's actually cheaper
    than the one you booked
    "I think we could stand the expense," I said, but
    I smiledI felt the strangest mixture of relief,
    disappointment, and fearAt the same time I bags dolce gabbana could
    feel the bands that had been tightening in my head
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    come unlocked and start dropping awayThe
    incipient headache was gone, just like thatIt
    could have been the Zomig, but the stuff usually
    doesn't work that fast, even with a caffeine-laced
    drink to give it a boost
    "Have you heard from your friend Wireman cartier love this
    morning?" Kamen rumbled"He left a message on my machine
    "And how is he doing?"
    WellThat was a long story, wasn't it? "He's
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    "Go help him," Tom Riley said"That's your job
    for the day
    "Yes, indeed," Bozie added"You're grieving
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    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    10:23 am
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    So how do you beat laziness? The answer is a little greed It's that radio station WII-FM, which stands for "What's In It-For Me?" A person needs to sit down and ask, "What's in it for me if I'm healthy, sexy and good looking?" Or rolex watch prices "What would my life be like if I never had to work again?" Or "What would I do if I had all the money I needed?" Without that little greed, the desire to have something better, progress is not madeOur world progresses because we all desire a better life New inventions are made because we desire something betterWe go to school and study hard because we want something better So women rolex whenever you find yourself avoiding something you know you should be doing, then the only thing to ask yourself is "What's in it for me?" Be a little greedyIt's the best cure for laziness
    Too much greed, however, as anything in excess can be, is not goodBut just remember what Michael Douglas said in the movie Wall Street Rich dad said it differently: "Guilt is worse than replica rolex submariner greed
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    "Yeah, I heard that too," another one added "I heard he has a habit of working out almost every day in the gym
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    10:31 am
    @@@@@The drunk interrupts his snoring, clutches
    @@@@@The drunk interrupts his snoring, clutches Polack's wrist
    Leggo a me, ya goddamFumbling, his free hand finds a stone on the ground, picks it up and cracks it against the drunk's headThe hand tightens on his arm and he smashes down again
    Where is it, where is it, c'mon hurry up
    Polack fumbles through the pockets, pulls out some change
    The two boys sneak out of the alley, divide the money in front of a street light
    Sixty cents for me, a quarter for you
    Whadeya mean? I found him
    Whadeya mean? I took all the chances, Polack says, whadeya I t'ink dat don't count for nuttin'
    Go crap in your hatWhistling, he walks away, begins to laugh shakily as he thinks of how he struck the drunkBut in the morning the man is gone, and Polack feels relievedAaah, ya can't hurt a rummy, he thinks to himself, a bit of knowledge from the older boys

    His father dies when he is ten, and after the funeral his mother tries to send him to work in the stockyardsBut after a month the truant officer is around, and Polack is sent to an orphanage when his mother can think of nothing else
    There are all the new lessons not really unfamiliar to be learnedIt is even more important never to get caught now; it hurts too much when you are
    Hold out your hand, Casimir
    Why, Sister? Wha'd I do?
    Hold it outThe clapper comes down with surprising force on his palm, and he jumps
    For swearing, Casimir, you have to be punished againAnd once more the black-clad arm rises, strikes his palm
    The kids are laughing at him as he walks back to his seatThrough his tears of pain he manages a dubious grin
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    10:31 am
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    "Over the window outside and in," Jamie replied"Then we'll look at
    it there, for the light on it," said ColumHe looked as serious as if
    he was picking out the color to print money, Scarlett thought
    crossly
    What was all the fuss about? Jamie noticed her pout"It's to
    decorate for Saint chanel logo Paddy's Day, Scarlett darlingColum's the one to
    say what's closest to the true green of a shamrockIt's been too long
    since we've seen them, Uncle James and me The O'Haras had been
    talking about Saint Patrick's Day ever since the first time she met
    them
    "When is it?" Scarlett asked, more polite than interestedThe three
    men gaped at her"You don't know?" Old James said incredulously
    "I
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    "It's tomorrow," Jamie said, "tomorrowAnd, Scarlett darling, you're
    going to have the finest time of your life!" Savannah's Irish-like the
    Irish everywhere-had always celebrated on March l7It was the feast
    day of the patron saint of are land, and feast day was the secular
    meaning, as well as the canonicalAlthough it came during Lent,
    there
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    American Revolution-and Saint Patrick's Day had always been a major
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    defeat of the South, the entire city had begun to join inMarch I7 was
    Savannah's Spring Festival, and for one day everyone was Irish
    There were gaily decorated booths in every square selling food and
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    Jugglers and men with trick dogs gathered crowds on street corners
    Fiddlers played from the steps of City Hall and proud, peeling houses
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    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    10:23 am
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    “NoTo be honest, it seems… like a surrender
    I looked up to see her nod slowly“Well, I can understand why you, especially, would feel that
    way
    I swallowed loudly when she said that, and stared again at the floor
    “Let's talk about something gucci backpacks easier for a moment,” Kathy suggested“Do you continue to enjoy
    your Calling?”
    “I do“I've begun a new semesterI wondered if it would get tiresome,
    repeating the same material, but so far it doesn'tHaving new ears makes the stories new again
    “I hear good things about you from CurtHe says your class is among the rolex watches women most requested at the
    university
    My cheeks warmed a bit at this praise“That's nice to hearHow is your partner?”
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    years ahead of us, I think
    I was curious if she would stay on this world, if she would move to another kelly hermes bag human host when
    the time came, or if she would leaveBut I didn't want to ask any questions that might move us
    into the more difficult areas of discussion
    “I enjoy teaching,” I said instead“It's somewhat related to my Calling with the See Weeds, so
    that makes it easier than something unfamiliarI'm indebted to mulberry bag Curt for requesting me
    “They're lucky to have you“Do you know how rare it is for a Professor
    of History to have experienced even two planets in the curriculum? Yet you've lived a term on
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    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    10:23 am
    @@@@@ "Is that real?" Wireman asked"What do you
    @@@@@
    "Is that real?" Wireman asked"What do you think,
    Edgar?"
    "It's real," I said
    "How do you know?"
    I could have pointed out that the heron was
    casting a shadow, but for all I knew, the lawn
    jockey had been casting one, as well; I had been
    too amazed to noticeCome on, let's
    go insideAnd don't bother knockingThis isn't a
    social call
    xiii
    "Uh, this could be a problem," Jack said
    The veranda was deeply shadowed by mats of hanging
    Spanish Moss, but once our eyes had adjusted to
    the gloom, we could see a thick and rusty chain
    encircling the double doorsNot one but two
    958
    padlocks hung down from itThe chain had been run
    through hooks on either jamb
    Wireman stepped forward for a closer look"You
    know," he said, "Jack and I might be able to snap
    one or both of those hooks right offThey've seen
    better days
    "Better years," Jack said
    "Maybe," I said, "but the doors themselves are
    almost certainly locked, and if you go rattling
    chains and snapping hooks, you're going to disturb
    the neighbors
    "Neighbors?" Wireman asked
    I pointed straight upWireman and Jack followed
    my finger and saw what I already had: a large
    colony of brown bats sleeping in what looked like
    a vast hanging cloud of cobwebI glanced down and
    saw the porch was not just coated but plated with
    guanoIt made me very glad I was wearing a hat
    When I looked up again, Jack Cantori was at the
    foot of the steps"No way, baby," he said"Call
    me a chicken, call me a candy-ass, call me any
    name in the book, I'm not going thereWith
    Wireman it's snakesOnce-" He
    looked like he had more to say, maybe a lot, but
    959
    didn't know how to say
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    10:33 am
    @@@@@To the former she was an interesting object,
    @@@@@To the former she was an interesting object, and
    he saw with pleasure the general elegance of her appearance, and
    her being in remarkably good looksThe neatness and propriety of
    her dress was all that he would allow himself to commend in her
    presence, but upon her leaving the room again soon afterwards, he
    spoke of her beauty with very decided praise
    “Yes,” said Lady Bertram, “she looks very wellI sent Chapman to
    her
    “Look well! Oh, yes!” cried MrsNorris, “she has good reason to
    look well with all her advantages: brought up in this family as she
    has been, with all the benefit of her cousins’ manners before her
    Only think, my dear Sir Thomas, what extraordinary advantages
    you and I have been the means of giving herThe very gown you
    have been taking notice of is your own generous present to her when
    dear MrsWhat would she have been if we had
    not taken her by the hand?”
    Sir Thomas said no more; but when they sat down to table the
    eyes of the two young men assured him that the subject might be
    gently touched again, when the ladies withdrew, with more success
    Fanny saw that she was approved; and the consciousness of looking
    well made her look still betterFrom a variety of causes she was
    happy, and she was soon made still happier; for in following her
    aunts out of the room, Edmund, who was holding open the door,
    said, as she passed him, “You must dance with me, Fanny; you must
    keep two dances for me; any two that you like, except the first She
    had nothing more to wish forShe had hardly ever been in a state so
    nearly approaching high spirits in her lifeHer cousins’ former gaiety
    on the day of a ball was no longer surprising to her; she felt it to
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    Jane Austen
    be indeed very charming, and was actually practising her steps about
    the drawing-room as long as she could be safe from the notice of
    her aunt Norris, who was entirely taken up at first in fresh arranging
    and injuring the noble fire which the butler had prepared
    Half an hour followed that would have been at least languid under
    any other circumstances, but Fanny’s happiness still prevailed
    It was but to think of her conversation with Edmund, and what was
    the restlessness of MrsNorris? What were the yawns of Lady
    Bertram?
    The gentlemen joined them; and soon after began the sweet expectation
    of a carriage, when a general spirit of ease and enjoyment
    seemed diffused, and they all stood about and talked and laughed,
    and every moment had its pleasure and its hopeFanny felt that
    there must be a struggle in Edmund’s cheerfulness, but it was delightful
    to see the effort so successfully made
    When the carriages were really heard, when the guests began really
    to assemble, her own gaiety of heart was much subdued: the
    sight of so many strangers threw her back into herself; and besides
    the gravity and formality of the first great circle, which the manners
    of neither Sir Thomas nor Lady Bertram were of a kind to do away,
    she found herself occasionally called on to endure something worse
    She was introduced here and there by her uncle, and forced to be
    spoken to, and to curtsey, and speak againThis was a hard duty,
    and she was never summoned to it without looking at William, as
    he walked about at his ease in the background of the scene, and
    longing to be with him
    The entrance of the Grants and Crawfords was a favourable epoch
    The stiffness of the meeting soon gave way before their popular
    manners and more diffused intimacies: little groups were formed,
    and everybody grew comfortableFanny felt the advantage; and,
    drawing back from the toils of civility, would have been again most
    happy, could she have kept her eyes from wandering between
    Edmund and Mary CrawfordShe looked all loveliness—and what
    might not be the end of it? Her own musings were brought to an
    end on perceiving Mr
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    10:30 am
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    “They’ll want to talk to you
    “Who?”
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    185
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    “About what?”
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    They’ll have to talk to you
    “And put the Jackal on a back burner?”
    “Just for a day, two at the mostBecause it doesn’t work that way and you know it! Once I’m back there I’m
    their only material witness, shunted from one closed interrogation to another; and if I refuse to
    cooperate, I’m in custodyI’ve got only one priority and he’s in Paris!”
    “Listen to me,” said chanel watch j12 Conklin“There are some things I can control, others I can’tWe needed
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    DeSole’s death was no accident—a man with night blindness doesn’t take a five-hour drive at four
    o’clock in the morning—and he also knows that we know a lot more about DeSole and Brussels
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    Bourne was silent; only his breathing was heard“I see where we’re atYou
    tell Casset that if he gives us whatever we ask for now, we’ll give him—no, I’ll give him; keep
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    It was Conklin’s turn to be silent for a moment“He may want more than that, considering your
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    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    10:26 am
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    "I hadn't thought about itWhat's the deal, Tom?
    What exactly does she want?"
    He drank off half his beer, then put the glass on
    a bookshelf beside my half-assed sketchHis
    cheeks had flushed a dull brick red"She said she
    hopes it doesn't have to be meanShe said, 'I
    don't want to be rich, and I don't want a fightI
    just want him to be fair to me and the girls, the
    way he always was, will you tell him that?' So I
    am
    I got up, went to the big window between the
    living room and the porch, and looked out at the
    lakeSoon I would be able to go out into my very
    own "Florida room," whatever that was, and look
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    He tried to speak and produced only a watery croak
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    "I'm sorry, too," I said, "but I'm getting alongNow drink your damn beer before it goes
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    He laughed and poured the rest of his Grain Belt
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    Friday, December 17th, 2010
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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