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I Could Use A Little Escapism

Well as I mentioned in my last post, I’m a little fed up with the Olympics right now. It’s not that I’ve got anything against the Olympics. I just have an Olympic-sized enormous Olympics hangover from all the coverage that it’s... ...full story at One Eyed Panda

from One Eyed Panda on Tue, Jul 22 2008

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