I was a member of the street party but now I am a member of the house party. We are going to have a Civil War. Between the halfs and the half Nots. Who can bring us back together from these times of radical severance?
Now we are all members of the street party. It is quite a racket. Tennis, anyone?
It falls on me to remind all of you that cheese danish is a derogatory term. And don’t make me laugh. It’s too soon.
Politicians love prisons so much they insist even college students have to pay their debt to society. To pay for more prisons. Everyone in the street party is in lockstep.
Cloud technology put me in the fog.
Cloud technology put you in the fog.
I own a home in the URLs. A commercial property. If you know the password.
Come the end of winter one should remove any systemic chains left over from the cold.
Please differentiate hanging up the towel from throwing in the towel. Is it wrong to just toss the towel off? Rub or pat? Dry humor?
Children lose arms because of data mining.
They used to say war is good for the economy but they\u2019ve worked on The problem and fixed it. Good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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