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How appropriate.</description><link>http://www.iangilman.com/thoughtsam/2008/09/graffiti-said-simply-me.php</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Ian Gilman)</author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink='false'>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30625291.post-2831409133393450160</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-09-01T21:32:00.759-07:00</atom:updated><title></title><description>It wasn't long before the magic was out of control. 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