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What is going to happen in the course of my day that will be an improvement over lying on something very soft, underneath something very warm, wearing only underwear, doing absolutely nothing, all by myself?

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Chuck Klosterman
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: June 5
Author
Journalist
Music Critic
Breckenridge
Minnesota
Charles John Klosterman
Lying
Soft
Happens
Improvement
Nothing
Wearing
Going
Warm
Something
Absolutely
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Underwear
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Underneath

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