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This feeling is not unlike the sinking in one's stomach when one is in an elevator that suddenly goes down, or when you are snug in your bed and your closet door suddenly creaks open to reveal the person who has been hiding there.

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Daniel Handler
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: February 28
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San Francisco County
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