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me: just don't ask about his forty-three ex-boyfriends, okay? or ask him about why he's carrying around an axe. mom:... me: i'm kidding about the axe part.

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
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Carrying
Forty
Mom
Okay
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