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At least there's nothing scary about him and hopefully he doesn't see anything scary in me. We go way back, to summer camp. We KNOW each other. People I don't know just make me want to say YIKES! I'll take history over mystery any day of the week.

Douglas Coupland

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Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
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