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Now I know what it is like to feel like a total idiot.

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Jeff Lindsay
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 14
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After a long moment I closed the freezer door. I wanted to lie down and press my cheek against the cool linoleum. Instead I reached out with my little finger and flipped the Barbie's head. It went thack thack against the door. I flipped it again. Thack thack. Whee. I had a new hobby.
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