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Our universe is ruled by random whim, inhabited by people who laugh at logic.

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Jeff Lindsay
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: July 14
Novelist
Playwright
Writer
Miami
Florida
Jeffry P. Freundlich
Jeffry P. Lindsay
Laughing
Universe
People
Inhabited
Whim
Ruled
Random
Logic
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