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We've both got into the blue beetle. He got into the red door, I got into the white one.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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Science Fiction Writer
Independence
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Beetles
Red
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Blue
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Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles 'pon it instead, I said solemnly, and frosting of white.
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